Boeing 720 crashes

17 crashes involving the Boeing 720 since 1961, with 258 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 17
• Fatal crashes: 7
• Fatalities: 258
• First recorded: December 4, 1961
• Most recent: December 1, 1984

Deadliest

1. May 20, 1965: Boeing 720, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (121 fatalities)
2. January 1, 1976: Boeing 720, Al Qaysumah ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (82 fatalities)
3. February 12, 1963: Boeing 720, Everglades National Park Florida, United States (43 fatalities)
4. March 31, 1971: Boeing 720, Ontario California, United States (5 fatalities)
5. July 15, 1964: Boeing 720, Ansbach Bavaria, Germany (3 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (4)
• Ecuador (2)
• Germany (2)
• Lebanon (2)
• Pakistan (2)
• Colombia (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Egypt (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Saudi Arabia (1)

Years

• 1976 (4)
• 1980 (2)
• 1981 (2)
• 1984 (2)
• 1961 (1)
• 1963 (1)
• 1964 (1)
• 1965 (1)
• 1968 (1)
• 1971 (1)
• 1974 (1)

All crashes

• December 1, 1984: Boeing 720, Edwards AFB, California, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1984: Boeing 720, Edwards AFB, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 8, 1981: Boeing 720, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
• January 8, 1981: Boeing 720, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
• January 27, 1980: Boeing 720, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• January 27, 1980: Boeing 720, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• August 16, 1976: Boeing 720, Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• June 27, 1976: Boeing 720, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (1 fatality)
• April 22, 1976: Boeing 720, Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad) Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• January 1, 1976: Boeing 720, Al Qaysumah ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (82 fatalities)
• September 13, 1974: Boeing 720, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• March 31, 1971: Boeing 720, Ontario California, United States (5 fatalities)
• January 9, 1968: Boeing 720, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (0 fatalities)
• May 20, 1965: Boeing 720, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (121 fatalities)
• July 15, 1964: Boeing 720, Ansbach Bavaria, Germany (3 fatalities)
• February 12, 1963: Boeing 720, Everglades National Park Florida, United States (43 fatalities)
• December 4, 1961: Boeing 720, Ebersheim Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (3 fatalities)