Boeing 727-200 crashes

69 crashes involving the Boeing 727-200 since 1970, with 3,418 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 69
• Fatal crashes: 43
• Fatalities: 3,418
• First recorded: December 28, 1970
• Most recent: December 12, 2025

Deadliest

1. March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
2. March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
3. July 30, 1971: Boeing 727-200, Shizukuishi Tōhoku, Japan (162 fatalities)
4. December 22, 1992: Boeing 727-200, Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (157 fatalities)
5. September 19, 1976: Boeing 727-200, Isparta Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (154 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (14)
• Türkiye (5)
• Colombia (4)
• Spain (4)
• Bolivia (3)
• Brazil (3)
• Mexico (3)
• Cyprus (2)
• Ecuador (2)
• Honduras (2)
• Iran (2)
• Nigeria (2)

Years

• 1982 (4)
• 1983 (4)
• 1985 (4)
• 1988 (4)
• 1989 (4)
• 1998 (4)
• 1996 (3)
• 1997 (3)
• 2001 (3)
• 1974 (2)
• 1975 (2)
• 1978 (2)

All crashes

• December 12, 2025: Boeing 727-200, Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad), Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• October 23, 2025: Boeing 727-200, Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan (19 fatalities)
• March 31, 2024: Boeing 727-200, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• December 20, 2016: Boeing 727-200, Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia (5 fatalities)
• June 2, 2012: Boeing 727-200, Accra-Kotoka, Greater Accra, Ghana (12 fatalities)
• April 27, 2012: Boeing 727-200, Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• January 9, 2011: Boeing 727-200, Orūmīyeh, West Azerbaijan, Iran (78 fatalities)
• January 2, 2010: Boeing 727-200, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 2009: Boeing 727-200, São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• February 1, 2008: Boeing 727-200, Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz, Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• January 25, 2008: Boeing 727-200, Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire City District, Congo (0 fatalities)
• September 7, 2006: Boeing 727-200, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• August 17, 2006: Boeing 727-200, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• December 25, 2003: Boeing 727-200, Cotonou-Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (ex Cadjehoun), Littoral, Benin (141 fatalities)
• July 26, 2002: Boeing 727-200, Tallahassee, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 1, 2001: Boeing 727-200, Asmara, Maekel, Eritrea (0 fatalities)
• March 11, 2001: Boeing 727-200, Kolonia, Pohnpei Island, Federated States of Micronesia (0 fatalities)
• January 9, 2001: Boeing 727-200, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• July 7, 1999: Boeing 727-200, Kathmandu-Tribhuvan, Bagmati, Nepal (5 fatalities)
• January 31, 1999: Boeing 727-200, Constantine, Constantine, Algeria (0 fatalities)
• August 31, 1998: Boeing 727-200, New York-JFK, New York, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 20, 1998: Boeing 727-200, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (53 fatalities)
• March 19, 1998: Boeing 727-200, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (45 fatalities)
• February 9, 1998: Boeing 727-200, Chicago-O'Hare, Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 22, 1997: Boeing 727-200, San Cristóbal, Galápagos, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• August 12, 1997: Boeing 727-200, Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Greece (0 fatalities)
• June 7, 1997: Boeing 727-200, Newark, New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 1996: Boeing 727-200, Ejirin, Lagos, Nigeria (144 fatalities)
• June 9, 1996: Boeing 727-200, Rasht, Gilan, Iran (4 fatalities)
• May 1, 1996: Boeing 727-200, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• September 5, 1993: Boeing 727-200, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (0 fatalities)
• December 22, 1992: Boeing 727-200, Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (157 fatalities)
• February 11, 1992: Boeing 727-200, Tunis-Carthage, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
• June 13, 1991: Boeing 727-200, Daegu, Daegu, South Korea (0 fatalities)
• September 11, 1990: Boeing 727-200, Atlantic Ocean, World (16 fatalities)
• October 21, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (131 fatalities)
• October 21, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (131 fatalities)
• August 25, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Ankara-Esenboğa, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
• August 25, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Ankara-Esenboğa, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
• August 31, 1988: Boeing 727-200, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States (14 fatalities)
• August 31, 1988: Boeing 727-200, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA, United States (14 fatalities)
• February 27, 1988: Boeing 727-200, Arapköy, Kyrenia, Cyprus (15 fatalities)
• February 27, 1988: Boeing 727-200, Arapköy, Kyrenia, Cyprus (15 fatalities)
• March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
• March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
• February 19, 1985: Boeing 727-200, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (148 fatalities)
• February 19, 1985: Boeing 727-200, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (148 fatalities)
• January 1, 1985: Boeing 727-200, Mt Nevado Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia (29 fatalities)
• January 1, 1985: Boeing 727-200, Mt Nevado Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia (29 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Boeing 727-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (51 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Boeing 727-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (51 fatalities)
• January 16, 1983: Boeing 727-200, Ankara-Esenboğa, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (47 fatalities)
• January 16, 1983: Boeing 727-200, Ankara-Esenboğa, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (47 fatalities)
• July 9, 1982: Boeing 727-200, New Orleans-Louis Armstrong (Moisant), Louisiana, United States (153 fatalities)
• July 9, 1982: Boeing 727-200, New Orleans-Louis Armstrong (Moisant), Louisiana, USA, United States (153 fatalities)
• June 8, 1982: Boeing 727-200, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (137 fatalities)
• June 8, 1982: Boeing 727-200, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (137 fatalities)
• March 14, 1979: Boeing 727-200, Doha-Old Airport, Qatar (45 fatalities)
• September 25, 1978: Boeing 727-200, San Diego California, United States (142 fatalities)
• May 8, 1978: Boeing 727-200, Pensacola Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 19, 1977: Boeing 727-200, Funchal Madeira, Portugal (131 fatalities)
• September 19, 1976: Boeing 727-200, Isparta Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (154 fatalities)
• August 7, 1975: Boeing 727-200, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 24, 1975: Boeing 727-200, New York-JFK New York, United States (113 fatalities)
• December 1, 1974: Boeing 727-200, Mt Weather Virginia, United States (92 fatalities)
• December 1, 1974: Boeing 727-200, Thiells New York, United States (3 fatalities)
• February 21, 1973: Boeing 727-200, Ismailia Ismailia, Egypt (108 fatalities)
• July 30, 1971: Boeing 727-200, Shizukuishi Tōhoku, Japan (162 fatalities)
• December 28, 1970: Boeing 727-200, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (2 fatalities)