Boeing 747-200 crashes

27 crashes involving the Boeing 747-200 since 1980, with 1,767 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 27
• Fatal crashes: 14
• Fatalities: 1,767
• First recorded: November 18, 1980
• Most recent: December 4, 2013

Deadliest

1. August 12, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Mt Osutaka, Kantō, Japan (520 fatalities)
2. June 23, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Atlantic Ocean, World (329 fatalities)
3. September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)
4. May 25, 2002: Boeing 747-200, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan (225 fatalities)
5. November 27, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (181 fatalities)

Countries

• Nigeria (3)
• Belgium (2)
• Colombia (2)
• India (2)
• Taiwan (2)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (1)
• Guam (1)
• Japan (1)
• Malaysia (1)

Years

• 2008 (4)
• 1985 (3)
• 1983 (2)
• 1999 (2)
• 2004 (2)
• 2005 (2)
• 1980 (1)
• 1987 (1)
• 1989 (1)
• 1990 (1)
• 1991 (1)
• 1992 (1)

All crashes

• December 4, 2013: Boeing 747-200, Abuja-Nnamdi Azikiwe, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• October 27, 2008: Boeing 747-200, Brussels, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• July 7, 2008: Boeing 747-200, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
• May 25, 2008: Boeing 747-200, Brussels, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• February 2, 2008: Boeing 747-200, Lomé, Maritime, Togo (0 fatalities)
• June 7, 2006: Boeing 747-200, Medellín-José María Córdova (Rionegro), Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• August 19, 2005: Boeing 747-200, Agana-Antonio Borja Won Pat, All Guam Island, Guam (0 fatalities)
• January 24, 2005: Boeing 747-200, Düsseldorf-Lohausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 2004: Boeing 747-200, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (0 fatalities)
• October 14, 2004: Boeing 747-200, Halifax-Stanfield, Nova Scotia, Canada (7 fatalities)
• November 29, 2003: Boeing 747-200, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• May 25, 2002: Boeing 747-200, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan (225 fatalities)
• November 27, 2001: Boeing 747-200, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (1 fatality)
• November 5, 2000: Boeing 747-200, Paris-Roissy-CDG, Val-d'Oise, France (0 fatalities)
• December 22, 1999: Boeing 747-200, Stansted, Essex, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• March 6, 1999: Boeing 747-200, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (0 fatalities)
• October 4, 1992: Boeing 747-200, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (47 fatalities)
• December 29, 1991: Boeing 747-200, Wanli, New Taipei City, Taiwan (5 fatalities)
• May 7, 1990: Boeing 747-200, New Delhi-Indira Gandhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (0 fatalities)
• February 19, 1989: Boeing 747-200, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia (4 fatalities)
• November 28, 1987: Boeing 747-200, Indian Ocean, World (159 fatalities)
• December 2, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• August 12, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Mt Osutaka, Kantō, Japan (520 fatalities)
• June 23, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Atlantic Ocean, World (329 fatalities)
• November 27, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (181 fatalities)
• September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)
• November 18, 1980: Boeing 747-200, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul, South Korea (14 fatalities)