Boeing 747-200 crashes

35 crashes involving the Boeing 747-200 since 1977, with 3,216 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 35
Fatal crashes: 21
Fatalities: 3,216
First recorded: March 27, 1977
Most recent: December 4, 2013

Deadliest

August 12, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Mt Osutaka, Kantō, Japan (520 fatalities)
August 12, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Mt Osutaka, Kantō, Japan (520 fatalities)
June 23, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Atlantic Ocean, World (329 fatalities)
September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)
September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1985 (5)
1983 (4)
2008 (4)
1980 (2)
1989 (2)
1999 (2)
2004 (2)
2005 (2)
1977 (1)
1978 (1)
1987 (1)
1990 (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, Guam Island (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
November 18, 1980: Boeing 747-200, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul, South Korea (14 fatalities)
January 1, 1978: Boeing 747-200, Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra, India (213 fatalities)
March 27, 1977: Boeing 747-200, Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain (248 fatalities)