Douglas DC-8 crashes

88 crashes involving the Douglas DC-8 since 1960, with 2,954 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 88
Fatal crashes: 59
Fatalities: 2,954
First recorded: December 16, 1960
Most recent: September 8, 2026

Deadliest

July 11, 1991: Douglas DC-8, Jeddah-King Abdulaziz, Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (261 fatalities)
December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
December 4, 1974: Douglas DC-8, Maskeliya Central Province, Sri Lanka (191 fatalities)
November 15, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Colombo-Bandaranaike Western Province, Sri Lanka (183 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1970 (6)
1972 (5)
1977 (5)
1966 (4)
1980 (4)
1982 (4)
1984 (4)
1989 (4)
1992 (4)
1996 (4)
1961 (3)
1967 (3)

All crashes

September 8, 2026: Douglas DC-8, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
February 4, 2007: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
February 8, 2006: Douglas DC-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
December 13, 2002: Douglas DC-8, Singapore-Changi, Singapore (0 fatalities)
February 28, 2002: Douglas DC-8, Singapore-Changi, Singapore (0 fatalities)
February 16, 2000: Douglas DC-8, Sacramento-Mather, California, United States (3 fatalities)
October 16, 1999: Douglas DC-8, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, United States (5 fatalities)
December 22, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Narrows, Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
December 17, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi, Central, Paraguay (22 fatalities)
January 28, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
April 28, 1995: Douglas DC-8, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (6 fatalities)
February 16, 1995: Douglas DC-8, Kansas City, Missouri, United States (3 fatalities)
August 18, 1993: Douglas DC-8, Guantánamo Bay NAS, Guantánamo, Cuba (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1992: Douglas DC-8, Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera, Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
March 28, 1992: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1992: Douglas DC-8, Toledo-Express, Ohio, United States (4 fatalities)
February 15, 1992: Douglas DC-8, Kano, Kano, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1991: Douglas DC-8, Jeddah-King Abdulaziz, Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (261 fatalities)
March 12, 1991: Douglas DC-8, New York-JFK, New York, United States (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Paramaribo-Zanderij, Para, Suriname (176 fatalities)
June 7, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Paramaribo-Zanderij, Para, Suriname (176 fatalities)
March 31, 1988: Douglas DC-8, Cairo-Intl, Cairo, Egypt (4 fatalities)
March 31, 1988: Douglas DC-8, Cairo-Intl, Cairo, Egypt (4 fatalities)
December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
September 18, 1984: Douglas DC-8, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (53 fatalities)
September 18, 1984: Douglas DC-8, Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad), Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1984: Douglas DC-8, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (53 fatalities)
September 18, 1984: Douglas DC-8, Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad), Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1983: Douglas DC-8, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States (3 fatalities)
January 11, 1983: Douglas DC-8, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
September 17, 1982: Douglas DC-8, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai, China (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1982: Douglas DC-8, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai, China (0 fatalities)
February 9, 1982: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda, Kantō, Japan (24 fatalities)
February 9, 1982: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda, Kantō, Japan (24 fatalities)
September 12, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (3 fatalities)
September 12, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (3 fatalities)
August 1, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (3 fatalities)
August 1, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (3 fatalities)
October 7, 1979: Douglas DC-8, Athens-Ellinikon Attica, Greece (14 fatalities)
December 28, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Portland-Intl Oregon, United States (10 fatalities)
November 15, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Colombo-Bandaranaike Western Province, Sri Lanka (183 fatalities)
March 3, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Kaysville Utah, United States (3 fatalities)
September 27, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Selangor, Malaysia (34 fatalities)
April 18, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Niamey Niamey City District, Niger (2 fatalities)
January 13, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
October 6, 1976: Douglas DC-8, Bridgetown-Grantley Adams, Barbados (73 fatalities)
March 18, 1976: Douglas DC-8, Havana-José Martí (Rancho Boyeros) La Habana, Cuba (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1974: Douglas DC-8, Maskeliya Central Province, Sri Lanka (191 fatalities)
September 8, 1973: Douglas DC-8, Mt Dutton Alaska, United States (6 fatalities)
May 10, 1973: Douglas DC-8, Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Bagmati, Nepal (1 fatality)
November 28, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast, Russia (61 fatalities)
September 24, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Mumbai-Juhu Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Las Palmas-Gando (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, Spain (10 fatalities)
June 14, 1972: Douglas DC-8, New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (86 fatalities)
May 5, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (115 fatalities)
November 27, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (47 fatalities)
September 15, 1970: Douglas DC-8, New York-JFK New York, United States (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1970: Douglas DC-8, New York-JFK New York, United States (11 fatalities)
July 27, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Naha Okinawa, Japan (4 fatalities)
July 5, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Toronto Ontario, Canada (109 fatalities)
April 19, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1969: Douglas DC-8, Stockton California, United States (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1969: Douglas DC-8, Los Angeles California, United States (15 fatalities)
August 2, 1968: Douglas DC-8, Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (12 fatalities)
April 28, 1968: Douglas DC-8, Atlantic City New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1967: Douglas DC-8, Ottawa-Macdonald-Cartier Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
March 30, 1967: Douglas DC-8, New Orleans-Louis Armstrong (Moisant) Louisiana, United States (19 fatalities)
March 5, 1967: Douglas DC-8, Monrovia-Roberts Margibi (Gibi & Marshall), Liberia (56 fatalities)
December 24, 1966: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1966: Douglas DC-8, Acapulco Guerrero, Mexico (6 fatalities)
July 4, 1966: Douglas DC-8, Auckland Auckland Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
March 4, 1966: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (64 fatalities)
February 25, 1964: Douglas DC-8, Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana, United States (58 fatalities)
November 29, 1963: Douglas DC-8, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville Quebec, Canada (118 fatalities)
August 20, 1962: Douglas DC-8, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (15 fatalities)
July 7, 1962: Douglas DC-8, Junnar Maharashtra, India (94 fatalities)
July 11, 1961: Douglas DC-8, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (18 fatalities)
May 30, 1961: Douglas DC-8, Lisbon-Portela de Sacavém Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (61 fatalities)
January 19, 1961: Douglas DC-8, New York-Idlewild New York, United States (4 fatalities)
December 16, 1960: Douglas DC-8, New York New York, United States (90 fatalities)