Douglas DC-8 crashes
32 crashes involving the Douglas DC-8 since 1980, with 837 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 32
- Fatal crashes: 16
- Fatalities: 837
- First recorded: August 1, 1980
- Most recent: February 4, 2007
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)
- June 7, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Paramaribo-Zanderij, Para, Suriname (176 fatalities)
- September 18, 1984: Douglas DC-8, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (53 fatalities)
- February 9, 1982: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda, Kantō, Japan (24 fatalities)
Countries
- United States (9)
- Peru (3)
- Colombia (2)
- Nigeria (2)
- Singapore (2)
- Canada (1)
- China (1)
- Cuba (1)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
- Ecuador (1)
- Egypt (1)
- Guatemala (1)
Years
All crashes
- February 4, 2007: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 8, 2006: Douglas DC-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 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, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
- October 16, 1999: Douglas DC-8, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
- November 18, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
- August 7, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
- December 22, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Narrows, Virginia, USA, 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, USA, 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, USA, 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, USA, United States (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)
- March 31, 1988: Douglas DC-8, Cairo-Intl, Cairo, Egypt (4 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- August 1, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (8 fatalities)