McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes

21 crashes involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 since 1981, with 1,238 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 21
• Fatal crashes: 12
• Fatalities: 1,238
• First recorded: December 1, 1981
• Most recent: February 9, 2024

Deadliest

1. December 1, 1981: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Mt San Pietro, Corse-du-Sud, France (180 fatalities)
2. December 1, 1981: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Mt San Pietro, Corse-du-Sud, France (180 fatalities)
3. August 16, 2005: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela (160 fatalities)
4. August 16, 1987: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States (156 fatalities)
5. August 16, 1987: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, USA, United States (156 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (4)
• China (3)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (2)
• France (2)
• Indonesia (2)
• Italy (2)
• Iran (1)
• South Sudan (1)
• Spain (1)
• Taiwan (1)
• Thailand (1)
• Venezuela (1)

Years

• 1993 (3)
• 1981 (2)
• 1987 (2)
• 1999 (2)
• 2004 (2)
• 2007 (2)
• 2002 (1)
• 2005 (1)
• 2006 (1)
• 2008 (1)
• 2009 (1)
• 2010 (1)

All crashes

• February 9, 2024: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 2022: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Miami-Intl, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 2010: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• August 20, 2008: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (154 fatalities)
• September 16, 2007: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Phuket, Phuket, Thailand (90 fatalities)
• March 16, 2007: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Kish Island, Hormozgān, Iran (0 fatalities)
• March 4, 2006: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Surabaya-Juanda, East Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• August 16, 2005: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela (160 fatalities)
• November 30, 2004: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Surakarta-Adisumarmo, Central Java, Indonesia (25 fatalities)
• April 20, 2004: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (0 fatalities)
• May 7, 2002: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Dalian, Liaoning, China (112 fatalities)
• June 1, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Little Rock-Bill & Hillary Clinton, Arkansas, United States (11 fatalities)
• January 28, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Catania, Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
• November 13, 1993: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Ürümqi-Diwopu, Xinjiang Uyghur, China (12 fatalities)
• October 26, 1993: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (2 fatalities)
• October 25, 1993: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
• August 16, 1987: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States (156 fatalities)
• August 16, 1987: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, USA, United States (156 fatalities)
• December 1, 1981: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Mt San Pietro, Corse-du-Sud, France (180 fatalities)
• December 1, 1981: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Mt San Pietro, Corse-du-Sud, France (180 fatalities)