Plane crashes in China

332 crashes in China since 1911, with 3,854 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 332
Fatal crashes: 201
Fatalities: 3,854
First recorded: May 6, 1911
Most recent: June 26, 2026

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

June 30, 1967: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (24 fatalities)
January 4, 1967: Ilyushin II-18, Nankin Jiangsu, China (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1966: Shijiazhuang Yunsunji Y-5, Guangzhou Guangdong, China (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (59 fatalities)
June 11, 1964: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Yantai Shandong, China (13 fatalities)
June 19, 1963: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Linchuan Jiangxi, China (14 fatalities)
June 10, 1963: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Kaolokung Yunnan, China (20 fatalities)
November 6, 1961: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Liaodong Peninsula Liaoning, China (14 fatalities)
September 26, 1961: Shijiazhuang Yunsunji Y-5, Qing Long Shan Guangdong, China (15 fatalities)
April 18, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Parker Hong Kong, China (14 fatalities)
November 15, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1959: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Yangjiang Guangdong, China (14 fatalities)
April 5, 1958: Ilyushin II-14, Xi'an Shaanxi, China (14 fatalities)
July 23, 1954: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Sanya (Hainan Island) Hainan, China (10 fatalities)
July 18, 1954: Short S.25 Sunderland, Cheung Chau Island Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1953: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1953: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (1 fatality)
July 27, 1953: Ilyushin II-12, Mao-erh-shan Jilin, China (21 fatalities)
January 18, 1953: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Nan'ao Island (Swatow Island) Guangdong, China (0 fatalities)
January 18, 1953: Martin PBM Mariner, Nan'ao Island (Swatow Island) Guangdong, China (9 fatalities)
November 29, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (2 fatalities)
December 31, 1951: Martin PBM Mariner, Hong Kong Hong Kong, China (4 fatalities)
April 9, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (16 fatalities)
March 11, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Hong Kong Hong Kong, China (24 fatalities)
August 30, 1950: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China Sea, China (9 fatalities)
December 10, 1949: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Haikou Hainan, China (17 fatalities)
December 9, 1949: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lanzhou Gansu, China (38 fatalities)
December 4, 1949: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yunnan Yunnan, China (5 fatalities)
November 8, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yunnan Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
June 2, 1949: Curtiss C-46 Commando, China (3 fatalities)
February 24, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), North Point Hong Kong, China (23 fatalities)
February 10, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Paiyang Guizhou, China (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Basalt Island Hong Kong, China (35 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (9 fatalities)
July 29, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (18 fatalities)
July 17, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Macau Macau, China (25 fatalities)
April 30, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, China (0 fatalities)
January 20, 1948: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mukden Liaoning, China (11 fatalities)
January 10, 1948: Martin PBM Mariner, Qingdao Shandong, China (1 fatality)
December 22, 1947: Short S.29 Stirling, Kunming Yunnan, China (1 fatality)
October 27, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Yulin Guangxi, China (2 fatalities)
October 17, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Shijiazhuang Hebei, China (3 fatalities)
July 31, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wuwei Gansu, China (26 fatalities)
April 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Shanghai-Longhua Shanghai, China (3 fatalities)
February 26, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China Sea, China (12 fatalities)
February 21, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chongqing-Baishiyi Sichuan, China (21 fatalities)
January 28, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Hankou Hubei, China (26 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Zunyi Guizhou, China (19 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (4 fatalities)
January 5, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (43 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Shanghai-Longhua Shanghai, China (31 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (19 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (12 fatalities)
December 15, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Changting Fujian, China (5 fatalities)
September 25, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (19 fatalities)
September 20, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Xichang Sichuan, China (31 fatalities)
August 1, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
July 13, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Jinan Shandong, China (13 fatalities)
April 21, 1946: Short S.25 Sunderland, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
April 8, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (0 fatalities)
April 8, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Hei Cho Shaanxi, China (17 fatalities)
March 31, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Huaihua Hunan, China (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lantau Island Hong Kong, China (4 fatalities)
March 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nankin Jiangsu, China (20 fatalities)
March 3, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jinan Shandong, China (0 fatalities)
January 29, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (11 fatalities)
January 26, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wuhan Hubei, China (0 fatalities)
January 9, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Changchun Jilin, China (18 fatalities)
January 4, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China Sea, China (3 fatalities)
January 2, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guangzhou Guangdong, China (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Zhijiang Hunan, China (45 fatalities)
October 20, 1945: Douglas DC-3, Suichang Zhejiang, China (20 fatalities)
October 16, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Nanyuan AFB Beijing, China (59 fatalities)
October 5, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (6 fatalities)
September 28, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (6 fatalities)
September 28, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Chinkiang Jiangsu, China (20 fatalities)
August 23, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jilin Jilin, China (1 fatality)
August 2, 1945: Noorduyn Norseman, Chanyi Yunnan, China (1 fatality)
July 6, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lüliang Shanxi, China (4 fatalities)
July 4, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Kunming Yunnan, China (5 fatalities)
June 16, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Laohwangping Guizhou, China (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (3 fatalities)
June 15, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Chichiang Chongqing, China (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1945: Martin PBM Mariner, China Sea, China (10 fatalities)
May 21, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, China (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chanyi Yunnan, China (3 fatalities)
April 23, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Shanghai Shanghai, China (0 fatalities)
April 9, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chanyi Yunnan, China (3 fatalities)
April 9, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yunnan Yunnan, China (3 fatalities)
April 7, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, China (4 fatalities)
April 4, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lüliang Shanxi, China (0 fatalities)
March 31, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
March 29, 1945: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Xi'an Shaanxi, China (2 fatalities)
March 29, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Zhenjiang Jiangsu, China (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yunnanyi Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Yunlong Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
March 17, 1945: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Yunnan Yunnan, China (4 fatalities)
March 16, 1945: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)