Bristol plane crashes

113 crashes involving Bristol aircraft since 1912, with 805 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 113
Fatal crashes: 54
Fatalities: 805
First recorded: September 10, 1912
Most recent: April 24, 1997

Deadliest

April 20, 1967: Bristol Britannia, Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus (126 fatalities)
September 1, 1966: Bristol Britannia, Ljubljana Central Slovenia (Osrednjeslovenska), Slovenia (98 fatalities)
February 29, 1964: Bristol Britannia, Mt Glungezer Tyrol, Austria (83 fatalities)
August 16, 1954: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakse Champasak Province, Laos (47 fatalities)
October 16, 1947: Bristol 170 Freighter, Cabo de Palos Region of Murcia, Spain (41 fatalities)

Models

Countries

Years

1941 (9)
1940 (8)
1942 (5)
1949 (5)
1955 (5)
1956 (5)
1957 (5)
1967 (5)
1953 (4)
1958 (4)
1959 (4)
1961 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

April 24, 1997: Bristol 170 Freighter, Bronson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1996: Bristol 170 Freighter, Enstone, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1988: Bristol 170 Freighter, Bronson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1988: Bristol 170 Freighter, Bronson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
January 14, 1981: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
January 14, 1981: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
February 16, 1980: Bristol Britannia, Billerica, Massachusetts, United States (7 fatalities)
February 16, 1980: Bristol Britannia, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
November 20, 1977: Bristol 170 Freighter, Hay River Northwest Territories, Canada (1 fatality)
September 30, 1977: Bristol Britannia, Shannon Munster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
May 10, 1975: Bristol 170 Freighter, Cape Paterson Victoria, Australia (2 fatalities)
May 31, 1974: Bristol 170 Freighter, Rankin Inlet Nunavut, Canada (2 fatalities)
July 12, 1970: Bristol Britannia, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1970: Bristol 170 Freighter, Lutsel K'e Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1967: Bristol 170 Freighter, Iraq (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1967: Bristol Britannia, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
June 12, 1967: Bristol 170 Freighter, Dublin Leinster, Ireland (2 fatalities)
April 20, 1967: Bristol Britannia, Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus (126 fatalities)
April 20, 1967: Bristol Britannia, Manston Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1966: Bristol Britannia, Ljubljana Central Slovenia (Osrednjeslovenska), Slovenia (98 fatalities)
July 9, 1965: Bristol Britannia, Tijuana-General Abelardo L. Rodríguez Baja California, Mexico (0 fatalities)
February 29, 1964: Bristol Britannia, Mt Glungezer Tyrol, Austria (83 fatalities)
December 30, 1963: Bristol 170 Freighter, Marville AFB Meuse, France (8 fatalities)
September 24, 1963: Bristol 170 Freighter, Saint Peter-La Villiaze Channel Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1962: Bristol 170 Freighter, Liāqatpur Punjab, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1962: Bristol Britannia, Honolulu Hawaii, United States (27 fatalities)
June 30, 1962: Bristol 170 Freighter, Douglas-Ronaldsway Isle of Man, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1962: Bristol 170 Freighter, Valencia Valencian Community, Spain (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Albion Park New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Saint Peter-La Villiaze Channel Islands, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 1, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Ibiza Balearic Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1960: Bristol Britannia, Khartoum Khartoum, Sudan (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1959: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1959: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1959: Bristol 170 Freighter, Mahón Balearic Islands, Spain (1 fatality)
January 29, 1959: Bristol 170 Freighter, Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad) Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (7 fatalities)
December 24, 1958: Bristol Britannia, Winkton Dorset, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
November 4, 1958: Bristol 170 Freighter, Le Touquet Pas-de-Calais, France (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1958: Bristol 170 Freighter, Guriat Al Ǧauf, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
February 27, 1958: Bristol 170 Freighter, Winter Hill Lancashire, United Kingdom (35 fatalities)
November 21, 1957: Bristol 170 Freighter, Christchurch Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (4 fatalities)
November 6, 1957: Bristol Britannia, Bristol-Filton Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (15 fatalities)
October 8, 1957: Bristol 170 Freighter, Tarif Ha'il, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1957: Bristol 170 Freighter, Tétouan Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (0 fatalities)
May 9, 1957: Bristol 170 Freighter, Madrid-Barajas Madrid, Spain (37 fatalities)
December 10, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Cameron Highlands Pahang, Malaysia (8 fatalities)
November 15, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Vientiane Vientiane (Viengchan) Capital, Laos (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Hudson Bay, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Beaverlodge Lake Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
February 13, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada (3 fatalities)
December 31, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
December 3, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Marville AFB Meuse, France (7 fatalities)
September 17, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Thorhild Alberta, Canada (2 fatalities)
August 5, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
February 5, 1955: Bristol 170 Freighter, Calabar Cross River, Nigeria (13 fatalities)
August 16, 1954: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakse Champasak Province, Laos (47 fatalities)
February 4, 1954: Bristol Britannia, Littleton-upon-Severn Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1953: Bristol 170 Freighter, Somosierra Madrid, Spain (23 fatalities)
November 25, 1953: Bristol 170 Freighter, Mallala South Australia, Australia (3 fatalities)
May 27, 1953: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (5 fatalities)
January 19, 1953: Bristol 170 Freighter, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
September 25, 1952: Bristol 170 Freighter, Lahore Punjab, Pakistan (2 fatalities)
August 26, 1952: Bristol 170 Freighter, Khewra Punjab, Pakistan (18 fatalities)
September 18, 1951: Bristol 170 Freighter, Morón AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (4 fatalities)
September 14, 1951: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1951: Bristol 170 Freighter, Old Kaduna Kaduna, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1950: Bristol 170 Freighter, Tanezrouft Desert Adrar, Algeria (26 fatalities)
March 21, 1950: Bristol 170 Freighter, Cowbridge Glamorgan, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
March 10, 1950: Bristol 170 Freighter, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
November 24, 1949: Bristol 170 Freighter, Mahón Balearic Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1949: Bristol 170 Freighter, Burruyacú Tucumán, Argentina (6 fatalities)
August 31, 1949: Bristol 170 Freighter, Morón AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
August 6, 1949: Bristol 170 Freighter, Salasaca Tungurahua, Ecuador (34 fatalities)
May 6, 1949: Bristol 170 Freighter, Isle of Portland Dorset, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
April 11, 1948: Bristol 170 Freighter, Algeciras Andalusia, Spain (3 fatalities)
January 25, 1948: Bristol 170 Freighter, Mediterranean Sea, World (5 fatalities)
November 18, 1947: Bristol 170 Freighter, Ravello Campania, Italy (21 fatalities)
October 23, 1947: Bristol 170 Freighter, Wau Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1947: Bristol 170 Freighter, Cabo de Palos Region of Murcia, Spain (41 fatalities)
July 4, 1946: Bristol 170 Freighter, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1943: Bristol 130 Bombay, San Francesco AFB Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1943: Bristol 130 Bombay, Skikda Skikda, Algeria (0 fatalities)
January 19, 1943: Bristol 130 Bombay, Sedada Misrata, Libya (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Khartoum Khartoum, Sudan (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (10 fatalities)
July 27, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Egypt (0 fatalities)
January 23, 1942: Bristol 130 Bombay, Zāwiyat Masūs Benghazi, Libya (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Dawaki Kano, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Tawīlat al Ghazālah Nuqat al Khams, Libya (3 fatalities)
September 23, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Kano Kano, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Sudan (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Lagos Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
April 1, 1941: Bristol 130 Bombay, Ivinghoe Beacon Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Benghazi Benghazi, Libya (5 fatalities)
July 18, 1940: Bristol 130 Bombay, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (0 fatalities)