McDonnell Douglas plane crashes

60 crashes involving McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1980, with 1,719 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 60
• Fatal crashes: 24
• Fatalities: 1,719
• First recorded: June 19, 1980
• Most recent: September 5, 2026

Deadliest

1. September 2, 1998: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada (229 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. June 3, 2012: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (159 fatalities)
5. August 16, 1987: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, USA, United States (156 fatalities)

Models

• McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (19)
• McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (13)
• McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (11)
• McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (4)
• McDonnell Douglas F-15 Strike Eagle (3)
• McDonnell Douglas MD-90 (3)

Countries

• United States (14)
• China (6)
• Iran (4)
• Indonesia (3)
• Italy (3)
• Kuwait (3)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
• Saudi Arabia (2)
• South Korea (2)
• Taiwan (2)
• Türkiye (2)
• Afghanistan (1)

Years

• 1999 (7)
• 2026 (6)
• 2009 (5)
• 2007 (4)
• 1993 (3)
• 2010 (3)
• 2012 (3)
• 2000 (2)
• 2004 (2)
• 2005 (2)
• 2016 (2)
• 2018 (2)

All crashes

• September 5, 2026: McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, Near Tanagra Air Base (Athens Flying Week), Tanagra, Greece (2 fatalities)
• June 14, 2026: F/A-18 Hornet, Rimrock Lake, Washington, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 3, 2026: McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, Western Iran, Iran (0 fatalities)
• March 2, 2026: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Strike Eagle, Kuwait (0 fatalities)
• March 2, 2026: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Strike Eagle, Kuwait (0 fatalities)
• March 2, 2026: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Strike Eagle, Kuwait (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 2025: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Louisville-Muhammad Ali, Kentucky, USA, United States (14 fatalities)
• February 9, 2024: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 2022: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Miami-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 19, 2021: McDonnell Douglas MD-87, Houston-Executive (Brookshire), Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 27, 2020: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Khuzestan, Iran (0 fatalities)
• June 14, 2018: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky, Kiev oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
• April 20, 2018: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Alexandria-Esler Regional, Louisiana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 8, 2017: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Detroit-Willow Run (Ypsilanti), Michigan, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 6, 2016: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Seoul-Incheon, Incheon, South Korea (0 fatalities)
• January 28, 2016: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (0 fatalities)
• March 5, 2015: McDonnell Douglas MD-88, New York-LaGuardia, New York, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 24, 2014: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Gossi, Tombouctou, Mali (116 fatalities)
• October 13, 2012: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Campinas-Viracopos, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• June 3, 2012: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (159 fatalities)
• January 24, 2012: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• July 28, 2010: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III, Elmendorf-Richardson AFB (JBER), Alaska, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 27, 2010: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Riyadh-King Khaled, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 2010: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 28, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Shanghai-Pudong, Shanghai, China (3 fatalities)
• November 19, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Goma, Nord-Kivu, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• May 8, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Riyadh-King Khaled, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
• March 23, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Tokyo-Narita, Kantō, Japan (2 fatalities)
• March 9, 2009: McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Banten, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• August 20, 2008: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (154 fatalities)
• November 30, 2007: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Isparta, Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (57 fatalities)
• October 11, 2007: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Istanbul-Atatürk, Marmara Region, Türkiye (0 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)
• January 8, 2005: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia (0 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)
• October 8, 2001: McDonnell Douglas MD-87, Milan-Linate, Lombardy, Italy (110 fatalities)
• June 14, 2000: McDonnell Douglas MD-81, Newark, New Jersey, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 31, 2000: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Anacapa Island, California, USA, United States (88 fatalities)
• October 17, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Subic Bay, Olongapo (Cubi Point NAS), Bataan, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• August 24, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Hualien, Hualien County, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
• August 22, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China (3 fatalities)
• June 1, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Little Rock-Bill & Hillary Clinton, Arkansas, USA, United States (11 fatalities)
• April 15, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai, China (8 fatalities)
• March 15, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea (0 fatalities)
• January 28, 1999: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Catania, Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1998: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada (229 fatalities)
• July 31, 1997: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Newark, New Jersey, USA, United States (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)
• December 27, 1991: McDonnell Douglas MD-81, Gottröra, Uppland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
• June 12, 1988: McDonnell Douglas MD-81, Posadas-Libertador General José de San Martín, Misiones, Argentina (22 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)
• June 19, 1980: McDonnell Douglas MD-81, Yuma, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)