Short plane crashes
245 crashes involving Short aircraft since 1914, with 1,431 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 245
- Fatal crashes: 162
- Fatalities: 1,431
- First recorded: June 4, 1914
- Most recent: May 19, 2023
All crashes (page 3 of 3)
- August 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Eagle's Rock near Dunbeath Caithness, United Kingdom (14 fatalities)
- August 22, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
- August 17, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sierra Leone (9 fatalities)
- August 16, 1942: Short S.29 Stirling, Gorinchem South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
- July 25, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mediterranean Sea, World (13 fatalities)
- July 13, 1942: Short S.29 Stirling, Leek Staffordshire, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
- June 11, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
- March 22, 1942: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (2 fatalities)
- February 28, 1942: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Indian Ocean, World (20 fatalities)
- February 27, 1942: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Townsville Queensland, Australia (6 fatalities)
- February 6, 1942: Short S.25 Sunderland, Donegal Ulster, Ireland (12 fatalities)
- January 30, 1942: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Kupang East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (13 fatalities)
- December 29, 1941: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Sabang Aceh, Indonesia (4 fatalities)
- December 21, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Mount Batten AFB Devon, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
- December 3, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Doonbeg Munster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
- July 31, 1941: Short S.25 Sunderland, Libya (8 fatalities)
- June 20, 1941: Short S.26 G-Class, Cape Finisterre Galicia, Spain (9 fatalities)
- April 26, 1940: Short S.16 Scion, Mukeiras Al Bayda', Yemen (0 fatalities)
- April 9, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Sylling Buskerud, Norway (9 fatalities)
- April 7, 1940: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bergen Hordaland, Norway (9 fatalities)
- February 13, 1940: Short S.16 Scion, Barnstaple Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- September 17, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
- June 12, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Calcutta West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
- June 5, 1939: Short S.25 Sunderland, Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (4 fatalities)
- May 14, 1939: Short S.29 Stirling, Rochester Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- May 1, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Lumbo Nampula, Mozambique (2 fatalities)
- March 12, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Jakarta City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
- January 21, 1939: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
- November 27, 1938: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Lake Habbaniya Iraq, Iraq (4 fatalities)
- September 20, 1938: Short S.25 Sunderland, Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- December 17, 1937: Short S.16 Scion, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
- December 5, 1937: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (2 fatalities)
- October 1, 1937: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Greece (3 fatalities)
- March 24, 1937: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Ouroux Rhône, France (5 fatalities)
- August 22, 1936: Short S.17 Kent, Mirabella Crete, Greece (2 fatalities)
- July 26, 1936: Short S.16 Scion, Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 31, 1935: Short S.8 Calcutta, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (12 fatalities)
- November 9, 1935: Short S.17 Kent, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (12 fatalities)
- October 10, 1935: Short L.17 Scylla, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (0 fatalities)
- February 15, 1935: Short S.19 Singapore III, Messina Sicily, Italy (9 fatalities)
- April 8, 1932: Short S.7 Mussel, Rochester-on-Medway Kent, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- October 26, 1929: Short S.8 Calcutta, La Spezia Liguria, Italy (7 fatalities)
- August 24, 1928: Short S.7 Mussel, Rochester-on-Medway Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- September 12, 1915: Short S.38 and Caudron G.III, Eastchurch, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- June 4, 1914: Short S.128 seaplane, Southampton Water near Calshot, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)