Plane crashes in 1953

336 crashes worldwide in 1953, with 1,972 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 336
Fatal crashes: 208
Fatalities: 1,972
First recorded: January 1, 1953
Most recent: December 31, 1953

All crashes (page 3 of 4)

May 11, 1953: Tupolev TU-95, Noguinsk Moscow oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
May 9, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (18 fatalities)
May 9, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mumbai Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Powburn Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1953: Vickers Valetta, Hartland Point Devon, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
May 6, 1953: Ford 5, Choteau Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
May 2, 1953: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Calcutta West Bengal, India (43 fatalities)
May 1, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Amman Amman City District, Jordan (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1953: Ilyushin II-12, Kazan Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (1 fatality)
April 30, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
April 30, 1953: Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (4 fatalities)
April 27, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Bukoba Kagera Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
April 25, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
April 24, 1953: Aero C-3A, Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
April 24, 1953: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Peconic Bay (Long Island) New York, United States (6 fatalities)
April 23, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cedar Falls Washington, United States (2 fatalities)
April 23, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chehalis Washington, United States (1 fatality)
April 20, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Oakland California, United States (8 fatalities)
April 20, 1953: Avro 683 Lancaster, Kentville Nova Scotia, Canada (6 fatalities)
April 16, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (30 fatalities)
April 14, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Cedar Falls Washington, United States (7 fatalities)
April 14, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mairang Meghalaya, India (3 fatalities)
April 12, 1953: Beechcraft 18, Lake Manitou Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1953: AAC.1 Toucan, Miandrivazo Toliara Province, Madagascar (4 fatalities)
April 10, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2 fatalities)
April 10, 1953: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Kingston Kingston City District, Jamaica (13 fatalities)
April 9, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, El Banco Magdalena, Colombia (2 fatalities)
April 6, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Catamayo Loja, Ecuador (2 fatalities)
April 6, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, MacKay Lake Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 3, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Melbourne-Moorabbin Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
April 1, 1953: Aero C-3A, Hradčany AFB Liberec Region, Czech Republic (1 fatality)
April 1, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (4 fatalities)
March 30, 1953: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Great Malvern Worcestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
March 29, 1953: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (6 fatalities)
March 29, 1953: Vickers Viking, Mkwaya Lindi Region, Tanzania (13 fatalities)
March 27, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Francisco California, United States (0 fatalities)
March 27, 1953: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Itapebi Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 27, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Panama City Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1953: Vickers Varsity, Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Iwakuni AFB Chūgoku, Japan (4 fatalities)
March 22, 1953: Martin PBM Mariner, Atlantic Ocean, World (11 fatalities)
March 20, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Oakland California, United States (35 fatalities)
March 20, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Saint Petersburg Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1953: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Rønne (Bornholm Island) Hovedstaden, Denmark (2 fatalities)
March 18, 1953: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
March 18, 1953: Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Random Island Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (23 fatalities)
March 18, 1953: Junkers JU.52, Cottbus-Drewitz Brandenburg, Germany (11 fatalities)
March 17, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (8 fatalities)
March 15, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1953: Convair CV-240, Kailashahar Tripura, India (16 fatalities)
March 13, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Katowice Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (0 fatalities)
March 12, 1953: Avro 694 Lincoln, Boizenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (7 fatalities)
March 11, 1953: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
March 11, 1953: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Daejeon Daejeon, South Korea (0 fatalities)
March 10, 1953: Junkers JU.52, San Pedro de Colalao Tucumán, Argentina (4 fatalities)
March 5, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cagayán de Oro-Lumbia Misamis Oriental, Philippines (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Windsor Locks-Bradley Connecticut, United States (2 fatalities)
March 3, 1953: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Mauripur AFB (Karachi) Sindh, Pakistan (11 fatalities)
February 28, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (3 fatalities)
February 27, 1953: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
February 27, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Kyongsong North Hamgyong, North Korea (2 fatalities)
February 24, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Koksijde West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
February 23, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
February 20, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Melbourne-Moorabbin Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
February 18, 1953: Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Walker AFB New Mexico, United States (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1953: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Berlin-Tegel Berlin, Germany (7 fatalities)
February 15, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Medellín Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
February 14, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Mobile Alabama, United States (46 fatalities)
February 14, 1953: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Roswell Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
February 14, 1953: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Jackson-Hawkins Field Mississippi, United States (0 fatalities)
February 13, 1953: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Chevry-Cossigny Seine-et-Marne, France (6 fatalities)
February 13, 1953: Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (2 fatalities)
February 13, 1953: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Moji Kyūshū, Japan (8 fatalities)
February 13, 1953: Vickers Varsity, Swinderby AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
February 13, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Siem Reap Siem Reap, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
February 12, 1953: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
February 10, 1953: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Bitburg AFB Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (5 fatalities)
February 9, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cairo Cairo, Egypt (30 fatalities)
February 9, 1953: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Donaldson AFB-Donaldson Center Airport (Greenville) South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
February 7, 1953: Fiat G.212, Rome-Urbe Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
February 7, 1953: Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Chippenham Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 7, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bordeaux-Mérignac Gironde, France (9 fatalities)
February 6, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Valkenburg AFB (Leiden) South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1953: Avro 652 Anson, Embessa Oro (Northern), Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
February 3, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lai Châu Lai Châu Province, Vietnam (18 fatalities)
February 2, 1953: Avro 685 York, Atlantic Ocean, World (39 fatalities)
February 1, 1953: Avro 683 Lancaster, Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (9 fatalities)
February 1, 1953: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Okinawa Okinawa, Japan (11 fatalities)
January 30, 1953: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Hunter AFB Georgia, United States (4 fatalities)
January 29, 1953: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Pyongyang Pyongyang, North Korea (9 fatalities)
January 29, 1953: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Bogotá-Techo Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 29, 1953: North American B-25 Mitchell, Pitt Lake British Columbia, Canada (5 fatalities)
January 28, 1953: Short S.25 Sunderland, Calshot AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 28, 1953: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Black Peak Washington, United States (10 fatalities)
January 28, 1953: Vickers Valetta, Lichfield AFB Staffordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 27, 1953: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Tom-ni North Pyongan, North Korea (3 fatalities)
January 26, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cagliari Sardinia, Italy (19 fatalities)
January 23, 1953: Ilyushin II-12, Kazan Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (6 fatalities)