Plane crashes in 1961

261 crashes worldwide in 1961, with 1,964 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 261
Fatal crashes: 156
Fatalities: 1,964
First recorded: January 2, 1961
Most recent: December 31, 1961

Deadliest

September 10, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Shannon Munster, Ireland (83 fatalities)
September 1, 1961: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Hinsdale Illinois, United States (78 fatalities)
May 10, 1961: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, Zarzaitine-In Amenas Illizi, Algeria (78 fatalities)
November 8, 1961: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Richmond Virginia, United States (77 fatalities)
September 12, 1961: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Rabat Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco (77 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (80)
De Havilland (23)
Lockheed (22)
Boeing (13)
Ilyushin (11)
Curtiss (10)
Fairchild (9)
Avro (8)
Vickers (8)
Antonov (6)
Consolidated (5)
Tupolev (5)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1961: Ilyushin II-18, Mineralnye Vody Stavropol Krai, Russia (32 fatalities)
December 31, 1961: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Khartoum Khartoum, Sudan (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (14 fatalities)
December 27, 1961: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Shimla Himachal Pradesh, India (2 fatalities)
December 27, 1961: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Belfast-Aldergrove Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1961: Grumman G-21A Goose, Old Harbor (Kodiak Island) Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
December 21, 1961: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Ankara-Esenboğa Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (27 fatalities)
December 19, 1961: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri, United States (7 fatalities)
December 18, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Albion Park New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1961: Ilyushin II-18, Chebotovka Rostov oblast, Russia (59 fatalities)
December 16, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1961: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Fort Irwin California, United States (2 fatalities)
December 15, 1961: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes Managua City District, Nicaragua (2 fatalities)
December 15, 1961: Dornier DO.28A/B, Solwezi North-Western, Zambia (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (5 fatalities)
December 12, 1961: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Land's End Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (8 fatalities)
December 12, 1961: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Itaipu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amritsar Punjab, India (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 fatalities)
December 5, 1961: Dassault M.D.315 Flamant, Solliès-Toucas Var, France (3 fatalities)
December 4, 1961: Boeing 720, Ebersheim Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (3 fatalities)
December 3, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Aviano Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (4 fatalities)
December 2, 1961: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Mount Hagen Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea (2 fatalities)
November 30, 1961: Vickers Viscount, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (15 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Algeria (4 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Algeria (4 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (2 fatalities)
November 24, 1961: Beriev Be-12, Zhdanov Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (3 fatalities)
November 23, 1961: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Campinas-Viracopos São Paulo, Brazil (52 fatalities)
November 23, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Whitehorse Yukon, Canada (7 fatalities)
November 22, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe (2 fatalities)
November 21, 1961: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Mt Ruapehu Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (6 fatalities)
November 21, 1961: Avro 652 Anson, Mildenhall AFB Suffolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1961: THK-5A, Aalborg Nordjylland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Albertville Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Boston Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1961: Vickers Viscount, Boston Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1961: Vickers Viscount, Colombo-Ratmalana Western Province, Sri Lanka (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1961: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Hanamaki Tōhoku, Japan (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Sentinel Ridge, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1961: Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Caribbean Sea, World (3 fatalities)
November 10, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chitado Cunene, Angola (18 fatalities)
November 9, 1961: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Atlantic Ocean, World (11 fatalities)
November 9, 1961: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Wilkes Station, Antarctica (5 fatalities)
November 8, 1961: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Richmond Virginia, United States (77 fatalities)
November 6, 1961: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Liaodong Peninsula Liaoning, China (14 fatalities)
November 2, 1961: Tupolev TU-104, Vladivostok Primorsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Recife-Guararapes Pernambuco, Brazil (45 fatalities)
November 1, 1961: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Belize (7 fatalities)
November 1, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Saint Peter-La Villiaze Channel Islands, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
October 31, 1961: Ilyushin II-14, Sangar Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (5 fatalities)
October 30, 1961: Vickers Viscount, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1961: Percival P.66 Pembroke, Brüggen AFB North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1961: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Parintins Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1961: SIAI-Marchetti SM.102, Parete Campania, Italy (2 fatalities)
October 20, 1961: Avro 696 Shackleton, Ballykelly AFB Londonderry, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 18, 1961: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Travis AFB California, United States (7 fatalities)
October 17, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Croglin Fell Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 15, 1961: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Atlantic Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
October 14, 1961: Beriev Be-10, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barrackpore West Bengal, India (1 fatality)
October 12, 1961: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Bückeburg Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1961: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Iquitos-Moronacocha Loreto, Peru (6 fatalities)
October 10, 1961: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, El Adem Butnan, Libya (17 fatalities)
October 7, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Canigou Pyrénées-Orientales, France (34 fatalities)
October 1, 1961: Bristol 170 Freighter, Ibiza Balearic Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
September 29, 1961: Beechcraft 18, Port Hardy British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1961: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Brasília Distrito Federal, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Norfolk-Chambers Field NAS Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1961: Shijiazhuang Yunsunji Y-5, Qing Long Shan Guangdong, China (15 fatalities)
September 24, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Kamina Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1961: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Wilmington North Carolina, United States (3 fatalities)
September 23, 1961: Fokker F27 Friendship, Ankara-Esenboğa Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (28 fatalities)
September 22, 1961: Lisunov LI-2, Oymyakon Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (6 fatalities)
September 22, 1961: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Lod Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1961: Martin P5M-2 Marlin, Montague Island Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
September 20, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Newhall California, United States (3 fatalities)
September 20, 1961: Fletcher FU-24, Orakei Korako Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
September 19, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Dublin Leinster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1961: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Mackall AAF North Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
September 18, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Ndola Copperbelt, Zambia (16 fatalities)
September 17, 1961: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (37 fatalities)
September 17, 1961: Tupolev TU-104, Tashkent-Yuzhny Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1961: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Santa Rosa de Yacuma Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kolwezi Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (2 fatalities)
September 12, 1961: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Rabat Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco (77 fatalities)
September 12, 1961: Curtiss C-46 Commando, San Borja Beni, Bolivia (1 fatality)
September 10, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Shannon Munster, Ireland (83 fatalities)
September 7, 1961: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, São Pedro-Cesária Évora, Cabo Verde (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Concórdia Santa Catarina, Brazil (4 fatalities)
September 5, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sendafa Oromia, Ethiopia (5 fatalities)
September 1, 1961: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Hinsdale Illinois, United States (78 fatalities)
September 1, 1961: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mont-Blanc Haute-Savoie, France (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1961: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Libreville Estuaire (Libreville), Gabon (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1961: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Sondreströmfjord (Kangerlussuaq) Qeqqata Kommunia, Greenland (1 fatality)
August 28, 1961: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Oceana NAS (Virgnia Beach) Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)