Plane crashes in 1971

310 crashes worldwide in 1971, with 2,279 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 310
• Fatal crashes: 185
• Fatalities: 2,279
• First recorded: January 2, 1971
• Most recent: December 31, 1971

All crashes (page 4 of 4)

• January 15, 1971: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Lorient-Lann-Bihoué NAS Morbihan, France (6 fatalities)
• January 15, 1971: Tupolev TU-95, Barents Sea, World (12 fatalities)
• January 13, 1971: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Đà Lạt Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
• January 12, 1971: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Killeen Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 12, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Jackson-McKellar Sipes Tennessee, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 10, 1971: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer, Basra Al-Basrah, Iraq (0 fatalities)
• January 9, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Carson Washington, United States (1 fatality)
• January 7, 1971: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Charlevoix Michigan, United States (9 fatalities)
• January 4, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 2, 1971: De Havilland DH.106 Comet, Tripoli Tripoli, Libya (16 fatalities)