Plane crashes in 1981
626 crashes worldwide in 1981, with 3,141 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 626
- Fatal crashes: 370
- Fatalities: 3,141
- First recorded: January 6, 1981
- Most recent: December 31, 1981
All crashes (page 7 of 7)
- January 20, 1981: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Spokane-Intl (Geiger Field), Washington, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
- January 19, 1981: Cessna 402, Atlantic Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Kamoa Mountain Range, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana (4 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field), Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field), Washington, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Kamoa Mountain Range, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana (4 fatalities)
- January 16, 1981: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Kassel, Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
- January 16, 1981: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Kassel, Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
- January 15, 1981: Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Ramstein AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (9 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Ramstein AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (9 fatalities)
- January 12, 1981: Douglas DC-3, Cruillas, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- January 12, 1981: Douglas DC-3, Cruillas, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- January 11, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bahar Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
- January 11, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bahar Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (6 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Boeing 720, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Çiğli AFB (Izmir), Aegean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Çiğli AFB (Izmir), Aegean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Boeing 720, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
- January 7, 1981: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Burns, Oregon, United States (3 fatalities)
- January 7, 1981: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Burns, Oregon, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
- January 6, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
- January 6, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)