Boeing 747

Disasters

Specific accidents

The 747 has been involved in a number of air disasters. However, very few have been due to design flaws in the aircraft itself: as with most air accidents, most have been because of pilot error, improper maintenance, or in a few cases, terrorist or military action.

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• Lufthansa flight 540, Nairobi, 1974
• Tenerife Airport Disaster, 1977
• Air-India flight 855, Arabian Sea, 1978
• Korean Air flight 007, Sea of Okhotsk, 1983
• Avianca flight 011, Madrid, 1983
• Air-India flight 182, Atlantic Ocean, 1985
• Japan Airlines flight 123, Tokyo, 1985
• South African Airways flight 295, Indian Ocean, 1987
• Pan Am flight 103, Lockerbie, 1988
• United Airlines Flight 811. Honolulu, 1989
• China Airlines flight 358, Taiwan, 1991
• El Al cargo flight 1862, Amsterdam 1992
• Philippine Airlines Flight 434, Okinawa, 1994
• TWA Flight 800, Long Island, 1996
• Saudia flight 763, Delhi, 1996
• Korean Air flight 801, Guam, 1997
• Singapore Airlines Flight 006, Taipei, 2000
• China Airlines flight 611, Penghu Islands, 2002

Accident summary

See Aviation Safety Network for authoritative figures.

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• Hull-loss Accidents: 33 with a total of 2850 fatalities
• Other hull-loss occurrences: 6 with a total of 857 fatalities
• Hijackings: 30 with a total of 22 fatalities