| Notable Accident Causes by Category |
| Bird Strikes |
| 10/04/1960 | Boston, Massachusetts | Eastern AL | During takeoff the aircraft struck a flock of starlings lost three engines and crashed. |
| 11/23/1962 | Ellicott, Maryland | United AL | The aircraft struck a Whistling Swan tearing off the left horizontal stabilizer. |
| 09/15/1988 | Bahar Dar, Ethiopia | Ethiopian AL | Engine failure due to ingestion of 10-16 Columbia Guinea birds causing a crash. |
| 04/18/1990 | Off Panama | Aero Perlas | Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure caused by bird ingestion. |
| 09/22/1995 | Anchorage, Alaska | U.S. Air Force | Flew into a flock of 100 or more Canada Geese, lost two engines, and crashed. |
| 04/19/2000 | Pepo, Congo | Centrafricain Airlines | Crashed after losing its engines after striking birds. |
| 01/15/2009 | New York, New York | US Airways | Ditched in Hudson River after losing both engines after collision with Canadian Geese. |
| Air Traffic Control Error |
| 04/14/1958 | Castel de Fels, Spain | Aviaco | Another aircraft was permitted to takeoff without knowing the exact position of the plane. |
| 07/21/1961 | Shemya, Alaska | Alaska AL | Lack of guidance from air traffic controller during last stages of flight. |
| 02/08/1965 | New York, New York | Eastern AL | Placement of the two aircraft on a near head on course causing one to crash. |
| 03/05/1969 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Prinair | A trained vectored the aircraft into mountainous terrain under IFR conditions. |
| 02/06/1970 | Samarkand, USSR | Aeroflot | Misidentification of aircraft by the ATC causing the plane to impact a mountain. |
| 12/20/1972 | Chicago, Illinois | Delta/North Central | The ATC gave ambiguous instructions to the crew. |
| 09/09/1976 | Adler, Russia | Aeroflot / Aeroflot | Violation of separation rules. |
| 08/11/1979 | Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR | Aeroflot | Separation error by the ATC causing a midair collision. |
| 04/19/1983 | Keninakan, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position. |
| 02/01/1991 | Los Angeles, California | USAir/Skywest | ATC cleared a plane to land while the runway was occupied by another aircraft. |
| 11/07/1996 | Lagos, Nigeria | Aviation Dev. Corp. | The controller thought he had cleared to aircraft to the correct altitude but didn't. |
| 09/26/1997 | Buah Nabar, Indonesia | Garuda Indonesian AL | ATC error in directing the plane in the wrong direction into mountainous terrain. |
| 07/01/2002 | Uberlinger, Germany | Bashkirian AL / DHL | Conflicting information give to pilot by ATC and what he was receiving on his TCAS. |
| Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire |
| 09/07/1945 | Florence, South Carolina | Eastern AL | A fire of undetermined origin in the rear cargo compartment or lavatory. |
| 08/02/1949 | Jaquirana, Brazil | Varig | A fire broke out in cargo hold G. |
| 01/09/1964 | Zarate, Argentina | Aero Litoral Argentina | The crew was possibly overcome by fumes from a fire. |
| 07/09/1964 | Parrottsville, Tennesee | United AL | An uncontrollable fire of unknown origin which started below the passenger floor and eventually involved the passenger cabin. |
| 07/26/1969 | Biskra, Algeria | Air Algerie | A fire in an electrical panel led to a cabin fire. |
| 08/14/1972 | Konigs, East Germany | Interflug | Melting insulation ignited flammable fluid which led to an uncontrollable fire that eventually weakened the structure until the tail fell off. |
| 08/31/1972 | Magnitogorsk, Russia | Aeroflot | Fire caused by spontaneous ignition of passenger baggage. |
| 07/11/1973 | Paris, Orly, France | Varig | A fire started in the aft right toilet either from an electrical short or discarded cigarette. |
| 11/03/1973 | Boston, Massachusetts | Pan American | Smoke in the cockpit and uncontrollable fire caused by spillage of nitric acid on sawdust packing in the cargo hold. |
| 11/26/1979 | Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Pakistan Inter. AL | A fire may have been started by a passenger possibly from a leaking kerosene stove. |
| 08/19/1980 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian AL | A fire broke out in the aft cargo compartment. |
| 12/24/1982 | Guangzhou, China | CAAC | A passenger's cigarette caused a fire in the cabin which led to an oxygen tank exploding. |
| 06/02/1983 | Covington, Kentucky | Air Canada | An in-flight fire in the rear lavatory, of unknown origin. |
| 07/02/1986 | Syktyvar, Russia | Aeroflot | An in-flight fire was caused by baggage that ignited in the rear cargo hold. |
| 05/09/1987 | Warsaw, Poland | LOT | A fire in the cargo hold was not detected because of damage to the fire warning system. |
| 11/28/1987 | Mauritius, Indian Ocean | South African Airways | A fire originated in a front pallet on the right side in the upper deck cargo hold. |
| 01/13/1990 | Pervouralsk, Russia | Aeroflot | A fire broke out in the rear cargo hold. |
| 05/11/1996 | Everglades, Florida | ValuJjet | An in-flight fire caused by activation of oxygen generators in the forward cargo hold. |
| 09/02/1998 | Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia | Swissair | A fire in the entertainment system wiring started in a hidden area above the cockpit ceiling when arcing ignited the cover material made of thermal insulation blankets. |
| Design Flaw |
| 03/31/1931 | Bazaar, Kansas | Trans Cont. & West AW | Aileron flutter, brought about by moisture leaking into the wing's interior, weakening the glue that bonded the wooden spars. |
| 10/24/1947 | Bryce Canyon, Utah | United AL | Allowed vented fuel to be carried back into the cabin heater air intake causing a fire. |
| 11/11/1947 | Gallup, New Mexico | American AL | Allowed vented fuel to be carried back into the cabin heater air intake causing a fire. |
| 06/17/1948 | Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania | United AL | Design flaw allowed carbon dioxide used to suppress a fire to leak into the cockpit and asphyxiate the crew. |
| 08/29/1948 | Winona, Minnesota | Northwest Orient AL | Loss of the outer panel of the left wing which separated as a result of a fatigue crack which was induced by a faulty design of a wing flange. |
| 01/10/1954 | Elba, Italy | British Overseas AW | Metal fatigue due to a design flaw. |
| 04/08/1954 | Off Stromboli, Italy | Trans Canada AL | Metal fatigue due to a design flaw. |
| 02/05/1955 | Calabar, Nigeria | West African AW | A design flaw in the wing led to fatigue cracks and wing failure. |
| 09/29/1959 | Buffalo, Texas | Braniff AL | A design flaw caused an oscillation known as mode to transfer propeller wobble to the outboard nacelles and induce flutter in the wing which led to the separation of the wing. |
| 03/17/1960 | Tell City, Indiana | Northwest Orient AL | A design flaw caused an oscillation known as mode to transfer propeller wobble to the outboard nacelles and induce flutter in the wing which led to the separation of the wing. |
| 07/05/1970 | Toronto, Canada | Air Canada | Faulty design by allowing the spoiler handle to perform two different unrelated tasks. |
| 03/03/1974 | Ermenonville, France | Turkish AL | A defect in the latching mechanism on the cargo door. |
| 07/06/1982 | Moscow, Russia | Aeroflot | Failure of the aircraft's power plant fire warning system due to design deficiencies which resulted in false fire indications in both engines. |
| 04/06/1993 | Over the Pacific Ocean | China Eastern AL | Inadequate design of flap/slat actuation handle that allowed it to be inadvertently dislodged from the UP/RET position causing extension of the leading edge slats. |
| 03/03/1991 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | United AL | Uncommanded deflection of the rudder caused by the jamming of the main rudder PUC servo valve. Design flaw. |
| 09/08/1994 | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | USair | Uncommanded deflection of the rudder caused by the jamming of the main rudder PUC servo valve. Design flaw. |
| 12/05/1997 | Irkutsk, Russia | Russian Air Force | Design flaw which led to uncoordinated operation of the high-pressure compressors. |
| Sabotage / Explosive Device |
| 03/28/1933 | Dixmude, Belgium | Imperial AW | Fire started by a passenger in an attempt to commit suicide. |
| 10/10/1933 | Chesterton, Indiana | United AL | Explosive device placed in the cargo hold, nitro-glycerin with timing device. |
| 05/07/1949 | Sibuyan Sea, Philippines | Phillipine AL | Bomb placed aboard to kill the husband of a woman involved with another man. |
| 09/09/1949 | Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada | Canadian Pacific AL | Bomb placed aboard by husband to collect insurance on wife. |
| 08/12/1952 | Palmeria de Goias, Brazil | Trans Aero Nac. | A bomb exploded aboard killing everyone aboard. |
| 04/11/1955 | Great Natuna Island, Sarawak | Air India | An aircraft worker placed an incendiary device in the starboard wheel well. |
| 11/01/1955 | Longmont, Colorado | United AL | Jack Graham placed a bomb aboard to collect insurance on the death of his mother. |
| 07/25/1957 | Daggett, California | Western AL | Jeweler Saul Binstock detonated a bomb in lavatory in suicide for insurance plot. |
| 04/17/1959 | Puerto Kino,Mexico | Tigres Voladores | A bomb is believed to have exploded onboard. |
| 09/08/1959 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Mexicana | A passenger, who was believed to have been carrying a bomb, fell from the airplane. |
| 11/16/1959 | Gulf of Mexico | National AL | Explosion of a bomb aboard was strongly suspected. |
| 01/06/1960 | Bolivia, North Carolina | National AL | A passenger detonated a bomb under his seat in suicide for insurance plot. |
| 05/10/1961 | In Amenas, Libya | Air France | Detonation of a nitrocellulose bomb. |
| 05/22/1962 | Unionville, Missouri | Continental AL | Detonation of a dynamite bomb in the right rear lavatory in a towel bin. |
| 12/08/1964 | Tripuani, Bolivia | Aerolineas Abaroa | Detonation of a bomb in the tail section. A suicide for insurance plot was suspected. |
| 07/08/1965 | Dog Creek, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific AL | A bomb exploded in the cabin. Acid and gunpowder may have been poured in toilet. |
| 11/22/1966 | Aden, Yemen | Aden AW | Detonation of an explosive device placed in hand luggage in the cabin. |
| 02/09/1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | Cubana | Crashed due to bomb explosion. |
| 10/12/1967 | Rhodes, Greece | British European AW | Destroyed by a detonation of a bomb within the cabin. |
| 12/22/1969 | Nha Trang, Vietnam | Air Vietnam | An explosive device was detonated in the cabin just as the aircraft was about to land. |
| 02/21/1970 | Zurich, Switzerland | Swissair | A bomb with an altimeter trigger was believed to have been placed in a mail package. |
| 04/21/1970 | Manila, Philippines | Philippine AL | Crashed into mountainous terrain after an explosion in the rear lavatory. |
| 11/21/1971 | Penhu Island, Taiwan | China AL | Detonation of an explosive device. |
| 01/26/1972 | Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia | JAT | Detonation of a bomb in the forward cargo hold. |
| 06/15/1972 | Pleiku, Vietnam | Cathay Pacific AW | Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin in a suitcase under a seat. |
| 03/19/1973 | Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam | Air Vietnam | Crashed after an explosion in the cargo hold. |
| 12/17/1973 | Rome, Italy | Pan American AW | Two phosphorus bombs were thrown into the aircraft prior to its departure. |
| 09/08/1974 | Ionian Sea, Greece | Trans World AL | Detonation of an explosive device in the aft cargo hold. |
| 01/01/1976 | Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia | Middle East AL | Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo compartment. |
| 10/06/1976 | Bridgetown, Barbados | Cubana | Detonation of an explosive device in the aft of the cabin. |
| 02/19/1979 | Barentu, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Airlines | Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard. |
| 06/27/1980 | Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy | Itavia | An explosive device aboard the aircraft causing the plane crash. |
| 12/21/1980 | Rio Hacha, Colombia | Trans. Aereos del Caribe | Explosion possibly caused by a bomb placed in the rear section of the aircraft. |
| 09/23/1983 | Mina Jebel Ali, UAE | Gulf Air | Detonation of an explosive device in the baggage compartment. |
| 06/23/1985 | Atlantic Ocean, Ireland | Air India | Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo hold. |
| 04/02/1986 | Athens, Greece | Trans World AL | Detonation of a explosive device in the cabin causing 4 passengers to be sucked out. |
| 05/03/1986 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Air Lanka | Detonation of an explosive device in the rear section of the cabin while on the ground. |
| 11/29/1987 | Andaman Sea | Korean AL | Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin. |
| 03/01/1988 | Johannesberg, South Africa | Comair | Detonation of a nitro-glycerine bomb in the cabin. Suicide for insurance. |
| 08/17/1988 | Bahawalpur, Pakistan | Pakistan Air Force | Detonation of a low level explosive device or incapacitating gas. |
| 12/21/1988 | Lockerbie, Scotland | Pan American AW | Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo area planted by terrorists. |
| 09/19/1989 | Bilma, Niger | Union des Trans. Aer. | Detonation of a bomb in a container location 13-R in the forward cargo hold. |
| 11/27/1989 | Bogota, Colombia | Avianca | Detonation of a bomb at seat 15F causing ignition of fuel vapors in an empty fuel tank. |
| 07/19/1994 | Colon, Panama | Alas Chiricanas | Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard. |
| 07/09/1997 | Suzano, Brazil | TAM | A small bomb containing only 7 oz. of explosives was placed under a passenger seat. |
| 05/07/2002 | Off Dalian, China | China Northern Airlines | Out of control fire after a passenger deliberately started a fire. |
| 08/24/2004 | Toula, Russia | Volga-Avia Express | Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| 08/24/2004 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | Sibir Airlines | Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| Fuel Starvation |
| 05/18/1935 | Knowles Flying Service | Flint, Michigan | Negligence on the pilot for not replenishing his fuel supply before it got dangerously low. |
| 12/31/1935 | Imperial Airways | Alexandria, Egypt | Ran out of fuel. |
| 07/02/1937 | Lae, New Guinea | Purdue Res. Found. | The aircraft had to be flown higher than expected due to storms which used extra fuel. |
| 11/29/1938 | Off Point Reyes, Calif. | United Air Lines | Ran out of fuel forcing a ditching at sea. |
| 02/09/1943 | Gander, Newfoundland | British Overseas AW | Ran out of fuel. |
| 12/28/1946 | Michigan City, Michigan | American AL | Ran out of fuel for unknown reasons. |
| 01/05/1947 | Carmel, New Jersey | Nationwide Air Trans. | Near fuel exhaustion forced the crew to carry out an emergency landing. |
| 01/11/1947 | Lympne, England | BOAC | Ran out of fuel because of poor weather conditions encountered throughout the flight. |
| 01/07/1948 | Savannah, Georgia | Coastal Air Lines | The fuel valves were positioned so that both engines were supplied from only one tank. |
| 01/30/1948 | Near Bermuda | British So. Am. AW | Ran into strong head winds in the Atlantic and ran out of fuel. |
| 08/15/1949 | Lurga Point, Ireland | Transocean Air Lines | Ran out of fuel and ditched in the Atlantic. |
| 07/28/1950 | Porte Alegre, Brazil | Penair do Brasil | Ran out of fuel while in a holding pattern. |
| 04/30/1952 | Delhi, India | Deccan, AW | Fuel starvation after the plane banked to make a turn and the tank was almost empty. |
| 05/26/1952 | Atar, Mauritania | British Overseas AW | Became lost in the desert and ran out of fuel. |
| 06/19/1954 | Folkestone, England | Swissair | Ditched into the Atlantic Ocean after running out of fuel. |
| 12/22/1954 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Johnson Flying Service | Ditched into the Monongahela River after running out of fuel. |
| 05/02/1970 | St. Croix, Virgin Islands | Antillian AL | Ran out of fuel and ditched into the Mediterranean Sea. |
| 12/05/1970 | Delhi, India | Jamair | The No. 2 engine failed on takeoff due to fuel starvation. |
| 02/01/1972 | Tegal, Indonesia | Penas | Due to a compass error the aircraft became lost and crashed due to fuel starvation. |
| 07/24/1973 | Honolulu, HI | Air Hawaii | Fuel starvation. Rear auxiliary tanks not serviced. |
| 08/11/1974 | Ouagadougou, Upper Volta | Air Mali | After being diverted and a navigation error the crew circled the wrong city. |
| 10/20/1977 | Gillsburg, Mississippi | L & J Company | A malfunction in the No.2 engine caused a higher than normal fuel consumption. |
| 12/02/1977 | Al Bayda, Lebanon | Balkan Bulgarian AL | Because of fog, the crew could not find the alternate airport and ran out of fuel. |
| 12/28/1978 | Portland, Oregon | United AL | Ran out of fuel while the crew was distracted with a landing gear problem. |
| 09/04/1982 | Rio Branco, Brazil | Cia Bras. de Tratores | Ran out of fuel on the third approach in poor weather. |
| 07/23/1983 | Gimli, Manitoba, Canada | Air Canada | Accidentally used pounds/liter for the specific gravity factor instead of kilograms/liter. |
| 09/03/1989 | Sao Jose do Xingu, Brazil | Varig | The crew flew in the wrong direction for two hours then ran out of fuel. |
| 01/25/1990 | Cove Neck, New York | Avianca | Put in series of holding patterns because of heavy traffic and ran out of fuel. |
| 09/11/1990 | Off Newfoundland, Canada | Faucett | Ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 06/26/1991 | Sokotu, Nigeria | Okada Air | After circling for an hour, unable to locate the air field, the plane ran out of fuel. |
| 11/15/1993 | Kerman, Iran | Magistralnye Avialinii | Ran out of fuel while in a holding pattern. |
| 09/18/1994 | Tamanrasset, Algeria | Oriental AL | After circling for1 1/2 hours and aborting four landing attempts the plane ran out of fuel. |
| 09/26/1994 | Vanavera, Russia | Cheremshanka AL | After three landing attempts, the crew diverted to their alternate but ran out of fuel. |
| 09/11/1995 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | Ariana Afghan AL | Ran out of fuel. |
| 10/31/1995 | Piedras Negras, Mexico | TACSA | Ran out of fuel trying to land in fog. |
| 04/05/1996 | Petropavlovsk, Russia | Krasnoyarskie AV | Crashed into a mountain after running out of fuel. |
| 01/13/1998 | Tor Kach, Pakistan | Ariana Afghan AL | Crashed into a mountain after being diverted to their alternate due to bad weather. |
| 03/24/2000 | Kadirana, Sri Lanka | OMSK | After 2 messages they were low on fuel, the plane crashed while attempting to land. |
| 08/12/2001 | Lajes, Terceira, Azores | Air Transat | Improperly installed part caused a fuel leak and the plane to run out of fuel. |
| 06/11/2002 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Keystone Air Services | Ran out of fuel. |
| 11/11/2002 | Manila, Philippines | Laoag Int. Airlines | Failure of the pilot and co-pilot to check the fuel valves. |
| 08/13/2004 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Air Tacoma | Flightcrew's failure to monitor the fuel gauges and to recognize a fuel imbalance. |
| 08/06/2005 | Off Palermo, Italy | Tuninter | The maintenance crew incorrectly installed a fuel gauge for a ATR-42 on the ATR-72. |
| Hijacking (resulting in fatalities) |
| 07/16/1948 | Pacific Ocean | Cathay Pacific AW | Crashed after being hijacked and losing control during a struggle in the cockpit. |
| 11/01/1958 | Nipe Bay, Cuba | Cubana | Crashed after being hijacked and running out of fuel. |
| 04/28/1960 | Calabozo, Venezuela | Linea Aero. Venezolana | Detonation of a hand-grenade brought aboard by a Russian immigrant. |
| 05/07/1964 | San Ramon, California | Pacific AL | Francisco Gonzales, a passenger, shot both the pilot and first officer. |
| 01/23/1971 | Korean Air Lines | Sokcho, South Korea | A hijacker detonated grenades he was carrying. |
| 12/06/1971 | Tikaka, Sudan | Sudan AW | Hijacked and ran out of fuel. |
| 05/18/1973 | Chita, Russia | Aeroflot | Detonation of a bomb in the cabin being carried by a hijacker. |
| 09/15/1974 | Phan Rang, Vietnam | Air Vietnam | Detonation of two hand grenades in the passenger compartment by a hijacker. |
| 05/23/1976 | Zamboanga, Philippines | Philippine AL | A hijacker set off grenades in the cabin. |
| 06/27/1976 | Entebbe, Uganda | Air France | Seven passengers were killed during a commando raid by Israeli forces. |
| 12/04/1977 | Kampung Ladang, Malaysia | Malaysia AL | Hijacked with both pilots shot. |
| 06/14/1985 | Athens, Greece | Trans World AL | U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered aboard by hijackers. |
| 11/24/1985 | Luqa, Malta | Egyptair | Several hand grenades were thrown into the cabin causing a fire. |
| 09/05/1986 | Karachi, Pakistan | Pan American AW | Hijackers opened fire on the passengers and crew and threw grenades among them. |
| 12/25/1986 | Ay, Saudi Arabia | Iraqi AW | Two hand grenades exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to lose control & crash. |
| 07/24/1987 | Geneva, Switzerland | Air Afrique | A hijacker killed one passenger before the plane was stormed by troops. |
| 12/07/1987 | San Luis Obispo, California | Pacific Southwest AL | David Burk, a fired employee, shot the pilot and first officer. |
| 04/05/1988 | Combi, Cyprus | Kuwait AW | Two hostages killed on the ground by hijackers. |
| 10/02/1990 | Guangzhou, China | Xiamen/China SW AL | After a struggle in the cockpit with a hijacker the pilot hit three parked planes. |
| 08/28/1993 | Khorag, Tajikistan | Tadzhikistan Nat. AL | The crew was coerced into taking off with an overloaded plane by armed hijackers. |
| 12/26/1994 | Algiers, Algeria | Air France | Three passengers and four hijackers were killed when the plane was stormed. |
| 11/23/1996 | Moroni, Comoros Islands | Ethiopian AL | The plane was hijacked and ran out of fuel crashing in the ocean. |
| 07/23/1999 | Tokyo, Japan | All Nippon AW | The plane crashed after the pilot was stabbed by a mentally ill passenger. |
| 12/24/1999 | Amritsar, India | Indian Airlines | One crew member was killed after the plane was hijacked. |
| 05/25/2000 | Manila, Philippines | Philippine Air Lines | A hijacker was killed after jumping out of plane with a homemade parachute. |
| 03/15/2001 | Medina, Saudi Arabia | Vnukovo Airlines | Three people were killed after the hijacked plane was stormed. |
| 09/11/2001 | New York, New York | American AL | Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York. |
| 09/11/2001 | New York, New York | United AL | Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York. |
| 09/11/2001 | Arlington, Virginia | American AL | Hijacked and flown into the Pentagon. |
| 09/11/2001 | Shanksville, Pennsylvania | United AL | Hijacked and flown into the ground in Pennsylvania. |
| Lightning |
| 09/03/1929 | Mt. Taylor, New Mexico | Trans Con. Air Transport | Struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. |
| 07/22/1938 | Stulpica, Romania | LOT | Struck by lightning. |
| 08/31/1940 | Lovettsville, Virginia | Penn Central AL | Disabled pilots by a severe lightning discharge in vicinity of plane. |
| 01/17/1951 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Alitalia | Lightning ignited mixture of air and fuel fumes in the fuel tank. |
| 06/26/1959 | Varese, Italy | Trans World AL | Ignition of gasoline vapors emanating from the fuel tank vent pipes by static discharge. |
| 07/19/1961 | Azul, Brazil | Aerolineas Argentinas | Stuck by lightning and extreme turbulence. |
| 12/19/1962 | Warsaw, Poland | LOT | Stalled after being struck by lightning. |
| 08/12/1963 | Lyon, France | Air Inter | Possibility of a flash of lightning dazzling the crew and causing temporary blindness. |
| 12/08/1963 | Elkton, Maryland | Pan American AW | Lightning induced ignition of fuel tank vapors. |
| 04/18/1967 | Zarand, Iran | Iranian Air Force | Crashed after being struck by lightning. |
| 12/24/1971 | Puerto Inca, Peru | Lineas Aereas Nac. | Lightning caused a fire which led to the separation of the right wing. |
| 05/09/1976 | Madrid, Spain | Iran Air Force | Lightning caused an explosion in the No. 1 fuel tank which caused the left wing to fail. |
| 09/05/1980 | Montelimar, France | Kuwait Air Force | Struck by lightning. |
| 02/08/1988 | Mulheim, Germany | NFD | Struck by lightning and suffered a complete electrical failure. |
| 06/22/2000 | Shitai, China | Wuhan AL | Struck by lightning causing the plane to explode and crash. |
| 10/10/2001 | Off Valencia, Spain | Flightline | Electrical power was lost following a lightning strike. |
| 12/27/2002 | Anjouan, Comoros Islands | Ocean Airlines | Struck by lightining causing loss of artificial horizons and gyro compasses. |
| Pilot Incapacitation |
| 10/06/1955 | Centennial, Wyoming | United AL | Incapacitation of crew by carbon monoxide emanating from a faulty cabin heater. |
| 10/30/1959 | Waynesborough, Virginia | Piedmont AL | Mental breakdown of captain during flight. |
| 12/14/1962 | Burbank, California | Flying Tiger Line | Incapacitation of the captain with a heart attack at a critical point in the approach. |
| 04/22/1966 | Ardmore, Oklahoma | American Flyers AL | Incapacitation of the captain with a heart attack during final stages of approach. |
| 03/13/1967 | East London, South Africa | South African AW | The captain suffered a heart attack and first officer could not regain control of aircraft. |
| 01/14/1970 | Mt. Pumacona, Peru | Faucett | The mental state of the pilot adversely affected his judgment and efficiency. |
| 06/18/1972 | Staines, Surrey, England | British European AW | Incapacitation of the captain due to a possible arterial hemorrhage. |
| 10/13/1972 | Krasnaya, Polyana, USSR | Aeroflot | Sudden incapacitation of the crew for reasons unknown. |
| 02/09/1982 | Tokyo, Japan | Japan AL | The captain, known to have mental problems, put the inboard engines into reverse. |
| 03/31/1995 | Balotesti, Romania | Trans. Aeriene Rom. | The captain was incapacitated shortly after taking off. |
| 09/04/2000 | Near Burketown, Australia | Central Air | Incapacitation of the captain due to depressurized cabin and lack of oxygen. |
| 08/14/2005 | Grammatikos, Greece | Helios Airways | Pressurization failure incapacitated the entire crew. |
အသက္ ၂၃ ႏွစ္အရြယ္ ေက်ာင္းသူ တစ္ဦးကို ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ေဒလီတြင္ ဘတ္စ္ကားေပၚ၌ အမ်ဳိးသားအုပ္စု လိုက္ ဝိုင္း၍ မုဒိန္း က်င့္ႀကံခဲ့မႈ ယခုလ အေစာပိုင္းတြင္ ျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့ေလရာ ႏိုင္ငံအႏွံ႔ က႐ုဏာ သက္သူမ်ား ေဒါသေပါက္ကြဲ ၾကၿပီး တရားမွ်တမႈ ရရွိေစေရးအတြက္ လမ္းမေပၚ ထြက္ၿပီး အာဏာပိုင္ကို ဖိအားေပးၾကေလရာ ဆႏၵျပပြဲမ်ား အရွိန္တိုးျမင့္လာၿပီး ထိပ္တိုက္ျပႆနာ ျဖစ္ၾကသည့္ ရဲမ်ားထဲမွ တစ္ဦးပင္ ေသဆံုးသြားေၾကာင္း သတင္းမီဒီယာ အသီးသီးက ေဖာ္ျပထားၾကသည္။
အိႏၵိယဝန္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ မန္မိုဟန္ဆင္း လည္း ႐ုပ္သံလိုင္းမ်ားတြင္ ထြက္ေပၚ လာၿပီး အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ားအတြက္ လံုၿခံဳ ေသာ အိႏၵိယ ျဖစ္ရပါေစမည္ဟု ျပည္သူကို ကတိေပးခဲ့သည္။
A 33-year-old bus driver who was nicknamed "Mental" by friends has been said to be the leader of the six-man group accused of the horrific gang rape of a 23-year-old female student who passed away in Mount Elizabeth Hospital this morning (Dec 29).
ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္ သမၼတ ဦးသိန္းစိန္က ျမန္မာႏုိုင္ငံမွာ အဂတိလုိက္စားမႈေတြ အခုထိရွိေနသလို ေကာင္းမြန္တဲ့ အစိုးရနဲ႔ အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရး ရဖို႔ လိုအပ္ခ်က္ေတြ အမ်ားႀကီးရွိေနတာမို႔ ျပဳျပင္ေျပာင္းလဲေရးမွာ လူထုတရပ္လံုး ပါ၀င္ၾကဖို႔ ဗုဒၶဟူးေန႔ ေနျပည္ေတာ္မွာ အစိုးရ တာ၀န္ရွိသူ ေတြကို မိန္႔ခြန္းေျပာၾကားခဲ့ပါတယ္။ သမၼတက ျပဳျပင္ေျပာင္းလဲေရး အတြက္ အစိုးရရဲ့ လုပ္ထံုးလုပ္နည္းေတြကို ျပင္ဖို႔ အဓိကထားေျပာၾကားခဲ့ ေပမယ့္ ႏွစ္ေပါင္းမ်ားစြာ အရိုးစြဲေနတဲ့ ဗ်ဴရိုကေရစီယႏၱရားကို ျပင္ဖို႔ ေတာ္ေတာ္ခက္ခဲမွာ ျဖစ္တဲ့ အျပင္ စစ္အုပ္စုဘက္က အမ်ားစုပါ၀င္တဲ့ အစိုးရတရပ္အတြက္ စစ္အစိုးရလက္ထက္က က်န္ေနတဲ့ အခြင့္ထူးခံေတြျပႆနာ ကို အရင္ရွင္းဖို႔ လုိအပ္တယ္လို႔ သံုးသပ္သူတခ်ိဳ႕က ျမင္ပါတယ္။ ဒီမိန္႔ခြန္းနဲ႔ ပါတ္သက္ၿပီး ျမန္မာ့ အေရးေလ့လာ သံုးသပ္သူ ေဒါက္တာေအာင္ခင္ကို ေဒၚခင္မ်ိဳးသက္က ဆက္သြယ္ေမးျမန္းရာမွာ အခုလို စေျပာပါတယ္။
ရန္ကုန္၊ ဒီဇင္ဘာ ၂၅
IT was a Christmas day ordeal that Anna Bartsch and her boyfriend Stuart Benson were lucky to survive, with the couple walking away from a flaming plane wreck in central Myanmar that left at least two dead and another 11 injured. 
AFP 
Source: Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, 1959 - 2008, Boeing 
