U.S. Aircraft Accidents Involving Passenger Fatalities since 1982

				Passengers
Date	Airline	Aircraft	Site	Fatalities¹	Survivors

January 13, 1982	Air Florida	Boeing 737	Washington, DC	70	4
January 23, 1982	World Airways	McDonnell Douglas DC10	Boston, MA	2	198
July 9, 1982	Pan American World Airways	Boeing 727	New Orleans, LA	137	0
November 8, 1982	Pan American World Airways	Boeing 747	Honolulu, HI	1	274
January 9, 1983	Republic Airlines	Convair 58011A	Brainerd, MN	1	29
October 11, 1983	Air Illinois	Hawker Siddeley HS748	Pinckneyville, IL	7	0
January 1, 1985	Eastern Air Lines	Boeing 727	La Paz, Bolivia	21	0
January 21, 1985	Galaxy Airlines	Lockheed 188C	Reno, NV	64	1
August 2, 1985	Delta Air Lines	Lockheed L1011	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX	126	26
September 6, 1985	Midwest Express Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Milwaukee, WI	27	0
December 12, 1985	Arrow Airways	McDonnell Douglas DC8	Gander, Newfoundland	248	0
February 4, 1986	Trans World Airlines	Boeing 727	Near Athens, Greece	4	110
February 14, 1987	Ports Of Call	Boeing 707	Durango, Mexico	1	125
August 16, 1987	Northwest Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Romulus, MI	148	1
November 15, 1987	Continental Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Denver, CO	25	52
December 7, 1987	Pacific Southwest Airlines	British Aerospace BAe 146	San Luis Obispo, CA	38	0
August 31, 1988	Delta Air Lines	Boeing 727	Dallas/Ft Worth, TX	12	89
December 21, 1988	Pan American World Airways	Boeing 747	Lockerbie, Scotland	243¹	0
February 8, 1989	Independent Air	Boeing 707	Santamaria, Azores	137	0
February 24, 1989	United Airlines	Boeing 747	Honolulu, HI	9	328
July 19, 1989	United Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC10	Sioux City, IA	110	175
September 20, 1989	USAir	Boeing 737	Flushing, NY	2	55
December 27, 1989	Eastern Air Lines	Boeing 727	Miami, FL	1	46
October 3, 1990	Eastern Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Cape Canaveral, FL	1	90
December 3, 1990	Northwest Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Romulus, MI	7	33
February 1, 1991	USAir	Boeing 737	Los Angeles, CA	20	63
March 3, 1991	United Airlines	Boeing 737	Colorado Springs, CO	20	0
March 22, 1992	USAir	Fokker 28	Flushing, NY	25	22
July 2, 1994	USAir	McDonnell Douglas DC9	Charlotte, NC	37	20
September 8, 1994	USAir	Boeing 737	Aliquippa, PA	127	0
October 31, 1994	American Eagle	ATR 72	Roselawn, IN	64	0
December 20, 1995	American Airlines	Boeing 757	Cali, Colombia	152	4
May 11, 1996	ValuJet Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-9	Miami, FL	105	0
July 7, 1996	Delta Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas MD-88	Pensacola, FL	2	140
July 17, 1996	Trans World Airlines	Boeing 747	Moriches, NY	212	0
August 2, 1997	Continental Airlines	Boeing 757	Lima, Peru	1	141
December 28, 1997	United Airlines	Boeing 747	Pacific Ocean	1	373
June 1, 1999	American Airlines	McDonnell Douglas MD-80	Little Rock, AR	10	129
January 31, 2000	Alaska Airlines	McDonnell Douglas MD-83	Off California coast	88	0
September 11, 2001	American Airlines	Boeing 767	Terrorist attack, New York City, NY	81¹	0
September 11, 2001	United Airlines	Boeing 767	Terrorist attack, New York City, NY	56¹	0
September 11, 2001	United Airlines	Boeing 757	Terrorist attack, Shanksville, PA	37	0
September 11, 2001	American Airlines	Boeing 757	Terrorist attack, Arlington, VA	58¹	0
December 11, 2001	American Airlines	Airbus A300	Belle Harbor, NY	251¹	0
January 8, 2003	US Airways Express	Beechcraft 1900	Charlotte, NC	19	0
October 19, 2004	Corporate Airlines	British Aerospace Jetstream 32	Kirksville, MO	11	2
December 19, 2005	Chalks Ocean Airways	Grumman G-73T	Miami, FL	18	0
August 27, 2006	Comair	Bombardier CRJ-100	Lexington, KY	47	0
1. Does not include deaths on ground.

Source: National Transportation Safety Board, U.S. Department of Transportation.

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