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July 23, 2006 – United Airlines Flight 1015, a Boeing 737-322, nearly collided with Atlas Air Flight 6972, a Boeing 747-47UF. All 131 survive without injury. [107] October 3, 2006 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, a 737-400, was hijacked by Hakan Ekinci in Greek airspace. All 107 passengers and six crew members on board survived.
Boeing 247: The aircraft crashed into terrain in poor weather. October 10, 1933 7 0 0 1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: near Chesterton: Indiana: Boeing 247D: The aircraft suffered a mid-air explosion due to a bomb in the baggage compartment and crashed. It was the first confirmed act of air sabotage in commercial aviation ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The company has lost $39.3 billion since early 2019, when the second fatal crash of its key passenger jet, the 737 Max, led to a 20-month grounding of the plane. Boeing has reported losses in ...
The Boeing 737-800 plane operated by South Korea’s budget airline Jeju Air skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport in the country’s south, slammed into a concrete fence and burst ...
The aircraft involved, a Boeing 727-200 registered CP-1276, was substantially damaged but could safely be landed. There were no fatalities among the other 119 passengers and seven crew members. [46] February 19, 1985: Iberia Airlines Flight 610 crashed after striking a television antenna while landing in Bilbao; all 148 people on board died.
The most notable mishap on a Boeing jet this year occurred on January 5, when an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane lost a door midflight, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane.
December 1: Pan Am Flight 812, a 707-321 (N892PA), crashed at take-off from Sydney, Australia, following a bird strike in the number-two engine and collapse of the nose gear, with no fatalities. The aircraft was repaired and put back in service two months later. This plane was destroyed in an accident 41 years later while serving as a tanker.