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List of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor

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List of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor

Presented below is a list of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor, when the event involved 10 or more people on board. Within this list, "sole survivor" refers to a person who survived an air accident in which all other aircraft occupants died as a direct consequence of the accident. Specific criteria are outlined below.

Tables

· List
Name
Name
Date
Name
Operator
Nationality
Flight / information
Age
Fatalities
M/F
Sole survivor (if known)
P/C
1929-03-17
1929-03-17
Date
1929-03-17
Operator
Colonial Western Airlines
Flight / information
Ford Trimotor crash in Newark
Fatalities
14
Sole survivor (if known)
Lou Foote
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
34
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight.
1930-08-22
1930-08-22
Date
1930-08-22
Operator
Czechoslovak Airlines
Flight / information
Ford Trimotor crash in Jihlava
Fatalities
12
Sole survivor (if known)
Vojtěch Kraus
Sole survivor (if known)
Czechoslovakia
Sole survivor (if known)
30
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1935-12-31
1935-12-31
Date
1935-12-31
Operator
Imperial Airways
Flight / information
Short Calcutta crash on the Nile near Alexandria
Fatalities
12
Sole survivor (if known)
Vernon Gorry Wilson
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight; died in another plane crash seven years later.
1936-09-05
1936-09-05
Date
1936-09-05
Operator
Pittsburgh Skyways
Flight / information
Stinson 6000 crash in Pittsburgh
Fatalities
10
Sole survivor (if known)
Linda McDonald
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
17
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1936-09-24
1936-09-24
Date
1936-09-24
Operator
Ala Littoria
Flight / information
CANT Z crash off Benghazi
Fatalities
9
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Radio operator of the flight.
1939-11-17
1939-11-17
Date
1939-11-17
Operator
Spanish Air Force
Flight / information
Ju 52 ditching off Cape Juby
Fatalities
10
Sole survivor (if known)
Manuel Copano Taboada
Sole survivor (if known)
Spain
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Air observer on the flight.
1941-10-30
1941-10-30
Date
1941-10-30
Operator
Northwest Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 5
Fatalities
14
Sole survivor (if known)
Clarence Bates
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
41
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight; died in another plane crash one year later.
1942-08-25
1942-08-25
Date
1942-08-25
Operator
Royal Air Force
Flight / information
Dunbeath air crash
Fatalities
15
Sole survivor (if known)
Andrew Jack
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
20
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Tail gunner of the flight. Fatalities included Prince George, Duke of Kent.
1943-01-22
1943-01-22
Date
1943-01-22
Operator
Pan American-Grace Airways
Flight / information
Flight 9
Fatalities
14
Sole survivor (if known)
John Alfred Howard
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
26
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1943-06-14
1943-06-14
Date
1943-06-14
Operator
US Army Air Forces
Flight / information
Bakers Creek air crash
Fatalities
40
Sole survivor (if known)
Foye Kenneth Roberts
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
22
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1943-07-04
1943-07-04
Date
1943-07-04
Operator
Royal Air Force
Flight / information
Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
Eduard Prchal
Sole survivor (if known)
Czechoslovakia
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight. Fatalities included Polish general Władysław Sikorski.
1945-03-05
1945-03-05
Date
1945-03-05
Operator
Luftwaffe
Flight / information
Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash
Fatalities
80
Sole survivor (if known)
Nazi Germany
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1946-09-05
1946-09-05
Date
1946-09-05
Operator
Trans-Luxury Airlines
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash in Elko
Fatalities
20
Sole survivor (if known)
Peter Link
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
3
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1947-01-12
1947-01-12
Date
1947-01-12
Operator
Eastern Air Lines
Flight / information
Flight 665
Fatalities
18
Sole survivor (if known)
William Keyes Jr.
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
25
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1947-01-28
1947-01-28
Date
1947-01-28
Operator
China National Aviation Corporation
Flight / information
Curtiss C-46 Commando crash in Hankou
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Paul Ashton Vick
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
1 (16 months)
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1947-02-01
1947-02-01
Date
1947-02-01
Operator
Air France
Flight / information
Sintra Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
15
Sole survivor (if known)
Eugène Léonard
Sole survivor (if known)
France
Sole survivor (if known)
38
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1948-03-10
1948-03-10
Date
1948-03-10
Operator
Delta Air Lines
Flight / information
Flight 705
Fatalities
12
Sole survivor (if known)
Tripolina Meo
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1948-04-15
1948-04-15
Date
1948-04-15
Operator
Pan Am
Flight / information
Flight 1–10
Fatalities
30
Sole survivor (if known)
Mark Worst
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
38
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1948-04-24
1948-04-24
Date
1948-04-24
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Bodaybo Lisunov Li-2 crash
Fatalities
28
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1948-05-12
1948-05-12
Date
1948-05-12
Operator
Sabena
Flight / information
Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash
Fatalities
31
Sole survivor (if known)
Georges Moutafis
Sole survivor (if known)
Egypt
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1948-07-17
1948-07-17
Date
1948-07-17
Operator
Cathay Pacific
Flight / information
Miss Macao
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Huang Yu
Sole survivor (if known)
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Sole survivor (if known)
24
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
Notes
One of four hijackers of the aircraft.
1949-07-21
1949-07-21
Date
1949-07-21
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Ilyushin Il-12 crash in Nizhneudinsk
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
C
1949-11-20
1949-11-20
Date
1949-11-20
Operator
Aero Holland
Flight / information
Hurum air disaster
Fatalities
34
Sole survivor (if known)
Isaac Allal
Sole survivor (if known)
French Tunisia (1881–1956)
Sole survivor (if known)
12
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1950-05-24
1950-05-24
Date
1950-05-24
Operator
LANSA
Flight / information
Galeras Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Olga Rada
Sole survivor (if known)
Colombia
Sole survivor (if known)
10
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1950-07-27
1950-07-27
Date
1950-07-27
Operator
US Air Force
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash near Ōshima Island
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Haruo “Harry” Sazaki
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
31
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1950-09-21
1950-09-21
Date
1950-09-21
Operator
JAT Airways
Flight / information
Medvednica Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
10
Sole survivor (if known)
Nikola Jovanović
Sole survivor (if known)
Yugoslavia
Sole survivor (if known)
23
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Radio operator of the flight.
1950-10-17
1950-10-17
Date
1950-10-17
Operator
British European Airways
Flight / information
Mill Hill Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
28
Sole survivor (if known)
James McKissick
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Flight attendant on the flight.
1950-12-30
1950-12-30
Date
1950-12-30
Operator
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash in Camet
Fatalities
17
Sole survivor (if known)
Susana Castilla
Sole survivor (if known)
Argentina
Sole survivor (if known)
7
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1951-03-25
1951-03-25
Date
1951-03-25
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Lisunov Li-2 crash in Iskra
Fatalities
12
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1951-11-21
1951-11-21
Date
1951-11-21
Operator
Deccan Airways
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash near Dum Dum Airport
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
C. N. Mehta
Sole survivor (if known)
India
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1953-04-10
1953-04-10
Date
1953-04-10
Operator
Caribbean International Airways
Flight / information
Lockheed Lodestar crash off Lime Cay near Kingston
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
Edward Remington Hobbs
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
37
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1953-05-17
1953-05-17
Date
1953-05-17
Operator
Delta Air Lines
Flight / information
Flight 318
Fatalities
19
Sole survivor (if known)
Hazel Cox
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
21
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1953-10-31
1953-10-31
Date
1953-10-31
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Lisunov Li-2 crash near Kharkiv Airport
Fatalities
15
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1953-12-12
1953-12-12
Date
1953-12-12
Operator
Indian Airlines
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash near Sonegaon Airport
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
Desmond Arthur Cartner
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
28
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight.
1954-01-06
1954-01-06
Date
1954-01-06
Operator
Royal Air Force
Flight / information
Aldbury Valetta accident
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
Patrick Cliff
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
19
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1954-08-26
1954-08-26
Date
1954-08-26
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Lisunov Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Fatalities
26
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
40
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1956-05-24
1956-05-24
Date
1956-05-24
Operator
Aviateca
Flight / information
Sierra de las Minas Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
30
Sole survivor (if known)
Roberto Ovando
Sole survivor (if known)
Guatemala
Sole survivor (if known)
22
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1956-11-24
1956-11-24
Date
1956-11-24
Operator
Linee Aeree Italiane
Flight / information
Flight 451
Fatalities
34
Sole survivor (if known)
Concetta Finamore
Sole survivor (if known)
Italy
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1957-03-17
1957-03-17
Date
1957-03-17
Operator
Philippine Air Force
Flight / information
Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Nestor Mata
Sole survivor (if known)
Philippines
Sole survivor (if known)
31
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
Notes
Reporter for the Philippine Herald. Fatalities included Ramon Magsaysay, president of the Philippines.
1957-05-01
1957-05-01
Date
1957-05-01
Operator
Eagle Aviation Limited
Flight / information
Blackbushe Viking accident
Fatalities
34
Sole survivor (if known)
Ernest Taylor
Sole survivor (if known)
United Kingdom
Sole survivor (if known)
25
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1957-10-01
1957-10-01
Date
1957-10-01
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 11
Fatalities
27
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1958-05-20
1958-05-20
Date
1958-05-20
Operator
US Air Force / Maryland Air National Guard
Flight / information
T-33 mid-air collision with Capital Airlines Flight 300
Fatalities
12
Sole survivor (if known)
Julius McCoy
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
34
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight.
1958-08-11
1958-08-11
Date
1958-08-11
Operator
Lóide Aéreo Nacional
Flight / information
Douglas DC-4 crash in Belém
Fatalities
10
Sole survivor (if known)
Cassiano Cirilo Anunciação
Sole survivor (if known)
Brazil
Sole survivor (if known)
27
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1959-01-16
1959-01-16
Date
1959-01-16
Operator
Austral Líneas Aéreas
Flight / information
Flight 205
Fatalities
51
Sole survivor (if known)
Roberto Servente
Sole survivor (if known)
Argentina
Sole survivor (if known)
39
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1959-10-23
1959-10-23
Date
1959-10-23
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 200
Fatalities
28
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1959-10-30
1959-10-30
Date
1959-10-30
Operator
Piedmont Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 349
Fatalities
26
Sole survivor (if known)
Phillip "Phil" Bradley
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1959-12-01
1959-12-01
Date
1959-12-01
Operator
Allegheny Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 371
Fatalities
25
Sole survivor (if known)
Louis Matarazzo
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
35
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1960-02-26
1960-02-26
Date
1960-02-26
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 315
Fatalities
32
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
33
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1961-09-23
1961-09-23
Date
1961-09-23
Operator
Turkish Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 835
Fatalities
28
Sole survivor (if known)
Salih Kalafatoğlu
Sole survivor (if known)
Turkey
Sole survivor (if known)
40
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1962-01-27
1962-01-27
Date
1962-01-27
Operator
Aeroflot / Ulyanovsk Flight School
Flight / information
Antonov An-10 crash in Baratayevka Airport
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
C
1963-08-12
1963-08-12
Date
1963-08-12
Operator
Air Inter
Flight / information
Flight 2611
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
Elsa Simon
Sole survivor (if known)
France
Sole survivor (if known)
5
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1965-04-14
1965-04-14
Date
1965-04-14
Operator
British United Airways
Flight / information
Flight 1030X
Fatalities
26
Sole survivor (if known)
Dominique Sillière
Sole survivor (if known)
France
Sole survivor (if known)
22
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Flight attendant on the flight.
1966-02-02
1966-02-02
Date
1966-02-02
Operator
Pakistan International Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 17
Fatalities
23
Sole survivor (if known)
Muhammad Abdul Mannan
Sole survivor (if known)
East Pakistan
Sole survivor (if known)
19
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1967-04-25
1967-04-25
Date
1967-04-25
Operator
US Air Force
Flight / information
Lockheed EC-121H crash off Nantucket Island
Fatalities
15
Sole survivor (if known)
Joseph Guenet
Sole survivor (if known)
Canada
Sole survivor (if known)
29
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Navigator of the flight.
1967-04-26
1967-04-26
Date
1967-04-26
Operator
Avianca
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash near Sogamoso
Fatalities
17
Sole survivor (if known)
C
1967-06-24
1967-06-24
Date
1967-06-24
Operator
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight / information
Douglas C-47 crash en route to Jeddah
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
Switzerland
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1968-02-29
1968-02-29
Date
1968-02-29
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 15
Fatalities
83
Sole survivor (if known)
Vasily Andrienko
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
21
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1968-03-09
1968-03-09
Date
1968-03-09
Operator
Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles (GLAM)
Flight / information
Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash
Fatalities
19
Sole survivor (if known)
Michèle Renard
Sole survivor (if known)
France
Sole survivor (if known)
27
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1970-01-25
1970-01-25
Date
1970-01-25
Operator
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)
Flight / information
Convair CV-240 crash in Veracruz
Fatalities
19
Sole survivor (if known)
Jesús Kramsky
Sole survivor (if known)
Mexico
Sole survivor (if known)
22
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1970-02-04
1970-02-04
Date
1970-02-04
Operator
TAROM
Flight / information
Flight 35
Fatalities
20
Sole survivor (if known)
Ludovic Alexandru Sarkadi
Sole survivor (if known)
Romania
Sole survivor (if known)
43
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1970-05-04
1970-05-04
Date
1970-05-04
Operator
US Air Force
Flight / information
Convair T-29 crash near Hamilton Air Force Base
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
George A. Burk
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
28
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1970-08-09
1970-08-09
Date
1970-08-09
Operator
LANSA
Flight / information
Flight 502
Fatalities
101
Sole survivor (if known)
Juan Loo
Sole survivor (if known)
Peru
Sole survivor (if known)
26
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
First officer of the flight.
1971-06-06
1971-06-06
Date
1971-06-06
Operator
United States Marine Corps
Flight / information
F-4 mid-air collision with Hughes Airwest Flight 706
Fatalities
50
Sole survivor (if known)
Christopher E. Schiess
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
24
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Radar operator of the flight.
1971-12-24
1971-12-24
Date
1971-12-24
Operator
LANSA
Flight / information
Flight 508
Fatalities
91
Sole survivor (if known)
Juliane Koepcke
Sole survivor (if known)
West Germany
Sole survivor (if known)
17
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
Notes
Survived falling from 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
1972-01-26
1972-01-26
Date
1972-01-26
Operator
JAT Airways
Flight / information
Flight 367
Fatalities
27
Sole survivor (if known)
Vesna Vulović
Sole survivor (if known)
Yugoslavia
Sole survivor (if known)
22
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Flight attendant on the flight; survived falling from 33,000 feet (10,000 m).
1973-07-22
1973-07-22
Date
1973-07-22
Operator
Pan Am
Flight / information
Flight 816
Fatalities
78
Sole survivor (if known)
Neil James Campbell
Sole survivor (if known)
Canada
Sole survivor (if known)
28
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1973-08-22
1973-08-22
Date
1973-08-22
Operator
Avianca
Flight / information
Douglas DC-3 crash near Yopal
Fatalities
16
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1977-07-20
1977-07-20
Date
1977-07-20
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight B-2
Fatalities
39
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
21
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1979-01-15
1979-01-15
Date
1979-01-15
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Antonov An-24 crash near Minsk-1 Airport
Fatalities
13
Sole survivor (if known)
Viktoria "Vika" Bendeberya
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
3
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1979-05-30
1979-05-30
Date
1979-05-30
Operator
Downeast Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 46
Fatalities
17
Sole survivor (if known)
John McCafferty
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
16
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1981-08-24
1981-08-24
Date
1981-08-24
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 811 mid-air collision with Soviet Air Forces Tu-16
Fatalities
37
Sole survivor (if known)
Larisa Savitskaya
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
20
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
Notes
Survived falling from 17,000 feet (5,200 m).
1981-09-02
1981-09-02
Date
1981-09-02
Operator
Taxi Aéreo El Venado
Flight / information
Embraer Bandeirante crash in Paipa
Fatalities
21
Sole survivor (if known)
Remberto Aparicio
Sole survivor (if known)
Colombia
Sole survivor (if known)
26
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1982-06-17
1982-06-17
Date
1982-06-17
Operator
Ministry of Radio Equipment Production
Flight / information
Tupolev Tu-134 crash near Severomorsk-1 Naval Air Station
Fatalities
15
Sole survivor (if known)
Viktor Khatkovsky
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
38
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
C
Notes
Captain of the flight.
1983-04-30
1983-04-30
Date
1983-04-30
Operator
US Navy
Flight / information
Convair C-131 crash in Jacksonville
Fatalities
14
Sole survivor (if known)
Melissa Kelly
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
30
Sole survivor (if known)
F
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1984-12-23
1984-12-23
Date
1984-12-23
Operator
Aeroflot
Flight / information
Flight 3519
Fatalities
110
Sole survivor (if known)
Soviet Union
Sole survivor (if known)
27
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1985-01-21
1985-01-21
Date
1985-01-21
Operator
Galaxy Airlines
Flight / information
Flight 203
Fatalities
70
Sole survivor (if known)
George Lamson Jr.
Sole survivor (if known)
United States
Sole survivor (if known)
17
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1985-02-22
1985-02-22
Date
1985-02-22
Operator
Air Mali
Flight / information
Air Mali Antonov An-24 crash
Fatalities
51
Sole survivor (if known)
Ouologuem
Sole survivor (if known)
Mali
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
1987-01-03
1987-01-03
Date
1987-01-03
Operator
Varig
Flight / information
Flight 797
Fatalities
50
Sole survivor (if known)
Neuba Yessoh Damase
Sole survivor (if known)
Ivory Coast
Sole survivor (if known)
44
Sole survivor (if known)
M
Sole survivor (if known)
P
Date
Operator
Flight / information
Fatalities
Sole survivor (if known)
Notes
Source
Name
Nationality
Age
M/F
P/C
1929-03-17
Colonial Western Airlines
Ford Trimotor crash in Newark
14
Lou Foote
United States
34
M
C
Captain of the flight.
1930-08-22
Czechoslovak Airlines
Ford Trimotor crash in Jihlava
12
Vojtěch Kraus
Czechoslovakia
30
M
P
1935-12-31
Imperial Airways
Short Calcutta crash on the Nile near Alexandria
12
Vernon Gorry Wilson
United Kingdom
33
M
C
Captain of the flight; died in another plane crash seven years later.
1936-09-05
Pittsburgh Skyways
Stinson 6000 crash in Pittsburgh
10
Linda McDonald
United States
17
F
P
1936-09-24
Ala Littoria
CANT Z crash off Benghazi
9
M
C
Radio operator of the flight.
1939-11-17
Spanish Air Force
Ju 52 ditching off Cape Juby
10
Manuel Copano Taboada
Spain
M
C
Air observer on the flight.
1941-10-30
Northwest Airlines
Flight 5
14
Clarence Bates
United States
41
M
C
Captain of the flight; died in another plane crash one year later.
1942-08-25
Royal Air Force
Dunbeath air crash
15
Andrew Jack
United Kingdom
20
M
C
Tail gunner of the flight. Fatalities included Prince George, Duke of Kent.
1943-01-22
Pan American-Grace Airways
Flight 9
14
John Alfred Howard
United Kingdom
26
M
P
1943-06-14
US Army Air Forces
Bakers Creek air crash
40
Foye Kenneth Roberts
United States
22
M
P
1943-07-04
Royal Air Force
Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash
16
Eduard Prchal
Czechoslovakia
33
M
C
Captain of the flight. Fatalities included Polish general Władysław Sikorski.
1945-03-05
Luftwaffe
Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash
80
Nazi Germany
F
P
1946-09-05
Trans-Luxury Airlines
Douglas C-47 crash in Elko
20
Peter Link
United States
3
M
P
1947-01-12
Eastern Air Lines
Flight 665
18
William Keyes Jr.
United States
25
M
P
1947-01-28
China National Aviation Corporation
Curtiss C-46 Commando crash in Hankou
25
Paul Ashton Vick
United States
1 (16 months)
M
P
1947-02-01
Air France
Sintra Douglas C-47 crash
15
Eugène Léonard
France
38
M
P
1948-03-10
Delta Air Lines
Flight 705
12
Tripolina Meo
United States
33
F
P
1948-04-15
Pan Am
Flight 1–10
30
Mark Worst
United States
38
M
P
1948-04-24
Aeroflot
Bodaybo Lisunov Li-2 crash
28
P
1948-05-12
Sabena
Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash
31
Georges Moutafis
Egypt
M
P
1948-07-17
Cathay Pacific
Miss Macao
25
Huang Yu
Republic of China (1912–1949)
24
M
P
One of four hijackers of the aircraft.
1949-07-21
Aeroflot
Ilyushin Il-12 crash in Nizhneudinsk
13
C
1949-11-20
Aero Holland
Hurum air disaster
34
Isaac Allal
French Tunisia (1881–1956)
12
M
P
1950-05-24
LANSA
Galeras Douglas C-47 crash
25
Olga Rada
Colombia
10
F
P
1950-07-27
US Air Force
Douglas C-47 crash near Ōshima Island
25
Haruo “Harry” Sazaki
United States
31
M
P
1950-09-21
JAT Airways
Medvednica Douglas C-47 crash
10
Nikola Jovanović
Yugoslavia
23
M
C
Radio operator of the flight.
1950-10-17
British European Airways
Mill Hill Douglas C-47 crash
28
James McKissick
United Kingdom
33
M
C
Flight attendant on the flight.
1950-12-30
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Douglas C-47 crash in Camet
17
Susana Castilla
Argentina
7
F
P
1951-03-25
Aeroflot
Lisunov Li-2 crash in Iskra
12
P
1951-11-21
Deccan Airways
Douglas C-47 crash near Dum Dum Airport
16
C. N. Mehta
India
M
P
1953-04-10
Caribbean International Airways
Lockheed Lodestar crash off Lime Cay near Kingston
13
Edward Remington Hobbs
United Kingdom
37
M
P
1953-05-17
Delta Air Lines
Flight 318
19
Hazel Cox
United States
21
F
P
1953-10-31
Aeroflot
Lisunov Li-2 crash near Kharkiv Airport
15
P
1953-12-12
Indian Airlines
Douglas C-47 crash near Sonegaon Airport
13
Desmond Arthur Cartner
United Kingdom
28
M
C
Captain of the flight.
1954-01-06
Royal Air Force
Aldbury Valetta accident
16
Patrick Cliff
United Kingdom
19
M
P
1954-08-26
Aeroflot
Lisunov Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
26
Soviet Union
40
M
P
1956-05-24
Aviateca
Sierra de las Minas Douglas C-47 crash
30
Roberto Ovando
Guatemala
22
M
P
1956-11-24
Linee Aeree Italiane
Flight 451
34
Concetta Finamore
Italy
F
P
1957-03-17
Philippine Air Force
Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
25
Nestor Mata
Philippines
31
M
P
Reporter for the Philippine Herald. Fatalities included Ramon Magsaysay, president of the Philippines.
1957-05-01
Eagle Aviation Limited
Blackbushe Viking accident
34
Ernest Taylor
United Kingdom
25
M
P
1957-10-01
Aeroflot
Flight 11
27
P
1958-05-20
US Air Force / Maryland Air National Guard
T-33 mid-air collision with Capital Airlines Flight 300
12
Julius McCoy
United States
34
M
C
Captain of the flight.
1958-08-11
Lóide Aéreo Nacional
Douglas DC-4 crash in Belém
10
Cassiano Cirilo Anunciação
Brazil
27
M
P
1959-01-16
Austral Líneas Aéreas
Flight 205
51
Roberto Servente
Argentina
39
M
P
1959-10-23
Aeroflot
Flight 200
28
P
1959-10-30
Piedmont Airlines
Flight 349
26
Phillip "Phil" Bradley
United States
33
M
P
1959-12-01
Allegheny Airlines
Flight 371
25
Louis Matarazzo
United States
35
M
P
1960-02-26
Aeroflot
Flight 315
32
Soviet Union
33
M
P

References

  1. Such incidents, from which an initial sole survivor later succumbed to their injuries, include: 1961 Ndola Transair Swed
  2. Such incidents, in which there was a collision between aircraft and there were multiple survivors in total, include the
  3. Such incidents, in which the sole occupant of the opposing aircraft survived, include: Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 (194
  4. Non-combat events during World War II, such as the Dunbeath air crash, a VIP transport mission, are included.
  5. The aircraft involved, a Short Sunderland, was being used as a VIP transport.
  6. The aircraft involved, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, was being used as a personnel transport.
  7. The aircraft involved, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, was being used as a personnel transport.
  8. The aircraft involved, a Dornier Do 24, was being used to transport civilians.
  9. Chinese: 黃裕, Hanyu Pinyin: Huáng Yù, Cantonese: Wong Yu
  10. Including 1 ground fatality
  11. Including 2 ground fatalities
  12. Later known by her married name, Crocker.
  13. Accident final report states two survivors, as another passenger initially survived but later died from his injuries.
  14. Including 30 ground fatalities.
  15. Initially 3 survivors, one survivor died 2 weeks later and the other died 2 months later.
  16. Including 6 ground fatalities
  17. Including 19 ground fatalities
  18. Davis-Monthan Airfield Register
    https://dmairfield.org/people/larene_je/index.htm
  19. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/03/archives/exonerates-pilot-in-crash-killing-14-essex-county-grand-jury-votes.html
  20. aviation-safety
    https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19290317-0
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