While on the ground, one of the engines had an uncontained failure which ruptured a fuel tank and started fire. 30 August 1984 Cameroon Airlines 737-200 Douala, Cameroon:.The crash killed all five crew members and 121 of 126 passengers. The aircraft crashed 900 meters short of the runway. 8 November 1983 TAAG Angola Airlines 737-200 Lubango, Angola:.The crash killed all six crew members and 105 of 111 passengers. 23 September 1983 Gulf Air 737-200 Mino Jobel Ali, near Abu Dhabi, UAE:Ĭrashed during approach after a bomb had exploded in the baggage compartment.The crash killed all eight crew members and 111 passengers. 11 July 1983 TAME 737-200 near Cuenca, Ecuador: The aircraft hit high ground during approach.The crash killed two of the 112 passengers. The aircraft had a hard landing in a rainstorm and broke in two. The crash killed four of the five crew members and 70 of the 74 passengers. The crew subsequently did not adjust the engines to allow sufficient thrust for takeoff and the aircraft stalled and crashed into the frozen Potomac River. The crew did not activate heaters on engine sensors during icing conditions. 13 January 1982 Air Florida 737-200 Washington, DC:.The crash killed all six crew members and 104 passengers. The aircraft experienced in flight structural failure. 22 August 1981 Far Eastern Air Transport 737-200 near Sanyi, Taiwan:.The aircraft experienced severe en route turbulence. Indian Airlines 737-200 near Rampur Hat, India:.The crash killed four of the crew members and 38 of the 44 passengers. The aircraft crashed after thrust reversers did not fully stow following a rejected landing that was executed in order to avoid a snowplow. 11 February 1978 Pacific Western Airlines 737-200 Cranbrook Airport, Canada:.All seven crew members and 93 passengers were killed. The aircraft was hijacked and subsequently destroyed by an in flight explosion. 4 December 1977 Malaysian Airline System 737-200 near Johore Strait, Malaysia:.The crash killed five of the seven crew members and 43 of the 58 passengers. Indian Airlines 737-200 near New Dehli, India: The aircraft crashed and caught fire during landing.Two people on the ground were also killed. Three of the six crew and 40 of the 55 passengers were killed. The crew initiated a missed approach and had increased thrust and retracted the landing gear, but the aircraft crashed into a residential area and caught fire. The aircraft had been on a scheduled domestic flight from National Airport near Washington, DC to Midway Airport in Chicago, IL.ĭuring approach, the crew allowed the airspeed to deteriorate and the aircraft to stall and lose altitude. 8 December 1972 United Air Lines 737-200 N9031U, flight 553 Midway Airport, Chicago:.While there were many US hijacking events in the 1970s, this was one of only two that resulted in passenger deaths. None of the seven crew members were injured. Two other passengers were wounded, but survived. Later, an armed FBI agent posing as the pilot that would fly the aircraft to the Soviet Union entered the aircraft while, unknown to the hijackers, three other armed FBI agents were able to position themselves near the front entry door.Īs the three outside FBI agents began to climb the stairs to enter the aircraft, a gun battle broke out which resulted in the deaths of both of the hijackers and one of the 77 passengers. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Sacramento to San Francisco when shortly before landing it was hijacked by two armed men who intended to have the aircraft fly to the Soviet Union.Īfter landing in San Francisco, the aircraft was directed to an isolated part of the airport while the hijackers negotiated with authorities. 5 July 1972 Pacific Southwest 737-200 San Francisco, CA:.The numbered events are those involving at least one passenger death where the aircraft flight had a direct or indirect role, and where at least one of the dead passengers was not a stowaway, hijacker, or saboteur. The following are significant events involving the aircraft model.
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