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Draft:List of aviation accidents and incidents involving Asian airlines

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The list is about Asian airline aviation incident and accidents only occurring in Asia.


  • Air India 855

On January 1978, an Air India Boeing 747 passenger plane crashed into the Arabian Sea due to the altimeter problem. All 213 passengers and its crew were killed on board .


  • Saudia flight 163

Saudia 163 which was flying Pakistan‘s Karachi to Jeddah , Saudi Arabia ( via Riyadh) caught fire inside the plane shortly after it’s takeoff from its stopover which was Riyadh . The smoke spread across the cabin making an emergency landing at Riyadh all passengers died .


  • Japan Airlines 123

Japan Airlines 123 flying from Tokyo to Osaka lost its tail on the bulkhead due to improper repair and crashed at Mount Takamaghara it is the third deadliest accident involving a Japanese airline. 4 people on board survived the crash the rest of them died .


  • Aeroflot 593

On March 23 in the year 1994 , an Aeroflot A310 passenger plane crashed at Kuznetsk Alatau because the pilots let the two of the co-pilot’s children one of them was a 13 year old and the other was a 15 year old . The plane killed all 75 passengers including the two children and the pilots .


  • Charkhi-Dadri mid collision

On November 12, 1996, A Saudia 763 a Boeing 747 passenger plane mid collided with a Kazakhstan Airlines IIyushin aircraft over Charkhi Dadri in India it is the most deadliest accident to ever occur in India. All 349 passengers on both planes were killed severely.

  • Garuda Indonesia 152

On 26 September 1997, Garuda Indonesia 152 operating from two cities which were Jakarta and Medan crashed near the mountainous village in Sibolangit .

  • Silk Air 185

Silk Air 185 flying from Jakarta to Singapore’s Changi Airport crashed into the Musi River at the city of Palembang which might’ve been determined as a pilot suicide .

  • Thai Airways International flight 261

A Thai Airways International passenger plane crashed into a swamp and stalled . 101 passengers passed away in the crash.

  • Uni Air 873

On August 24 1999 , Uni Air 873 got exploded and caught fire by materials that were combustible it happened at the Hualien Airport at Taiwan.

  • China Airlines 611

In 2002, China Airlines 611 was broken apart due to structural failure which as a result crashed into the Taiwan Strait and had improper repairs . The location of the accident was northeast of Penghu Islands .

  • Adam Air 574

Adam Air 574 was a flight from Jakarta to Manado with a stopover at Surabaya. The aircraft suffered inflight breakup and malfunction and crashed over the Makassar Strait killing all 102 passengers on board.

  • One Two Go airlines 269

A McDonell Douglas MD-82 crashed during landing at Phuket , Thailand in one of the runways . 90 passengers died in the accident. Luckily, 40 of them survived but were injured unfortunately.

  • Air India Express 812

Air India Express 812 landing from Dubai had overshooted the runway at Mangalore and crashed into a canyon this is shown in the Indian movie Runway 34 . Many passengers were killed on board .

  • Bhoja Air 213

Bhoja Air 213 flying from Karachi , Pakistan to Islamabad crashed near Rawalpindi killing all 127 occupants on board .

  • Malaysia Airlines 370

The most famous incident was on March 8 2014 when a Malaysia airlines 370 was found missing and people believed it was around the Indian Ocean the search was extremely expensive .

  • AirAsia Indonesia 8501

An AirAsia Indonesia 8501 stalled at the Java Sea . The flight was from Surabaya to Singapore. All 162 occupants were dead on board .

  • Flydubai 981

Flydubai 981 was a passenger flight from Dubai International Airport, Dubai to Rostov-on don Airport , Rostov-On don in Russia crashed into one of the runways of the Rostov-On don Airport . All 62 passengers were killed on board .

  • Emirates 521

Emirates 521 a Boeing 777 caught fire when it was landing at Dubai .

  • Lion Air 610

On October 2018, Lion Air 610 crashed into the Java Sea after takeoff from Jakarta shortly. All passengers were killed on board.

  • Air India Express 1344

Air India Express flying from Dubai crashed at Kozhikode and had overran the runway.