This list of accidents and incidents on airliners by location summarizes airline accidents by state location, airline company with flight number, date, and cause. It is also available grouped
If the aircraft crashed on land, it will be listed under a continent and a country. If the aircraft crashed on a body of water, it will be listed under that body of water (unless that body of water is part of the area of a country). Accidents and incidents written in bold were the deadliest in that country.
In July 2000, a hijacker stormed the cockpit of a Royal Jordanian plane as it was flying from Queen Alia Airport in Jordan to Damascus Airport, Syria. He made the plane return to Jordan. The hijacker attacked a flight attendant too and an air marshal shot him dead.[19]
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Antigua and Barbuda | Bermuda | Barbados | Costa Rica | Cuba | ||
Dominican Republic | Honduras | Jamaica | ||||
Panama | Puerto Rico |
The following accidents and incidents occurred in international waters; that is, more than 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) off the coast of any territory.
3 July 1988 – Iran Air Flight 655, an Iranian passenger jet carrying 290 passengers, is shot down over the Persian Gulf by the United States Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Vincennes killing all aboard including 66 children.
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Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Colombia | ||
Ecuador | Suriname | Uruguay | |||
Venezuela |