List of Accidents and Incidents Involving Airliners By Airline - C

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Caledonian Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 153 Douala, Cameroon March 4, 1962 Douglas DC-7C Douala-Lisbon Undetermined
Canadian Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
CF-CUA Quebec September 9, 1949 Douglas C-47-DL Montreal-Comeau Bay Bomb placed by Albert Guay killed all aboard including his wife.
CF-CPR
Empress of Vancouver		 Haneda Airport February 9, 1950 Canadair C-4-1 Argonaut Runway overrun
Flight 4 16 mi N of Penticton, British Columbia December 22, 1950 Douglas C-47A-20-DK Vancouver-Penticton Pilot error
CF-CPC Alaska July 21, 1951 Douglas C-54A-10-DC Vancouver-Anchorage-Tokyo Unexplained disappearance
CF-CUN
Empress of Hawaii		 Karachi International Airport March 3, 1953 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A Pilot error, stall, loss of control
CF-CRV Prince Rupert, British Columbia May 11, 1953 Boeing-Canada Canso A Sandspit-Prince Rupert Pilot error, crash on landing
Flight 307
Empress of Mexico City		 Cold Bay, Alaska August 29, 1956 Douglas DC-6B Vancouver-Cold Bay-Tokyo-Hong Kong Pilot error
Flight 323 Honolulu International Airport July 22, 1962 Bristol 175 Britannia 314 Vancouver-Honolulu-Nadi-Auckland-Sydney Engine failure, pilot error, loss of control
Flight 21
Empress of City of Buenos Aires		 20 mi W of 100 Mile House, British Columbia July 8, 1965 Douglas DC-6B Vancouver-Prince George-Fort St. John-Fort Nelson-Watson Lake-Whitehorse Explosion of a device, all 52 aboard died
Flight 402 Haneda Airport March 4, 1966 Douglas DC-8-43 Hong Kong-Tokyo Pilot error
Flight 322 Vancouver International Airport February 7, 1968 Boeing 707-138B Honolulu-Vancouver Poor visibility, weather, runway overrun
Capital Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 19 over Milwaukee, Wisconsin August 7, 1949 Douglas C-53D-DO Muskegon-Milwaukee Mid-air collision with a private Cessna 140
Flight 500 Potomac River near Washington National Airport December 12, 1949 Douglas DC-3-313A Newport News-Washington, DC Stall, loss of control
N7404 Chicago Midway International Airport February 20, 1956 Vickers Viscount 744 Detroit-Chicago Mechanical failure
Flight H-3 near Clarksburg, Maryland June 22, 1957 Douglas C-47A Loss of control
Flight 67 Saginaw Bay off Freeland, Michigan April 6, 1958 Vickers Viscount 745D Flint-Freeland Icing, stall, loss of control
Flight 300 over Brunswick, Maryland May 20, 1958 Vickers Viscount 745D Pittsburgh-Baltimore Mid-air collision with an Air National Guard T-33A
Flight 3 Martinsburg Airport June 4, 1958 Douglas C-53B Washington, DC-Martinsburg Stall, loss of control
Flight 75 Chase, Maryland May 12, 1959 Vickers Viscount 745D New York City-Atlanta Loss of control, in-flight breakup
Flight 983 Charleston, West Virginia May 12, 1959 Lockheed C-69 Constellation Pittsburg-Charleston Slid off runway
Flight 20 Holdcroft, Virginia January 18, 1960 Vickers Viscount 745D Washington, DC-Norfolk Icing, triple engine failure, loss of control
Flight 26 Anchorage, Alaska November 27, 1970 Douglas DC-8-63CF Anchorage-Tokyo Mechanical failure, failed to takeoff, runway overrun
Caproni
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Verona, Italy August 2, 1919 Caproni Ca.48 Venice-Taliedo Possible structural failure
Cathay Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight VR-HDT Pearl River Delta July 16, 1948 PBY Catalina Seaplane Macau-Hong Kong Hijacking
VR-HDG North Point, Hong Kong February 24, 1949 Douglas C-47A-90-DL Manila-Hong Kong CFIT
VR-HDW Anisakar, Burma September 13, 1949 Douglas C-47A-30-DK Crash on takeoff
VR-HEU off Hainan Island, China July 23, 1954 Douglas DC-4
(former C-54)		 Bangkok-Hong Kong Shot down
Flight 033 Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong November 5, 1967 Convair 880-22M-3 Hong Kong-Saigon Loss of control, runway overrun
Flight 700Z 34 mi SE of Pleiku, Vietnam June 15, 1972 Convair 880-22M-21 Bangkok-Hong Kong Bombing
Flight 252 near Hong Kong International Airport August 30, 2004 Boeing 747–467 London-Hong Kong Loss of control
Flight 780 Hong Kong International Airport April 13, 2010 Airbus A330-342 Surabaya-Hong Kong Double engine failure due to contaminated fuel
Cebu Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 387 Misamis Oriental February 2, 1998 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Manila-Cagayan de Oro Pilot error
Chalk's Ocean Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 101 Miami December 19, 2005 Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard Miami-Bimini Structural failure
China Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 227 Mount Paku January 2, 1969 Douglas C-47A-10-DK Kaohsiung-Taitung-Hualien-Taitung-Kaohsiung Windshear causing a loss of altitude. 24 dead.
B-1852 near Penghu Island November 21, 1971 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III Taipei-Hong Kong Bomb explosion. 25 dead.
Flight 006 San Francisco February 19, 1985 Boeing 747SP-09 Taipei-Los Angeles Engine failure, pilot error. 2 injured, 0 dead.
Flight 204 Hualien City October 26, 1989 Boeing 737-209 Hualien-Taipei Crew error, CFIT. 54 dead.
Flight 358 near Wanli December 29, 1991 Boeing 747-2R7F Taipei-Anchorage Metal fatigue in the fuse pin, engine collision, CFIT. 5 dead.
Flight 605 Hong Kong November 4, 1993 Boeing 747–409 Taipei-Hong Kong Crew error, airplane skids off runway in rain and wind into the water. 3 injured, 0 dead.
Flight 140 Nagoya April 26, 1994 Airbus A300B4-622R Taipei-Nagoya Pilot error. 264 killed.
Flight 676 Taipei February 16, 1998 Airbus A300-622R Bali-Taipei In poor weather, airplane crashed near airport. 202 dead.
Flight 642 Hong Kong August 22, 1999 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Bangkok-Hong Kong Crew error, weather. Airplane rolled over during landing. 50 injured, 3 dead.
Flight 611 Pescadores Islands May 25, 2002 Boeing 747-209B Taipei-Hong Kong Metal fatigue, structural failure. Airplane fell apart mid-flight. 225 dead.
Flight 120 Okinawa, Japan August 20, 2007 Boeing 737-809 Taipei-Naha Engine fire after landing, plane gutted by fire. 4 injured, 0 dead.
China Eastern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
B-3417 near Shanghai August 15, 1989 Antonov An-24RV Shanghai-Nanchang Loss of power
Flight 583 Shemya April 6, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Shanghai-Los Angeles Loss of control
Flight 5398 Fuzhou October 26, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Shenzhen-Fuzhou Runway overrun, pilot error
Flight 586 Shanghai September 11, 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Shanghai-Beijing Nosegear failure
Flight 5210 Baotou November 21, 2004 Bombardier CRJ-200LR Baotou-Shanghai Icing, crew error
China Flying Dragon Aviation
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
B-3822 Changhai June 21, 1996 Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II Dalian-Changhai Crew error, CFIT
B-3841 near Chifeng June 15, 2008 Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II CFIT
China General Aviation
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 7552 Nanking Airport July 31, 1992 Yakovlev 42D Nanking-Xiamen Loss of control
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
60 Yunnan Province November 17, 1942 Douglas C-47 Kunming-Dinjan Unexplained disappearance
53 near Luishui March 11, 1943 Douglas C-53-DO Kunming-Assam CFIT
49 Himalayas March 13, 1943 Douglas C-53 Kunming-Dinjan Unexplained disappearance
58 / 42-15890 30 mi NE of Minzong April 7, 1943 Douglas C-53-DO Dinjan-Kunming Icing, weather, CFIT
48 Fort Hertz valley August 11, 1943 Douglas C-53 Dinjan-Kunming Possibly shot down
82 Himalayas May 26, 1944 Douglas C-47 Calcutta-Dinjan Weather, CFIT
85 over Dinjan June 8, 1944 Douglas C-47 Kunming-Dinjan Improper maintenance, in-flight explosion, in-flight breakup
140 Shanghai Hongqiao Airport December 25, 1946 Douglas C-47 Chongqing-Shanghai Poor visibility
115 Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport December 25, 1946 Curtiss C-46 Commando Chongqing-Shanghai Poor visibility
XT-151 / 121 W of Qingdao January 5, 1947 Curtiss C-46 Commando Shanghai-Qingdao-Beijing CFIT
138 119 mi S of Chongqing January 25, 1947 Douglas DC-3 Guangzhou-Chongqing CFIT
China Northern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 6901 Ürümqi November 13, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Beijing-Ürümqi Pilot error
Flight 6136 Dalian May 7, 2002 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Beijing-Dalian In-flight fire
China Northwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2119 Yinchuan, China July 23, 1993 BAe 146–300 Yinchuan-Beijing Mechanical failure
Flight 2303 Near Xian, China June 6, 1994 Tupolev Tu-154M Xian-Guangzhou Maintenance error
China Southern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2812 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport October 2, 1990 Boeing 757-21B Guangzhou-Shanghai Ground collision with hijacked Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737
Flight 3943 near Guilin Airport November 24, 1992 Boeing 737-3Y0 Guangzhou-Guilin Mechanical failure
Flight 3456 Shenzhen Airport May 8, 1997 Boeing 737-31B Chongqing-Shenzhen Hard landing, runway overrun
China Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2402 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport October 2, 1990 Boeing 707-3J6B Chengdu-Guangzhou Sideswiped by hijacked Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737
Flight 4509 Ruian February 24, 1999 Tupolev Tu-154M Chengdu-Wenzhou Improper maintenance
Civil Air Transport (CAT)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
XT-822 near Tsingtao, China July 29, 1948 Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando Crashed on takeoff
XT-820 near Lanchow, China December 9, 1949 Curtiss C-46D-CU Commando ?
N8342C off Basalt Island December 21, 1948 Douglas C-54B-5-DO Shanghai-Hong Kong CFIT
XT-814 near Hoikow, China December 10, 1949 Curtiss C-46D-CU Chengdu-Hoikow ?
49-0919 near Ban Sot, Laos May 6, 1954 Fairchild C-119C-14-FA Flying Boxcar None CFIT
B-811 off Hua Hin, Thailand October 20, 1954 Douglas C-47A-65-DL CFIT
B-908 near San-Chiao, Taiwan June 20, 1964 Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando Taichung-Taipei Loss of control
Flight 010 near Taipei, Taiwan February 16, 1968 Boeing 727-92C Hong Kong-Taipei Pilot error
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
B-492 Changsha January 21, 1976 Antonov An-24 Guangzhou-Changsha Crash on approach
Flight 3303 near Yangsuo April 26, 1982 Hawker-Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Guangzhou-Guilin CFIT
Flight 2311 Guangzhou-Baiyun International Airport December 24, 1982 Ilyushin Il-18B Changsha-Guangzhou In-flight fire
B-296 Chunchon May 5, 1983 Hawker-Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Shenyang-Shanghai Hijacking
B-264 Guilin Airport September 14, 1983 Hawker-Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Guilin-Beijing Ground collision with a PLAAF Harbin H-5
Flight 5109 Jinan January 18, 1985 Antonov An-24B Nanking-Jinan CFIT
B-3413 near Lanzhou December 15, 1986 Antonov An-24RV Engine failure, icing, CFIT
B-2514 Fuzhou Airport June 16, 1987 Boeing 737-2T4 Hong Kong-Fuzhou Collision with a PLAAF Shenyang J-6
Flight 301 Kowloon Bay August 31, 1988 Hawker-Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Guangzhou-Hong Kong Slid off runway
Civil Aviation Administration of Korea (CAAK) (now Air Koryo)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
P-889 Fouta Djall Mountains, Guinea July 1, 1983 Ilyushin Il-62M Pyongyang-Conakry CFIT
Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
F-GEAD over Picardie April 7, 1922 Farman F.60 Le Bourget-Croydon Mid air collision
Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
F-AEIE Croydon Airport March 15, 1923 Farman F.60 Runway overrun
Comair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 3272 Monroe, Michigan January 9, 1997 Embraer 120 RT Brasilia Weather, crew error
Flight 5191 Lexington, Kentucky August 27, 2006 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER ATC, pilot errors
Continental Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 46 near Midland March 16, 1954 Convair CV-340-35 Midland-Kansas City Improper maintenance
Flight 114 over Hobbs, New Mexico August 29, 1955 Douglas DC-3-191A Carlsbad-Hobbs Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-22
Flight 190 over Bartlesville, Oklahoma September 9, 1956 Douglas DC-3A-453 Tulsa-Bartlesville Mid-air collision with a Cessna 170B
Flight 54 Unknown August 3, 1961 Boeing 707–124 Los Angeles-Houston Hijacking
Flight 11 near Unionville, Missouri May 22, 1962 Boeing 707–124 Chicago-Kansas City Bombing
Flight 210 Amarillo Air Terminal July 8, 1962 Vickers Viscount 812 Amarillo-Lubbock Pilot error
Flight 290 Kansas City January 29, 1963 Vickers Viscount 812 Midland-Kansas City Icing, loss of control
Flight 12 Kansas City Downtown Airport July 1, 1965 Boeing 707–124 Los Angeles-Kansas City Skidded off runway
N17325 over Gunnison, Colorado November 19, 1968 Boeing 707-324C Los Angeles-Denver Bombing, in-flight fire
Flight 144 Tulsa International Airport December 19, 1970 Douglas DC-9 Albuquerque-Denver-Wichita-Tulsa Hijacking
Flight 712 over Compton, California August 4, 1971 Boeing 707-324C Hilo-Los Angeles Mid-air collision with a Cessna 150J
Flight 426 Stapleton International Airport August 7, 1975 Boeing 727–224 Denver-Wichita Windshear
Flight 603 Los Angeles International Airport March 1, 1978 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Los Angeles-Honolulu Tire failure, aborted takeoff
Flight 1713 Denver November 15, 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 Denver-Boise Pilot error, weather
N433PE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport April 17, 1988 Boeing 737–217 Newark-Cleveland In-flight fire
Flight 795 New York City March 2, 1994 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 New York City-Denver Runway overrun
Flight 1943 George Bush Intercontinental Airport February 19, 1996 Douglas DC-9-32 Washington, DC-Houston Pilot error
Flight 1883 Newark Liberty International Airport October 28, 2006 Boeing 757–224 Orlando-Newark Pilot error, landed on taxiway
Flight 1404 Denver International Airport December 20, 2008 Boeing 737–524 Denver-Houston Pilot error, ATC error
Continental Express/Continental Connection
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2574 Eagle Lake, Texas September 11, 1991 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Maintenance error
Flight 3407 Clarence Center, New York February 12, 2009 Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 To be determined
Court Line
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 95 London Luton Airport April 18, 1974 BAC-111-518 London-Munich Runway collision with a Piper Aztec
Cubana de Aviación
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 493 Key West, Florida April 25, 1951 Douglas DC-4 Miami-Key West Mid-air collision with a US Navy Beechcraft SNB-1
CU-T397 Bermuda December 6, 1952 Douglas DC-4 Madrid-Bermuda-Havana Stall, loss of control
Flight 495 off Preston Airport November 1, 1958 Vickers Viscount 755D Miami-Varadero Fuel exhaustion, loss of control
Flight 903 Key West International Airport October 29, 1960 Douglas DC-3 Havana-Neuva Gerona Hijacking
CU-T819 Santiago March 27, 1962 Ilyushin Il-14 Santiago-Havana CFIT
CU-T827 near Mexico City February 9, 1967 Antonov An-12BP Havana-Mexico City Pilot error
CU-T876 near Havana March 18, 1976 Antonov An-24B Mid-air collision with a Cubana DC-8
Flight 455 Bridgetown, Barbados October 6, 1976 Douglas DC-8-43 Terrorism, bombing
CU-T899 near San José de los Lajas January 19, 1985 Ilyushin Il-18D Havana-Managua Instrument failure, loss of control
CU-T1281 Havana September 3, 1989 Ilyushin Il-62M Havana-Cologne Weather
Flight 7406 Antonio Maceo Airport March 23, 1990 Antonov An-26 Runway overrun
Flight 2886 Punta Jardinero October 24, 1990 Yakovlev Yak-40S2 Camagüey-Santiago de Cuba Pilot error
Flight 787 off Santiago de Cuba July 11, 1997 Antonov An-24RV Santiago de Cuba-Havana CFIT
Flight 389 Simon Bolivar Airport August 29, 1998 Tupolev Tu-154M Crew error, runway overrun
Flight 1216
(operated by AOM French Airlines)		 La Aurora International Airport December 21, 1999 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Havana-Guatemala City Runway overrun
Flight 310 Bejuma, Venezuela December 25, 1999 Yakovlev Yak-42D Havana-Valencia Under investigation (CFIT)
Flight 201 Las Américas International Airport April 20, 2008 Ilyushin Il-62M Santo Domingo-Havana Under investigation (engine failure)
ČSA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
OK-ZDN near Prague March 5, 1946 Junkers Ju 52/3m Paris-Strasbourg-Prague Crashed on landing
OK-XDU near Kladno February 13, 1947 Douglas C-47A-60-DL Prague-Cakovice Possible improper maintenance
Flight 584 near Pilos December 21, 1948 Douglas C-47A-20-DK Rome-Athens Spatial disorientation, shot down
OK-WDY Praded Mountain February 27, 1950 Douglas C-47A-15-DK Ostrava-Prague CFIT
OK-WDS near Prague Ruzyně Airport January 12, 1954 Douglas C-47A-1-DK Prague-Ostrava Failed to takeoff
OK-WDZ Mount Skapova January 18, 1956 Douglas C-47A-20-DL Bratislava-Kosice Weather, CFIT
OK-DBP Egislau November 20, 1956 Ilyushin Il-12B Zurich-Prague In-flight fire
OK-MCZ Hostivice January 2, 1961 Avia 14-32A Failed to takeoff
Flight 511 14 mi NE of Nurnburg March 28, 1961 Ilyushin Il-18V Prague-Zurich-Rabat-Dakar-Conakry In-flight breakup for reasons unknown
Flight 511 near Casablanca July 12, 1961 Ilyushin Il-18V Prague-Zurich-Rabat-Dakar-Conakry Possible crew error
Flight 306 near Slavkov September 10, 1962 Avia 14-32A Bratislava-Brno Crash on approach
Flight 523 near Gander, Newfoundland September 5, 1967 Ilyushin Il-18D Prague-Shannon-Gander-Havana Undetermined
OK-MCJ
Svit Gottwaldov		 Ptice October 11, 1968 Avia 14–32A Prague-Kosice Crash on takeoff
OK-NDD
Plzen		 near Tripoli International Airport June 1, 1970 Tupolev Tu-104A Prague-Tripoli Crashed short of runway
Flight 744
Centrotex		 Kloten Airport August 18, 1970 Tupolev Tu-124V Prague-Zurich Crew preoccupation, belly landing
Flight 540
Brno Trade Fair		 11 mi NE of Damascus August 20, 1975 Ilyushin Il-62 Prague-Damascus-Baghdad-Tehran Incorrect altimeter setting
Flight 001
Košice		 Bratislava July 28, 1976 Ilyushin Il-18V Prague-Bratislava Engine failure, pilot error, loss of control
OK-OCA near Bratislava February 11, 1977 Avia 14-32T Prague-Bratislava Pilot error
OK-KFM Prague Ruzyně Airport June 9, 2012 ATR-42-500 Under investigation (burned out in hangar fire)
Curtiss Reid Flying Services
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Grenoble, France November 13, 1950 Douglas C-54B-1-DC Unknown

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