Plane Crashes in 1980
Wikidata lists 28 aviation accidents in 1980, with 1,134 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: Saudia Flight 163 (19 Aug 1980, 301 dead).
Deadliest firstAviation accidents of 1980
| Date | Accident | Aircraft · operator · where | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 1980 | Saudia Flight 163 | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar · Saudia · Riyadh · Saudi Arabia | 301 |
| 8 Jul 1980 | Aeroflot Flight 4225 | Tupolev Tu-154 · Aeroflot | 166 |
| 25 Apr 1980 | Dan-Air Flight 1008 | Boeing 727 · Dan-Air · Tenerife North Airport | 146 |
| 21 Jan 1980 | Iran Air Flight 291 | Boeing 727 · Alborz · Iran | 128 |
| 14 Mar 1980 | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | Ilyushin Il-62 · LOT Polish Airlines · Warsaw · Polish People's Republic | 87 |
| 27 Jun 1980 | Itavia Flight 870 | Douglas DC-9 · Itavia · Flight IH870 · Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy | 81 |
| 12 Apr 1980 | Transbrasil Flight 303 | Boeing 727 · Transbrasil · Flight TR303 · Brazil | 55 |
| 27 Apr 1980 | Thai Airways Flight 231 | Thai Airways Company · Thailand | 44 |
| 12 Sep 1980 | Florida Commuter Airlines crash | United States | 34 |
| 12 Jun 1980 | Aeroflot Flight Sh-88 | 29 | |
| 19 Nov 1980 | Korean Air Lines Flight 015 | Gimpo International Airport · South Korea | 15 |
| 12 Jun 1980 | Air Wisconsin Flight 965 | Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner · Air Wisconsin · United States | 13 |
| 21 Feb 1980 | Advance Airlines Flight 4210 | Advance Airlines · Sydney Airport · Australia | 13 |
| 21 Sep 1980 | 1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash Air show accident or incident | Douglas A-26 Invader · United States Air Force · London Biggin Hill Airport · United Kingdom | 7 |
| 1 Jun 1980 | Barra do Garças air disaster | Embraer · Barra do Garças · Brazil | 7 |
| 3 Nov 1980 | Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash | Simón Bolívar International Airport · Venezuela | 4 |
| 22 Dec 1980 | Saudia Flight 162 | Saudia | 2 |
| 7 Aug 1980 | 1980 Nouadhibou Tupolev Tu-154 crash | TAROM · Nouadhibou International Airport | 1 |
| 3 Apr 1980 | 1980 Mojave Bombardier Challenger 600 crash | Canadair | 1 |
| 26 Nov 1980 | Aviation accident in Russia, 26 November 1980 | Vosstaniya square, Kazan · Russia | 0 |
| 4 Dec 1980 | 1980 Camarate air crash | Portugal | — |
| 21 Nov 1980 | Continental Micronesia Flight 614 | — | |
| 23 Aug 1980 | Aviation accident, 23 August 1980 | Trans International Airlines | — |
| 18 Jul 1980 | Castelsilano air crash | — | |
| 24 May 1980 | Aviation accident, 24 May 1980 | — | |
| 11 May 1980 | Aviation accident in The Bahamas, 11 May 1980 | The Bahamas | — |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Aviation accident, 20 March 1980 | — | |
| 27 Feb 1980 | China Airlines Flight 811 | — |
"—" = no death toll recorded in Wikidata yet. Names link to the Wikidata item.
Month by month, 1980
| Month | Wikidata accidents | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 128 |
| February | 2 | 13 |
| March | 2 | 87 |
| April | 4 | 246 |
| May | 2 | 0 |
| June | 4 | 130 |
| July | 2 | 166 |
| August | 3 | 302 |
| September | 2 | 41 |
| October | 0 | 0 |
| November | 4 | 19 |
| December | 2 | 2 |
Latest crash reports we recorded
Global Incident Tracker's own records begin in August 2026.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Two separate records, never added together. Wikidata: every item classed as an aviation accident (or a kind of one, such as a helicopter crash, mid-air collision or runway excursion) with a date in 1980, with the death toll, country, operator and aircraft as entered there. It favours larger, widely reported accidents, and new entries appear days or weeks after a crash.
Neither is an official world total, and the two counts differ because they count different things. For US civil aviation alone, the NTSB's CAROL accident database lists every accident it investigates, most of them small private aircraft.
Aviation accident data: Wikidata (CC0 public domain), from its structured fields only. Crash reports: Global Incident Tracker.