Plane Crashes in 1991
Wikidata lists 35 aviation accidents in 1991, with 989 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (11 Jul 1991, 261 dead).
35
Aviation accidents in Wikidata, 1991
26
Of them with deaths
989
Deaths recorded in Wikidata
Deadliest firstAviation accidents of 1991
| Date | Accident | Aircraft · operator · where | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 1991 | Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 | Douglas DC-8-61 · Nolisair · Flight NG 2120 · King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia | 261 |
| 26 May 1991 | Lauda Air Flight 004 | Boeing 767 · Lauda Air · Phu Toei National Park · Thailand | 223 |
| 16 Aug 1991 | Indian Airlines Flight 257 | Boeing 737 · Indian Airlines · Imphal · India | 69 |
| 7 Nov 1991 | Aeroflot-Yugavia Flight 519 | Yakovlev Yak-40 · Makhachkala · Soviet Union | 51 |
| 5 Mar 1991 | Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 | DC-9-32 · Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela · Venezuela | 45 |
| 26 Nov 1991 | Aviation accident, 26 November 1991 | Antonov An-24 · Aeroflot · Bugulma Airport | 41 |
| 1 Feb 1991 | USAir Flight 1493 Ground collision | Boeing 737-300 · US Airways · Los Angeles International Airport · United States | 35 |
| 23 Mar 1991 | An-24 crash in Navoiy | Antonov An-24 · Aeroflot · Uzbekistan | 34 |
| 22 Dec 1991 | Aviation accident in Germany, 22 December 1991 | DC-3A · Hoher Nistler · Germany | 28 |
| 3 Mar 1991 | United Airlines Flight 585 | Boeing 737-200 · United Airlines · Flight UA585 · Colorado Springs Airport · United States | 25 |
| 5 Apr 1991 | Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 | EMB 120RT Brasilia · Atlantic Southeast Airlines · Brunswick Golden Isles Airport · United States | 23 |
| 20 Nov 1991 | 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown | Mil Mi-8 · Aeroflot · Flight N72 · Qarakənd · Azerbaijan | 22 |
| 20 Feb 1991 | LAN Chile Flight 1069 | British Aerospace BAe 146 / Avro RJ · LATAM Airlines · Guardiamarina Zañartu Airport · Chile | 20 |
| 11 Nov 1991 | Aviation accident, 11 November 1991 | 15 | |
| 23 May 1991 | Aeroflot Flight 8556 | Aeroflot · Flight SU-8556 · Pulkovo Airport | 15 |
| 11 Sep 1991 | Continental Express Flight 2574 | Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia · Continental Airlines · Eagle Lake · United States | 14 |
| 10 Jul 1991 | L'Express Airlines Flight 508 | Beechcraft 99 Airliner · L'Express Airlines · Birmingham · United States | 13 |
| 26 Sep 1991 | Aviation accident in Russia, 26 September 1991 | Gulf of Finland · Russia | 10 |
| 18 Apr 1991 | Air Tahiti Flight 805 | Air Tahiti | 10 |
| 29 Oct 1991 | Aviation accident, 29 October 1991 | Antonov An-2 · Askeran District | 7 |
| 4 Apr 1991 | 1991 Merion mid-air collision | United States | 7 |
| 29 Dec 1991 | China Airlines Flight 358 | Boeing 747 · China Airlines · Flight CI358 · Wanli District | 5 |
| 29 Oct 1991 | 1991 RAAF Boeing 707 crash | 5 | |
| 2 Dec 1991 | Aviation accident in France, 2 December 1991 | French Air Force · Élancourt · France | 4 |
| 26 Mar 1991 | Singapore Airlines Flight 117 | Airbus A310 · Singapore Airlines | 4 |
| 28 Dec 1991 | Aviation accident, 28 December 1991 | 3 | |
| 27 Dec 1991 | Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 | McDonnell Douglas MD-81 · Scandinavian Airlines · Flight SK751 · Gottröra · Sweden | 0 |
| 25 Oct 1991 | Bill Graham helicopter crash | United States | — |
| 5 Oct 1991 | 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash | Lockheed C-130 Hercules · Indonesian Air Force · Jakarta · Indonesia | — |
| 18 Sep 1991 | Aviation accident, 18 September 1991 | — | |
| 17 Sep 1991 | Aviation accident, 17 September 1991 | Lensk Airport | — |
| 9 Jul 1991 | Aviation accident in Peru, 9 July 1991 Aircraft shootdown | Peru | — |
| 17 Feb 1991 | Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 | Ryan International Airlines | — |
| 13 Feb 1991 | 1991 British Army Lynx shootdown Aircraft shootdown | Ireland | — |
| 10 Jan 1991 | Aviation accident, 10 January 1991 | — |
"—" = no death toll recorded in Wikidata yet. Names link to the Wikidata item.
Month by month, 1991
| Month | Wikidata accidents | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 |
| February | 4 | 55 |
| March | 4 | 108 |
| April | 3 | 40 |
| May | 2 | 238 |
| June | 0 | 0 |
| July | 3 | 274 |
| August | 1 | 69 |
| September | 4 | 24 |
| October | 4 | 12 |
| November | 4 | 129 |
| December | 5 | 40 |
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 1991, 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.
QuestionsPlane crashes in 1991
How many plane crashes have there been in 1991?
Wikidata lists 35 aviation accidents in 1991, with 989 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (11 Jul 1991, 261 dead).
Which was the deadliest plane crash of 1991?
Among the aviation accidents listed in Wikidata for 1991, the deadliest is Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 on 11 Jul 1991 in Saudi Arabia, with 261 deaths recorded.
Why do different sites give different numbers of plane crashes?
Because they count different things. Some count only airliner accidents, some every accident of a small private plane, some only those with deaths. Wikidata lists accidents that someone has added as a structured item, which favours larger and widely reported crashes. Global Incident Tracker counts crash reports it picked up from news and official feeds. For the United States alone, the NTSB investigates over a thousand civil aviation accidents a year, most of them small private aircraft.