Plane Crashes in 2008
Wikidata lists 51 aviation accidents in 2008, with 608 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: Spanair Flight 5022 (20 Aug 2008, 154 dead).
51
Aviation accidents in Wikidata, 2008
33
Of them with deaths
608
Deaths recorded in Wikidata
Deadliest firstAviation accidents of 2008
| Date | Accident | Aircraft · operator · where | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2008 | Spanair Flight 5022 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Spanair · Flight JK5022 · Madrid-Barajas Airport · Spain | 154 |
| 14 Sep 2008 | Aeroflot Flight 821 | Boeing 737-500 · Aeroflot · Flight SU821 · Perm · Russia | 88 |
| 24 Aug 2008 | Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 | Boeing 737 · Itek Air · Bishkek · Kyrgyzstan | 65 |
| 21 Feb 2008 | Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 | ATR 42 · SBA Airlines · Flight BBR518 · Andean Region · Venezuela | 46 |
| 10 Jun 2008 | Sudan Airways Flight 109 | Sudan Airways · Flight SD109 · Khartoum International Airport · Sudan | 30 |
| 23 Jan 2008 | Mirosławiec air disaster | Airbus C295 · Polish Air Force · Mirosławiec · Poland | 20 |
| 3 Apr 2008 | Blue Wing Airlines 2008 plane crash | Blue Wing Airlines · Suriname | 19 |
| 8 Oct 2008 | Yeti Airlines Flight 101 | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter · Yeti Airlines · Lukla · Nepal | 18 |
| 4 Nov 2008 | 2008 Mexico City Learjet crash | Learjet 45 · Secretariat of the Interior · Flight частный · Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez · Mexico | 16 |
| 4 Jan 2008 | 2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash | Transaven Airlines · Venezuela | 14 |
| 27 Feb 2008 | 2008 Santiago plane crash | Cessna 210 Centurion · Peñalolén · Chile | 13 |
| 24 Aug 2008 | 2008 Aéreo Ruta Maya crash | Cessna 208 Caravan · ARM Aviación · Cabañas · Guatemala | 11 |
| 29 May 2008 | Aviation accident in Panama, 29 May 2008 | helicopter · Calidonia · Panama | 11 |
| 12 Jan 2008 | 2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash | 11 | |
| 2 Jul 2008 | Aviation accident, 2 July 2008 | 9 | |
| 26 May 2008 | 2008 Chelyabinsk Antonov An-12 crash | Moskovia Airlines · Chelyabinsk · Russia | 9 |
| 31 Jul 2008 | East Coast Jets Flight 81 | Owatonna Degner Regional Airport · United States | 8 |
| 11 Apr 2008 | 2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash | Kata Air Transport · Chișinău International Airport · Moldova | 8 |
| 27 Nov 2008 | XL Airways Germany Flight 888T | Airbus A320-232 · XL Airways Germany · Flight GXL888T · Mediterranean Sea · France | 7 |
| 21 Jul 2008 | 2008 Guam B-52 crash | United States Air Force · United States | 6 |
| 27 Jun 2008 | Aviation accident, 27 June 2008 | Serpukhovsky District | 5 |
| 30 Mar 2008 | 2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 28 Feb 2008 | Aviation accident, 28 February 2008 | Kyzylorda Region | 5 |
| 8 Dec 2008 | 2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet · United States Marine Corps · University City · United States | 4 |
| 19 Sep 2008 | 2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash | Learjet 60 · Columbia Metropolitan Airport · United States | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2008 | Air Tahoma Flight 587 | 3 | |
| 30 Aug 2008 | 2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash | Conviasa · Ecuador | 3 |
| 30 May 2008 | TACA Flight 390 | Airbus A320 · Avianca El Salvador · Toncontín International Airport · Honduras | 3 |
| 16 Apr 2008 | Aviation accident, 16 April 2008 | Perm International Airport | 3 |
| 15 Apr 2008 | Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 |
| 30 Mar 2008 | Aviation accident, 30 March 2008 | Barentsburg | 3 |
| 30 Mar 2008 | helicopter accident at Heerodden | Mi-8MT · Spark+ · Heerodden · Norway | 3 |
| 8 Mar 2008 | Aviation accident, 8 March 2008 | 1 | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | Continental Airlines Flight 1404 | Boeing 737 Classic · Continental Airlines · Denver International Airport · United States | 0 |
| 10 Nov 2008 | Ryanair Flight 4102 | Boeing 737 Next Generation · Ryanair · Rome Ciampino Airport · Italy | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2008 | Vuelo 72 de Qantas | Airbus A330 · Qantas Airways | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2008 | Qantas Flight 72 | Qantas Airways · Australia | 0 |
| 27 Aug 2008 | Sriwijaya Air Flight 62 | Sriwijaya Air · Sultan Thaha Airport · Indonesia | 0 |
| 25 Jul 2008 | Qantas Flight 30 | Qantas Airways · South China Sea | 0 |
| 7 Jul 2008 | Centurion Air Cargo Flight 164 | Boeing 747 · Kalitta Air · Colombia | 0 |
| 7 Mar 2008 | China Southern Airlines Flight 6901 | Boeing 757-200 · China Southern Airlines · People's Republic of China | 0 |
| 23 Feb 2008 | Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident | Northrop B-2 Spirit · United States Air Force · Andersen Air Force Base · United States | 0 |
| 14 Feb 2008 | Belavia Flight 1834 | Bombardier CRJ100/200 · Belavia · Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia | 0 |
| 8 Feb 2008 | Eagle Airways Flight 2279 | British Aerospace Jetstream 31 · Eagle Airways · New Zealand | 0 |
| 17 Jan 2008 | British Airways Flight 38 | Boeing 777 · British Airways · London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom | 0 |
| 6 Jul 2008 | USA Jet Airlines Flight 199 | — | |
| 30 Jun 2008 | Aeroflot Flight 846 | Aeroflot · Flight SU846 · Pulkovo Airport | — |
| 25 May 2008 | Kalitta Air Flight 207 | Belgium | — |
| 9 Apr 2008 | Aviation accident in Australia, 9 April 2008 | Australia | — |
| 3 Mar 2008 | Aviation accident, 3 March 2008 | — | |
| 1 Feb 2008 | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Flight 301 | — |
"—" = no death toll recorded in Wikidata yet. Names link to the Wikidata item.
Month by month, 2008
| Month | Wikidata accidents | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 45 |
| February | 7 | 64 |
| March | 6 | 12 |
| April | 5 | 33 |
| May | 4 | 23 |
| June | 3 | 35 |
| July | 6 | 23 |
| August | 5 | 233 |
| September | 3 | 95 |
| October | 3 | 18 |
| November | 3 | 23 |
| December | 2 | 4 |
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 2008, 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 2008
How many plane crashes have there been in 2008?
Wikidata lists 51 aviation accidents in 2008, with 608 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: Spanair Flight 5022 (20 Aug 2008, 154 dead).
Which was the deadliest plane crash of 2008?
Among the aviation accidents listed in Wikidata for 2008, the deadliest is Spanair Flight 5022 on 20 Aug 2008 in Spain, with 154 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.