Plane Crashes in 2016
Wikidata lists 41 aviation accidents in 2016, with 501 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash (25 Dec 2016, 92 dead).
41
Aviation accidents in Wikidata, 2016
25
Of them with deaths
501
Deaths recorded in Wikidata
Deadliest firstAviation accidents of 2016
| Date | Accident | Aircraft · operator · where | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Dec 2016 | 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash | Tupolev Tu-154 · Russian Air Force · Black Sea · Russia | 92 |
| 28 Nov 2016 | LaMia Flight 2933 | British Aerospace BAe 146 / Avro RJ · LaMia · Flight LMI 2933 · La Unión · Colombia | 71 |
| 19 May 2016 | EgyptAir Flight 804 | Airbus A320-232 · EgyptAir · Flight MSR804 · Alexandria · Egypt | 66 |
| 19 Mar 2016 | Flydubai Flight 981 | Boeing 737-800 · flydubai · Flight FZ981 · Rostov-on-Don Airport · Russia | 62 |
| 7 Dec 2016 | PIA Flight 661 | ATR 42-500 · Pakistan International Airlines · Flight PK661 · Havelian · Pakistan | 47 |
| 15 Mar 2016 | 2016 Ecuadorian Army Arava crash | Ecuadorian Army · Ecuador | 22 |
| 21 Oct 2016 | 2016 Skol Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash | Russia | 19 |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 2016 Colombia army helicopter crash | Bell 212 · National Army of Colombia · Pensilvania · Colombia | 17 |
| 30 Jul 2016 | 2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash | United States | 16 |
| 29 Apr 2016 | 2016 Turøy helicopter crash | H225 Super Puma · CHC Helikopter Service · Turøy · Norway | 13 |
| 13 Apr 2016 | 2016 Sunbird Aviation crash | BN-2T Turbine Islander · Papua New Guinea | 12 |
| 14 Jan 2016 | 2016 U.S. Marine helicopter collision | United States | 12 |
| 1 Jul 2016 | 2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash | Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia · Irkutsk Oblast · Russia | 10 |
| 29 Mar 2016 | 2016 Aero Teknic MU-2 crash | Île du Havre aux Maisons · Canada | 7 |
| 6 Apr 2016 | 2016 Ontake U-125 crash | Hawker 800 · Japan Air Self-Defense Force · Takakuma Yama · Japan | 6 |
| 20 Dec 2016 | Aerosucr Fliht666 | Boeing 747-200 · Aerosucre · Flight KRE157 · Puerto Carreño · Colombia | 5 |
| 24 Oct 2016 | 2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash | CAE Aviation · Malta | 5 |
| 31 Oct 2016 | 2016 Alfa Indonesia DHC-4 crash | Indonesia | 4 |
| 2 Jun 2016 | 2016 Haragîș helicopter crash | Moldova | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2016 | Aviation accident in Slovenia, 1 September 2016 | Piper PA-28 · Čezsoča · Slovenia | 3 |
| 9 Mar 2016 | 2016 True Aviation An-26 crash | Flight TA 21 · Bangladesh | 3 |
| 8 Jan 2016 | West Air Sweden Flight 294 | Bombardier CRJ100/200 · West Atlantic Sweden · Flight PT294 · Akkajaure · Sweden | 2 |
| 5 Dec 2016 | Key Lime Air Flight 308 | Key Lime Air | 1 |
| 3 Aug 2016 | Emirates Flight 521 | Boeing 777 · Emirates · Flight EK521 · Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| 2 Feb 2016 | Daallo Airlines Flight 3159 | Airbus A321-100 · Daallo Airlines · Flight DAO159 · Somalia | 1 |
| 28 Oct 2016 | Fedex Express Flight 910 | FedEx Express · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood · United States | 0 |
| 28 Oct 2016 | American Airlines Flight 383 | Boeing 767 · American Airlines · O'Hare International Airport · United States | 0 |
| 11 Oct 2016 | Aviation accident in People's Republic of China, 11 October 2016 | People's Republic of China | 0 |
| 27 Aug 2016 | Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 | Southwest Airlines | 0 |
| 5 Aug 2016 | ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332 | ASL Airlines Hungary · Bergamo-Il Caravaggio · Italy | 0 |
| 27 Jun 2016 | Singapore Airlines Flight 368 | Boeing 777 · Singapore Airlines · Flight SQ368 · Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore | 0 |
| 6 Jun 2016 | Vuelo 61 de UPS Airlines | United Parcel Service | 0 |
| 4 Apr 2016 | Batik Air Flight 7703 | Boeing 737-800 · Batik Air · Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport · Indonesia | 0 |
| 20 Feb 2016 | Lion Air Flight 263 | Lion Air · Juanda International Airport · Indonesia | 0 |
| 25 Dec 2016 | Wings Air Flight 1896 | — | |
| 14 Oct 2016 | Aviation accident, 14 October 2016 | — | |
| 11 Oct 2016 | China Eastern Airlines Flight 5106 | — | |
| 29 Aug 2016 | Aviation accident in Switzerland, 29 August 2016 | Susten Pass · Switzerland | — |
| 22 Jul 2016 | 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance | Antonov An-32 · Indian Air Force · Bay of Bengal | — |
| 6 Jun 2016 | UPS Airlines Flight 61 | United Parcel Service | — |
| 2 May 2016 | Turkish Airlines Flight 1019 | — |
"—" = no death toll recorded in Wikidata yet. Names link to the Wikidata item.
Month by month, 2016
| Month | Wikidata accidents | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 14 |
| February | 2 | 1 |
| March | 4 | 94 |
| April | 4 | 31 |
| May | 2 | 66 |
| June | 5 | 21 |
| July | 3 | 26 |
| August | 4 | 1 |
| September | 1 | 3 |
| October | 8 | 28 |
| November | 1 | 71 |
| December | 5 | 145 |
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 2016, 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 2016
How many plane crashes have there been in 2016?
Wikidata lists 41 aviation accidents in 2016, with 501 deaths recorded against them. These are the counts in Wikidata, not an official world total. The deadliest listed: 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash (25 Dec 2016, 92 dead).
Which was the deadliest plane crash of 2016?
Among the aviation accidents listed in Wikidata for 2016, the deadliest is 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash on 25 Dec 2016 in Russia, with 92 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.