Aviation accidents in China

37 accidents and incidents are recorded in China (1982–2026), with 925 people killed and 3 seriously injured. 62% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 1982 to 3 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303, People's Republic of China (Jun 6, 1994) · 160 killed
2. China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, Molang village (Mar 21, 2022) · 132 killed
3. China Northern Airlines Flight 6136, Bohai Bay (May 7, 2002) · 112 killed
4. China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (Jan 18, 1988) · 108 killed
5. China General Aviation Flight 7552, People's Republic of China (Jul 31, 1992) · 108 killed
6. China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, Rui'an (Feb 24, 1999) · 61 killed
7. China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210, Baotou (Nov 21, 2004) · 53 killed
8. Henan Airlines Flight 8387, Yichun (Aug 24, 2010) · 44 killed
9. Wuhan Airlines Flight 343, Hanyang District (Jun 22, 2000) · 42 killed
10. China Southern Airlines Flight 3456, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (May 8, 1997) · 35 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.