Aviation accidents in India

36 accidents and incidents are recorded in India (1988–2026), with 1,057 people killed and 4 seriously injured. 44% of the accidents were fatal.

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Deadliest accidents

  1. 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Charkhi Dadri (Nov 12, 1996) · 349 killed
  2. Air India Flight 171, Ahmedabad (Jun 12, 2025) · 260 killed
  3. Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad (Oct 19, 1988) · 133 killed
  4. Indian Airlines Flight 605, Bengaluru (Feb 14, 1990) · 92 killed
  5. Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal (Aug 16, 1991) · 69 killed
  6. Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad (Apr 26, 1993) · 55 killed
  7. Alliance Air Flight 7412, India (Jul 17, 2000) · 55 killed
  8. 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash, tehsil (Dec 8, 2021) · 13 killed
  9. 2015 Indian Border Security Force King Air crash, India (Dec 22, 2015) · 10 killed
  10. Pilatus PC-12, Faridabad Parvatiya Colony, IN (May 25, 2011) · 7 killed

By year

AccidentsFatalKilled
198811133
19901192
19911169
19931155
199611349
20001155
2006100
2011217
20151110
2016311
2017200
2018214
2019100
20213214
2022411
2023412
2024200
202531260
2026215

By phase of flight

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cruise623
Landing500
Maneuvering325
Takeoff300
Approach326
Climb100
Other100
Ground100

By type of operation

AccidentsFatalKilled
Non-US, non-commercial1025
Non-US, commercial517
Unknown527

Aircraft makers

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cessna711
Boeing400
Bell200
Airbus200
Tecnam211
Pilatus117
Robinson111
Beech114
Sikorsky100
Diamond112

Aircraft models

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cessna 152311
Bell 407200
Boeing 737200
Pilatus PC-12117
Cessna 500100
Robinson R44111
Airbus A320100
Boeing 747100
Beech C90114
Cessna 560100

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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.

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    Sources: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), 1982 to present, plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. Mostly US events; not a complete global record. Findings may be preliminary. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap.

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