Aviation accidents in Saudi Arabia

12 accidents and incidents are recorded in Saudi Arabia (1991–2025), with 268 people killed and 0 seriously injured. 33% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1991 to 1 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, King Abdulaziz International Airport (Jul 11, 1991) · 261 killed
2. Maule M7, Abayt, SA (May 15, 2018) · 4 killed
3. Cessna T310R, Madinah, SA (Apr 18, 2001) · 2 killed
4. Cessna 172, Riyadh, SA (Sep 22, 2020) · 1 killed
5. Cessna T310R, Jeddah, SA (Jan 24, 2001) · 0 killed
6. Agusta Spa A109E, Ras Tanajib, SA (Aug 22, 2009) · 0 killed
7. Lufthansa Cargo Flight 8460, King Khalid International Airport (Jul 27, 2010) · 0 killed
8. Bombardier Global 7500, Riyadh, SA (Mar 31, 2022) · 0 killed
9. Gulfstream GIV, Jeddah, OF (Jul 13, 2022) · 0 killed
10. Boeing 737, Jeddah, OF (May 27, 2023) · 0 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.