Aviation accidents in United Arab Emirates

22 accidents and incidents are recorded in United Arab Emirates (1983–2026), with 266 people killed and 4 seriously injured. 45% of the accidents were fatal.

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Deadliest accidents

  1. Gulf Air Flight 771, Jebel Ali (Sep 23, 1983) · 112 killed
  2. Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183, Sharjah International Airport (Dec 15, 1997) · 85 killed
  3. Kish Air Flight 7170, United Arab Emirates (Feb 10, 2004) · 43 killed
  4. Bell 212, Persian Gulf, AE (Sep 3, 2008) · 7 killed
  5. Sudan Airways Flight 2241, United Arab Emirates (Oct 21, 2009) · 6 killed
  6. Grumman G21, Al Ain, AE (Feb 27, 2011) · 4 killed
  7. Diamond DA 62, Dubai, AE (May 16, 2019) · 4 killed
  8. Boeing 747-44AF, Dubai, AE (Sep 3, 2010) · 2 killed
  9. Bell 212, Um Al Quwain, OF (Sep 7, 2023) · 2 killed
  10. Emirates Flight 521, Dubai International Airport (Aug 3, 2016) · 1 killed

By year

AccidentsFatalKilled
198311112
19971185
20041143
2008117
2009116
2010112
2011114
2012100
2016111
2018100
2019114
2021200
2022100
2023312
2024100
2025300
2026100

By phase of flight

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cruise412
Climb312
Landing300
Approach214
Ground100
Takeoff100

By type of operation

AccidentsFatalKilled
Non-US, commercial612
Non-US, non-commercial5211

Aircraft makers

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing712
Bell229
Airbus200
Grumman114
Agusta Bell100
Skyrunner100
Diamond114
Cessna100
Cirrus100

Aircraft models

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing 747312
Bell 212229
Boeing 777200
Boeing 737200
Grumman G21114
Agusta Bell 206100
Skyrunner MK-3100
Diamond DA-62114
Cessna 208100
Airbus A321100

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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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