 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2008) |
This page lists accidents and disasters sorted by death toll. It does not include natural disasters, or death tolls caused by deliberate violence.
Explosion
Not including bombings, aviation incidents and mine disasters
- 1,950 - Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, Canada 1917)[1]
- 1,500 - Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
- 1,200 - Ammunition trucks (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
- 1,000 - Ammunition dump fire, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the panic
- 800 - Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
- 700 - Illegal Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988.
- 600+ - Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Napoli, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured
- 575 - Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Russia, 1989)
- 568 - Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
- 565 - BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
- 376 - Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1917)
- 322 - Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
- 294 - New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
- 243 - Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1909)
- 234 - PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, December 2003
- 217 - Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
- 206 - Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
- 200+ - Gotera ammunition dump exploded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June, 6, 1991.
- 200 - Gas explosion at a nine-story apartment building at Nafluksaya Street, Tbilisi, Georgia on December 6, 1984.
- 182 - BASF Chemical plant (Ludwigshafen, West Germany, 1948)
- 171 - A trailer truck carrying dynamite explode with crush at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
- 161 - West Loch Explosion, 1944, On May 21, 1944, the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch while handling ammunition
- 160 - Voorbode, (Norway, 1944)
- >153 - Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
- 151 - Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, The Netherlands, 1807)
- 147 - Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
- 134 - Munitions Factory Chilwell, Nottingham, England, 1918
- 133 - Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
- 130 - Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
- 126 - Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
- 117 - 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique on March 22, 2007.[citation needed]
- 116 - The Great Gunpowder Explosion, Faversham, Faversham, 1916)
- 110 - A tanker truck carrying petrol explode at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
- 105 - 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kinkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
- 103 - USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
- 103 - Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
- 100+ - Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
- 100 - Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
- 100+ - T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).[2]
- 100 - Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explode at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
- 100 - NNPC oil pipeline explosion, with blast a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
- 98 - 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck catch fire with explode at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
- 94 - Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump explode at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
- 94 - Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities are explode by standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
- 90 - Five-story apartment building with huge dynamite stored in the basement explode at Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31 1996)
- 90 - A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crush and explode at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
- 79 - Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
- 78 - Greek tanker Spyros_disaster exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
- 75 - Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
- 73 - TNT factory (London, 1917)
- 73 - Arzamas railroad station explode disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
- 70 - Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
- 63 - A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crush and explode at downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
- 63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31 1987
- 60 - Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936)[citation needed]
- 60 - Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
- 60 - Tank truck explosion, during carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
- 57 - Freight train with dynamite explode at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)
- 50 - Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
- 49 - Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
- 49 - Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
- 48 - Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
- 45 - Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
- 41 - Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
- 40 - Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
- 39 - Hekimbasi gabage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 1993
- 36 - Petrobras Canpos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
- 35 - Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
- 33 - Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
- 29 - AZF factory explosion (chemical) , Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
- 29 - Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
- 27 - LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria. 19 January 2004.
- 24 - Gas explosion in Ghislenghien,Belgium
- 23 - Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
- 22 - Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk Poland, 1995)
- 22 - Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
- 21 - Boston Molasses Disaster, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA. January 15, 1919)
- 21 - Fireworks explosion ([Hallet, OK]) June 25, 1985
- 21 - Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
- 21 - Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
- 15 - Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
- 13 - 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States, 2008)
- 13 - Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA, February 3, 1973
- 10 - Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, ON, Canada, October 25, 1960
- 7 - Black Tom Explosion of 1916
- 4 - West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion
- 4 - T2 Laboratories (Jacksonville, Florida, USA, December 19, 2007)
- 4 - Little General Store, Ghent, West Virginia USA, propane tank leak gas station explosion January 30, 2007 (several injured)
- 3 - Corus Steel explosion, Port Talbot Wales, November 8, 2001 )[3]
- 3 - 2006 Falk Corporation explosion (Milwaukee)
- 2 - 2008 Toronto explosions, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 10, 2008)
- 2 - 1998 Esso Longford gas explosion, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1998, also 8 injured.
- 2 - PEPCON disaster
- 2 - Phillips explosion of 1999 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
- 1 - Phillips explosion of 2000 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
- 1 - Goodyear plant explosion in Houston, Texas, USA, on June 11, 2008. Also injured 6.
Flood disasters
Excluding natural disasters i.e. floods caused by natural forces such as tsunami or high rainfall and dam failure caused by natural disaster such as earthquake or exceptional rainfall
- 2,000,000-4,000,000 - Yangtze River, China, 1931
- 500,000-900,000 - Yellow River levee intentionally broken by Chinese Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War, China, 1938
- 2,209 - Johnstown flood (dam break), 1889
- 2,000 ca. - Vajont Dam collapse, Italy, 1963
- 1,579+ - Möhne Reservoir, Germany, bombed by British bombers in World War II, 1943. 1,026 of killed were foreign forced labourers in camps downstream.
- 941 - Iruka pond collapsed in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan, on May 14, 1868.
- 488 - Mir Placalnizza dam failure and collapsed in Sgorigrad, Bulgaria on May 1, 1966.
- 421 - Malpasset dam collapse, France, 1959
- 375 - Levee of pond failure at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, 1936
- 373-400 {600 estimated}- St. Francis Dam failure, United States, 1928
- 356 - Gleno's dam collapse,Italy, 1923 estimated about 500 death
- 270 - Great Sheffield Flood, Dale Dike Dam collapse, England, 1864
- 268 - Val di Stava Dam collapse, Italy, 1985
- 243 - Gouhou Dam burst disaster, Gonghe, Qinghai, China on 27 August, 1993
- 125 - Buffalo Creek Flood, dam collapse, United States, 1972
- 118 - Belci hydro electric dam failure, Romania, 1991
- 60 - Horonai dam failure with apartment house collapse, Oumu, northeastern Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
- 39 - Kelly Barnes Dam failure, United States, 1977
- 14 - Teton Dam collapse, United States, 1976
Coal mine disasters
- 1,549 - Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
- 1,099 - Coal mine explosion (Courrières, France, 1903)
- 687 - coal mine (Mitsubishi Hojo, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 December 1914)
- 682 - coal mine Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion, (Datong China, 9 May, 1960)
- 472 - coal mine (Wankie, Rhodesia, 1972)
- 458 - coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 November, 1963)
- 439 - Senghenydd Colliery Disaster (Senghenydd, Wales, 1913)
- 437 - coal mine (Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960)
- 422 - coal mine (New Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 28 November 1914)
- 405 - coal mine (Bergkamen, West Germany, 1946)
- 376 - coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 21 December, 1917)
- 375 - coal mine (Bihar, India, 1965)
- 372 - Chasnala mining disaster,Sudamdih Colliery (Dhanbad, India, 1975)
- 365 - coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 20 July, 1907)
- 362 - coal mine (Monongah, West Virginia, 1907)
- 344 - Pretoria Pit Disaster, (Westhoughton, England, 1910)
- 298 - coal mine (Saarland, West Germany, 1962)
- 266 - Gresford Disaster (Gresford, Wales, 1934)
- 263 - coal mine (Dawson, New Mexico, 1913)
- 263 - coal mine (Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992)
- 262 - coal mine (Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956)
- 259 - coal mine (Cherry, Illinois, 1909)
- 257 - coal mine (Grundy, Virginia, 1937)
- 243 - coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 5 August, 1909)
- 239 - coal mine (Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907)
- 236 - coal mine (Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan, 1 June 1965)
- 235 - coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894)
- 214 - coal mine (Sunjiawan, Fuxing, Liaoning, China, 15 February 2005)
- 210 - coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 June, 1899)
- 200 - coal mine (Scofield, Utah, 1900)
- 200 - coal mine (Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908)
- 189 - coal mine (Hillcrest mine, Canada, 1914)
- 183 - coal mine (Chosei, Ube, Japan, 3 February 1942)
- 181 - coal mine with flooding (Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007)
- 180 - coal mine (Tuzla, Bosina and Herzegovina, 1990)
- 177 - coal mine (Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan,1941)
- 166 - coal mine (Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shanxi, China, 28 November 2004)
- 159 - coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000)
- 155 - coal mine (Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK, 12 January 1918)
- 153 - coal mine (Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31 1969)
- 151 - coal mine (Hausdorf, Germany currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930)
- 150 - Nanaimo mine explosion (Canada, 1887)
- 148 - coal mine (Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China, 20 October 2004)
- 147 - coal mine (Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991)
- 134 - coal mine (Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan, March 27, 1927)
- 134 - coal mine (Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, 27 November 2005)
- 125 - coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 February 1891)
- 125 - coal mine (Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977)
- 124 - coal mine (Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, 20 June 2002)
- 123 - coal mine (Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, 6 August 2005)
- 111 - coal mine (Centralia Mine Disaster, Centralia, IL, March 25, 1947)
- 108 - coal mine (Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007)
- 108 - coal mine (Dukla, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 14, 1961)
- 108 - coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885)
- 105 - coal mine (Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, 5 December 2007)
- 101 - coal mine (methane explosion) (Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, 18 November 2007)
- 100 - coal mine (Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983)
- 94 - coal mine (Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984)
- 93 - coal mine (Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 16 October 1981)
- 92 - coal mine (Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia, November 18, 1989)
- 92 - coal mine (Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001)
- 91 - coal mine (Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, 27 November 1996)
- 89 - coal mine (Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997)
- 86 - coal mine (Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, 13 May 2003)
- 83 - coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 18 January 1984)
- 83 - coal mine (Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 13 July 2005)
- 82 - coal mine (Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, 11 March 2000)
- 74 - coal mine (Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23 October 1958)
- 71 - coal mine (Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 March 1961)
- 68 - coal mine (Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997)
- 65 - coal mine (Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981)[2]
- 64 - coal mine (Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983)
- 63 - coal mine (Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, 4 April 1998)
- 60 - coal mine (Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997)
- 59 - coal mine (Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, 20 March 2005)
- 53 - coal mine (Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993)
- 52 - coal mine (Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 August 2001)
- 43 - coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 24 February 2003)
- 39 - coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1 November 1956)
- 36 - coal mine (Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 July 2004)
- 30 - coal mine (Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008)
- 24 - Nanshan Colliery disaster (Shanxi Province, China, 13 November 2006)
- 23 - methane explosion in Halemba coal mine (Ruda Śląska Poland 21 November 2006)
- 21 - coal mine (Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway, November 5, 1962)[3]
- 16 - coal mine (Ningxia Hui, China, 16 October 2008)
- 12 - Sago Mine Disaster (Sago, West Virginia, 2 January 2006)
- 9 - Crandall Canyon Mine (Emery County, Utah, 6 August 2007)
Aviation
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
- 583 - Tenerife airport disaster (Spain, 1977)
- 520 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
- 349 - 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
- 346 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Paris, 1974)
- 329 - Air India Flight 182 (Ireland, 1985)
- 301 - Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
- 297 – 350 - Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996).
- 290 - Iran Air Flight 655 (Strait of Hormuz,1988)
- 276 - Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Ilyushin Il-76 (Sirach Mountains, 2003)
- 273 - American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
- 270 - Pan American Flight 103 (Lockerbie, 1988)
- 269 - Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Russia 1983
- 265 - American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
- 264 - China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
- 261 - Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
- 257 - Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
- 256 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
- 234 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
- 230 - TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
- 229 - Swissair Flight 111 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998)
- 228 - Korean Air Flight 801 Guam, 1997)
- 225 - China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
- 223 - Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
- 217 - EgyptAir Flight 990 (Cape Cod, 1999)
- 213 - Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
- 202 - China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
- 200 - Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbekistan, USSR, 1985)
- 200 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
- 191 - Martinair DC-8 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
- 189 - Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
- 188 - Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
- 184 - Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
- 183 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
- 181 - Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
- 180 - Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
- 176 - Surinam Airways Flight PY764 (Surinam, 1989)
- 176 - 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
- 176 - Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Nigeria, 1973)
- 176 - Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
- 171 - UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
- 170 - Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
- 169 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d'Ivoire, 2000)
- 167 - PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
- 167 - Mexicana Flight 940 (Mexico, 1986)
- 162 - All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, 30 July 1971)
- 160 - China Northwest Airlines flight 2303 (Near Xian, China, 6 June 1994)
- 160 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (Venezuela, 2005)
- 159 - American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
- 159 - South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
- 157 - Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, (Tripoli, Libya, December 1992)
- 156 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
- 156 - PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
- 156 - Interflug Flight DM-SEA (East Germany, 14 August 1972)
- 155 - Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, 3 December 1972)
- 155 - Operation Babylift
- 155 - VIASA Flight 742, (Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 1969)
- 154 - Turkish Airlines Flight TC-JBH, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
- 154 - Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
- 154 - Spanair Flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain, 2008)
- 153 - Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
- 148 - Iberia Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
- 148 - Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
- 146 - Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
- 145 - Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (Budarovka, Russia, 4 July 2001)
- 144 - PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, CA, 25 September 1978)
- 144 - Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
- 143 - Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
- 143 - Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
- 143 - ADC Airlines Flight 086, (outskirt of Lagos, Nigeria, November 1996)
- 141 - China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guangzhou, China) (24 November 1992)
- 137 - Vasp Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
- 136 - Delta Airlines Flight 191 (Dallas, TX, 1985)
- 133 - All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, 4 February 1966)
- 132 - USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1994)
- 132 - SAM Flight 505, (Medelin, Colombia, May 1993)
- 131 - Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
- 131 - TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
- 130 - Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India
- 129 - US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, 1953)
- 128 - Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
- 128 - 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727 airplane crash (Alborz Mountains, Iran, 21 January 1980)
- 128 - 1990 People's Republic of China Airliner Collision (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
- 127 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
- 126 - Czech Airlines Flight 542, (Damascus, Syria, August, 1975)
- 124 - S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
- 124 - BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
- 124 - Baikal Air Flight 130, (Irkutsk, Russia, January 1994)
- 123 - Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
- 123 - Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
- 121 - Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
- 119 - South African Airways Flight 228, (Windhoek, Namibia, April, 1968)
- 119 - PIA Flight 705, (Cairo, Egypt, May 1965)
- 118 - Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
- 118 - T 116rans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November, 1963)
- 118 - BEA Flight 548, (Staines, England, June, 1972)
- 116 - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130E crashed into apartment building, Tehran, Iran, (6 December 2005)[4]
- 115 - Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
- 115 - Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, 5 May 1972)
- 113 - Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
- 113 - Thai Airways International Flight 311 (Langtang National Park, Nepal, 31 July 1992)
- 112 - China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
- 112 - CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April, 1982)
- 112 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 New York, 24 June 1975
- 112 - Gulf Air Flight 771, (Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, September, 1983)
- 112 - Sterling Airways Flight 296, (outskirt of Kalba, UAE, March 1972)
- 111 - United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
- 110 - ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
- 110 - Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (near Taipei, Taiwan, 22 August 1981)
- 109 - Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July, 1970)
- 108 - Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, Sinai Peninsula, 1973
- 108 - China Southwest Airlines Flight 222, (Chongqing, China, January 1988)
- 107 - Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December 1978)
- 104 - Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
- 104 - SilkAir Flight 185 (Sumatra, Indonesia, 1997)
- 104 - Iberia Flight 602 (Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain, January 1972)
- 102 - Adam Air flight 574, (Indonesia, 2007)
- 101 - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (Everglades, 1972)
- 101 - Thai Airways Flight 261 (Surat Thani, Thailand, December 1998)
- 100 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (Malaysia,1977)
- 99 - LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
- 99 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
- 98 - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130 crashed into mountain during approach to Zahedan Airport, Iran (2 November 1986)[5]
- 98 - Britania Flight 105, (Slovenia, September 1966)
- 97 - Varig Flight 810 (outskirt of Lima, Peru, November 1962)
- 95 - American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, 1 March 1962)
- 95 - Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean Sea, 1968)
- 94 - Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, 7 July 1962)
- 94 - ADC Airlines Flight 53, (Abuja, Nigeria, October 2006)
- 93 - Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
- 92 - Indian Airlines Flight 605, (Bangalore, India, February 1990)
- 92 - TAME Flight 120, (Cumbal, Colombia, January 2002)
- 91 - LANSA Flight 508, (Puerto Inca, Peru, December 1971)
- 90 - Aeroflot Flight 411, (Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, July 1982)
- 89+ - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, Phuket, Thailand
- 89 - Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E take-off crash, Medina Saudi Arabia ( 14 September 1980)[6]
- 88 - Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pacific Ocean,2000
- 88 - Aeroflot Flight 821 (Perm, Russia, 2008)
- 87 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
- 87 - Air Inter Flight 148, (outskirt of Strasbourg, France, January 1992)
- 86 - Japan Airlines Flight 471, (Delhi, India, June, 1972)
- 84 - Sknyliv airshow disaster (2002)
- 83 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
- 83 - Thai Airways Flight 365, (Phuket, Thailand, August 1987)
- 82 - Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
- 82 - TABSO Flight 101, (Bratislava, Slovenia, November 1966)
- 81 - Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
- 81 - Middle East Airlines Flight 438 (Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, January 1976)
- 79 - Korean Air Flight 803, (Tripoli, Libya, July 1989)
- 78 - Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, DC, 1982)
- 77 - Spantax Flight 5995 (Torremolinos Airport, Malaga, Spain, 1977)
- 77 - Avensa Flight 358, (Maturin, Venezuela, December 1974)
- 76 - ČSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
- 75 - Aeroflot Flight 593, Russia 1994
- 75 - Avianca Flight 52, Cove Neck, 1990
- 75 - Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
- 75 - Turkish Airlines Flight 634, (Diyarbakir Airport, Turkey, January 2003)
- 74 - Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
- 73 - United States Navy airship USS Akron, (1933)[7]
- 72 - Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
- 72 - Southern Airways Flight 242 1977
- 72 - Stockport air disaster, (Stockport, United Kingdom, 1967)
- 71 - Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611, (Uberlingen, Germany, 2002)
- 70 - Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
- 70 - Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
- 69 - Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India
- 68 - American Eagle flight 4184, Chicago, 1994
- 68 - Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, 24 August 2008
- 68 - Asiana Airlines Flight 733, (Mokpo Airport, South Korea, July 1993)
- 64 - Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
- 64 - Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, (Hakodate, Japan, 1971)
- 61 - [Aer Lingus Flight EI712 ORK-LHR Crashed off Tuskar Rock Co. Wexford, Ireland 24 March 1968
- 61 - Freckleton Air Disaster, (Freckleton, Lancashire, England, 23 August 1944)
- 60 - TAROM Flight 371 (Balotesti, Romania, 1995)
- 58 - Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, Lake Michigan (1950)
- 56 - Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad, India
- 55 - Eastern Airlines Flight 537, on approach to Washington National Airport, (1949)
- 55 - China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
- 52 - Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, British Columbia, 1965
- 51 - Alliance Air Flight 7412, Patna, India
- 50 - Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
- 50 - Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, (Gatwick Airport, England, January 1969)
- 49 - Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
- 47 - British Midland Flight 092 (England, 1989)
- 46 - TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru. 2003)
- 46 - R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
- 45 - Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
- 43 - 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru. 1987)
- 43 - Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (Cayucos, 1987)
- 43 - El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, 1992)
- 40 - TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
- 35 - Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
- 35 - US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
- 34 - Olympic Aviation flight 545 (Isle of Samos,Greece,1989)
- 31 - Superga air disaster (Italy, 1949)
- 29 - TAA Flight 538 (Mackay, 1960)
- 23 - Air Canada Flight 797, July 3, 1983
- 23 - ALM Flight 980, St Maarten 1970
- 22 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (Yogyakarta, 2007)
- 21 - Air Midwest Flight 5481 (Charlotte, 2003)
- 20 - Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 (2005)
- 17 - Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (Between Chile-Argentina border, 1972; 12 more died awaiting rescue, 16 survived)
- 16 - TWA Flight 260 (Sandia Mountains, 1955)
Maritime
This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only. For wartime shipping disasters, see List of battles and other violent events by death toll.
- 1,565–4,500 - MV Doña Paz (Philippines, 1987)[8]
- 2,750–3,920 - SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948)[9]
- 1,863 - MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
- 1,547 - SS Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
- 1,517 - RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
- 1,155 - Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
- 1,021 - SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
- 1,018 - MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
- 1,012 - RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
- c.1,000 - SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
- 894 - MV Bukova (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
- 852 - MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
- 835 - SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
- 800 - MV Princess of Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, June 21, 2008.
- 737 - SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
- c.640 - SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
- 627 - SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
- 625 - SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
- 608 - Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
- 600 - Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
- 587 - Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
- 580 - Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
- 558 - SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
- 550 - Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
- 546 - RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
- 528 - MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
- 500 - Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
- 497 - Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
- 464 - Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
- 461 - MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
- 438 - Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
- 423 - Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
- 400 - Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
- 400 - SS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
- 400 - Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
- 397 - Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
- 392 - SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
- 361 - KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
- 358 - HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
- 357 - 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
- 353 - SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
- 340 - MV Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
- 338 - Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
- 325 - Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
- 314 - Principessa Matalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
- 308 - Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
- 304 - Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy condition off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.
- 300 - Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981
- 300 - Turkish ferry Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
- 300 - Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, October 11, 1968.
- 297 - RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
- 292 - A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993[10]
- 289 - An boat of clandestine immigrant sank near Portopalo,Italy,1996
- 288 - SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
- 280 - Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
- 280 - Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
- 280 - Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by collided with Japanese vassel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
- 279 - Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
- 272 - Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
- 260 - USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
- 260 - Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
- 260 - Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
- 259 - Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
- 254 - Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terenggana, Malaysia, November 22, 1978
- 250+ - Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
- 250 - Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
- 250 - Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
- 249 - Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
- 230 - Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapo capsized Belém de Cajari, Macapa, Amazon River, Brazil, 1981
- 230 - Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
- 224 - Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) May 13, 1835
- 226 - Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
- 220 - Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
- 215 - Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
- 210 - Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
- 211 - SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, July, 1909
- 209 - Seven Japanese fishing boat sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
- 206 - Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May, 1963
- 205 - HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
- 205 - S.S. Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Feb. 20, 1860
- 200 - SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
- 200 - Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
- 200 - Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December, 1988.
- 193 - Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
- 192 - Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
- 189 - MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
- 189 - HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
- 185 - Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
- 182 - Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
- 180 - Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31 1998
- 177 - Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
- 171 - Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
- 170 - Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
- 168 - Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
- 167 - Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
- 167 - Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
- 165 - Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
- 161 - Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galatzi, Romania, September 10, 1989
- 158 - Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
- 158 - Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
- 150 - Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Maranon River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
- 150 - Overloaded motorrized canoe capsized off Tasso, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
- 150 - A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965
- 150 - Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September, 1961
- 148 - Medusa (off Senegal, 1816)
- 147 - Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
- 140 - SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
- 140 - Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June, 1948
- 140 - Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscan, Italy, 1991
- 140 - Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007
- 140 - Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, December 2, 1994.
- 134 - SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
- 134 - Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
- 131 - Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
- 131 - Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
- 130 - Princess Victoria (Scottland, 1953)
- 130 - Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September, 1997
- 130 - Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
- 129 - USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
- 128 - HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
- 128 - Greek cruise ship Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
- 124+ - SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
- 124 - Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
- 120 - Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
- 118 - Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
- 117 - Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
- 113 - Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
- 105 - Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 14, 1970.
- 102 - SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
- 100 - Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
- 99 - USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
- 92 - Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, October 1, 1933.
- 89 - SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, August 6, 1859
- 85 - Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
- 82 - STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
- 81 - MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
- 80 - Pamir (1957)
- 80 - Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, Auguat 17, 1971.
- 78 - Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
- 70 - Ming 361 (2003)
- 58 - Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
- 57 - Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
- 54 - MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
- 53 - TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
- 51 - SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
- 48 - Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
- 45 - SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
- 44 - British bulk carrier Derbyshire capsized by structual failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
- 42 - Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on November 4, 2008.[11][12]
- 36 - FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
- 35 - HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
- 31 - SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
- 29 - SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
- 28 - Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
- 20 - Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October, 2005)
- 17 - 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
- 16 - MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
- 13 - Essex (South Pacific, 1819)
Space exploration
- 7 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (United States, 2003)
- 7 - Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Florida, 1986)
- 3 - Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
- 3 - Apollo 1 (Florida, 1967)
- 1 - Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)
See also List of space disasters.
Sporting events
- 1,112 - Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus, (Ancient Rome, c.140 AD)[13]
- 222 - Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, during bleaches at bullring, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.[citation needed]
- 96 - Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
- 80+ - 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
- 66 - Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway collapse & ensuing crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
- 66 - Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, USSR, 1982)
- 56 - Bradford City football stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
- 44 - Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sivasspor soccer fan using gun, knife, weapons, and fighting each other spectators at Kayseri Ataturk Stadium, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968[citation needed]
- 39 - Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium