This information page lists the most recent fatal airline accidents in the subregion. Accidents with no fatalities are not listed. You will also find below an updated list of airlines subject to flight restrictions in certain countries.
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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2016 19 May | Egypt 175 miles off the Egyptian coast | EgyptAir Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) | 66 66 / 0 |
2015 31 Oct | Egypt Near Hasna | Metrojet Airbus A321-231 (EI-ETJ) | 224 224 / 0 |
2009 20 Feb | Egypt Luxor | Aerolift Antonov 12V (S9-SVN) | 5 5 / 0 |
2007 6 May | Egypt Near El-Thamad | Military - French Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (742/CB) | 9 9 / 0 |
2004 3 Jan | Egypt Off Sharm el Sheikh | Flash Air Boeing B-737-3Q8 (SU-ZCF) | 148 148 / 0 |
1988 14 Dec | Egypt Near Luxor | GAS Air Boeing B-707-321C (5N-AYJ) | 8 8 / 5 |
1988 31 Mar | Egypt Cairo | Arax Airlines Douglas DC-8-55F (5N-ARH) | 4 4 / 0 |
1987 21 Sep | Egypt Luxor | EgyptAir Airbus A.300B4-203 (SU-BCA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1986 10 Jun | Egypt Near Cairo | EgyptAir Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 (SU-GAD) | 26 23 / 0 |
1984 8 May | Egypt Elbet Beni Salama | Military - Egyptian Air Force McDonnel F-4E Phantom II (?) | 2 2 / 19 |
1981 29 May | Egypt Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (SU-BAH) | 17 17 / 0 |
1980 12 Nov | Egypt Near Cairo | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-141A (67-0030) | 13 13 / 0 |
1979 11 Aug | Egypt Near Katab | Bahri Aviation Learjet 35 (N711AF) | 5 5 / 0 |
1978 5 Nov | Egypt Off Alexandria | Nile Delta Air Services Douglas DC-3 (SU-AZM) | 18 18 / 0 |
1975 25 Nov | Egypt Near Bir Lahfan | Military - Israel Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules (011) | 20 20 / 0 |
1974 10 Oct | Egypt Cairo | EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 (SU-AXB) | 6 6 / 0 |
1972 5 Dec | Egypt Beni Sueif | EgyptAir Boeing 707-336C (SU-AOW) | 6 6 / 0 |
1969 20 Mar | Egypt Near Aswan | United Arab Airlines Ilyushin IL-18D (SU-APC) | 105 100 / 0 |
1968 18 Aug | Egypt Off Port Said | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24V (SU-AOL) | 40 40 / 0 |
1968 15 Jan | Egypt Zifta | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJG) | 4 4 / 0 |
1967 7 Feb | Egypt Near Hourghada | Misrair Antonov AN-24 (?) | 30 30 / 0 |
1966 18 Mar | Egypt Cairo | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24B (SU-AOA) | 30 30 / 0 |
1965 7 Jul | Egypt Cairo | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 30 / 0 |
1965 20 May | Egypt Cairo | Pakistan International Airlines Boeing B-720-040B (AP-AMH) | 127 121 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | Egypt Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | Egypt Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | Egypt Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | Egypt Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 12 May | Egypt Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1963 12 May | Egypt Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1962 15 May | Egypt Near Cairo | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJM) | 3 3 / 0 |
1961 12 Jun | Egypt Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Lockheed L-188C Electra (PH-LLM) | 36 20 / 0 |
1958 29 Sep | Egypt Over the Mediterranean Sea | Middle East Airlines Avro 685 York I (OD-ADB) | 5 5 / 0 |
1958 7 Mar | Egypt Menzalah Lake | Misrair Vickers 628 Viking 1B (SU-AGN) | 26 8 / 0 |
1958 19 Feb | Egypt Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DC-6B (PH-DFK) | 21 1 / 0 |
1956 28 Oct | Egypt Over the Mediterranean Sea | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss C-46 (SU-AAB) | 23 23 / 0 |
1956 20 Feb | Egypt Near Cairo | Transport Aerien Intercontinentaux (France) Douglas DC-6B (F-BGOD) | 64 52 / 0 |
1954 15 Sep | Egypt Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking (SU-AFO) | 4 3 / 0 |
1953 15 Dec | Egypt Near Cairo | Misair VC-Viking (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1953 9 Feb | Egypt Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss-Wright C-46 (1001) | 35 30 / 0 |
1951 19 Nov | Egypt Cairo | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-ACA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1950 31 Aug | Egypt Near Wadi Natrun | Trans World Airlines Lockheed 749A Constellation (N6004C) | 55 55 / 0 |
1949 15 Jan | Egypt Ras-el-Tin | Pan African Air Charter Douglas C-54 Skymaster (ZS-AYB) | 30 30 / 0 |
1946 23 Oct | Egypt Gebel Kalamoun | Socotra Junkers JU-52/3m (F-BCHD) | 24 1 / 0 |
1946 24 Aug | Egypt Cairo | Misrair Avro Anson (SU-ADJ) | 9 6 / 0 |
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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2021 2 Mar | Sudan Pieri | South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410UVP-E (HK-4274 ) | 10 10 / 0 |
2020 5 Feb | Turkey Istanbul | Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J (TC-IZK) | 177 3 / 0 |
2020 2 Jan | Sudan Geneina | Sudanese Air Force Antonov An12-A (?) | 18 18 / 0 |
2018 6 Mar | Syria Latakia | Military - Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 (RF-92955/52) | 39 39 / 0 |
2017 10 Mar | Turkey Istanbul | Swan Aviation Sikorsky S-76C (TC-HEZ) | 7 7 / 0 |
2015 18 Jan | Syrian Arab Republic Near Abu adh Dhuhur Air Base | Syrian Air Force Antonov An-26 (?) | 37 37 / 0 |
2012 7 Oct | Sudan Near Omdurman | Military - Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-12BP (ST-ASA) | 22 15 / 0 |
2012 19 Aug | Sudan Talodi | Alfa Airlines Antonov An-26-100 (ST-ARL) | 32 32 / 0 |
2010 12 May | Libya Tripoli | Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-202 (5A-ONG) | 104 103 / 0 |
2008 13 Nov | Iraq Fallujah | Falcon Aviation Group Antonov An-12 (S9-SAO) | 7 7 / 0 |
2008 30 Jun | Sudan Near Khartoum | Ababeel Aviaition Ilysushin Il-76TD (ST-WTB) | 4 4 / 0 |
2008 27 Jun | Sudan Near Malakal | Juba Air Cargo Antonov 12BK (ST-ARN) | 8 7 / 0 |
2008 10 Jun | Sudan Khartoum | Sudan Airways Airbus A-310-324 (ST-ATN) | 214 32 / 0 |
2008 2 May | Sudan Near Rumbek | Southern Sudan Air Connection Beechcraft 1900C (5Y-FLX) | 24 24 / 0 |
2007 30 Nov | Turkey Near Isparta | Atlasjet Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (TC-AKM) | 57 57 / 0 |
2007 8 Nov | Sudan Khartoum | Juba Air Cargo Antonov 12 (ST-JUA) | 4 0 / 2 |
2007 22 Aug | Iraq Near Kirkuk | Military - U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helilcopter (?) | 14 14 / 0 |
2007 20 Jan | Iraq Near Baghdad | Military - US Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk (?) | 12 12 / 0 |
2007 9 Jan | Iraq Near Balad Air Base | Moldovan Aeriantur-M Air Cargo Antonov 26B-100 (ER-26068) | 35 34 / 0 |
2006 7 Jan | Iraq Near Tal Afar | Military - US Army UH-60L Black Hawk (91-26346) | 12 12 / 0 |
2005 2 Jun | Sudan Khartoom | Marsland Aviation Antonov AN-24B (ST-WAL) | 42 7 / 0 |
2005 21 Apr | Iraq Near Baghdad | Military - Bulgarian Mil Mi-8 (?) | 11 11 / 0 |
2005 3 Feb | Sudan Near Khartoum | Air West Ilyushin 76TD (ST-EWB) | 7 7 / 0 |
2005 30 Jan | Iraq Near Al Taji | Military - Royal Air Force Lockheed Hercules C.1 (XV179) | 10 10 / 0 |
2005 26 Jan | Iraq Rutbah | Military - U.S. Marines CH53E Sea Stallion (164536) | 31 31 / 0 |
2004 11 Dec | Saudi Arabia Near Jeddah | Airline Transport Ilyushin II-76TD (ER-IBW) | 7 1 / 0 |
2004 5 Oct | Sudan Kaduqli | Sarit Airlines Antonov AN-12 (ST-SAF) | 4 4 / 0 |
2004 11 May | Sudan Dalang | El Magal Aviation Antonov AN-12 (ST-SIG) | 7 7 / 0 |
2004 6 May | Sudan Jiech | Charter - Air Cush Let 410UVP (9XR-DC) | 10 6 / 0 |
2003 15 Nov | Iraq Mosul | Military - U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk / UH-60 Black Hawk (? / ?) | 22 17 / 0 |
2003 2 Nov | Iraq Near Hasi | Military - U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook (?) | 36 15 / 0 |
2003 8 Jul | Sudan Port Sudan | Sudan Airways Boeing 737-2J8C (ST-AFK) | 117 117 / 0 |
2003 26 May | Turkey Near Macka | Ukranian-Mediterranean Airlines Yakovlev 42D (UR-42352) | 75 75 / 0 |
2003 8 Jan | Turkey Diyarbakir | Turkish Airlines (THY) BAe Avro RJ-100 (TC-THG) | 80 75 / 0 |
2001 16 May | Turkey Malatya | Military - Turkish Air Force CASA CN-235M-10 (?) | 34 34 / 0 |
2001 4 Apr | Sudan Adar Yeil | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov AN-24 (?) | 30 14 / 0 |
2001 15 Mar | Saudi Arabia Medina | Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev 154M (RA-85619) | 174 3 / 0 |
2000 25 Jan | Turkey Near Ankara | Top Air - Air Taxi Beechcraft King Air C90 (?) | 4 4 / 0 |
2000 13 Jan | Libya Off Marsa el-Brega | Avisto Shorts 360-300 (HB-AAM) | 41 22 / 0 |
1999 29 Dec | Turkey Near Zonguldak | Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion Antonov 28 (3C-JJI) | 6 6 / 0 |
1999 2 Oct | Saudi Arabia Dhahran | Aramco Associated Company Bell 214ST helicopter (N704H) | 20 12 / 0 |
1999 3 Jun | Sudan Near Khartoum | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov 32 (?) | 50 50 / 0 |
1999 7 Apr | Turkey Near Ceyhan | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing 737-4Q8 (TC-JEP) | 6 6 / 0 |
1998 12 Feb | Sudan Near Nasir | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov AN-32 (?) | 57 27 / 0 |
1997 4 Feb | Israel Northern Israel | Military - Israel Air Force /Military - Israel Air Force Sikorsky CH53D / Sikorsky CH53D (357 / 903) | 73 73 / 0 |
1996 3 May | Sudan Near Haj Yousif | Federal Airlines Antonov AN-24 (ST-FAG) | 53 53 / 0 |
1996 26 Feb | Sudan Near Jabal Awliya | Military - Sudanese Air Force Lockheed C-130H (?) | 91 91 / 0 |
1994 29 Dec | Turkey Near Van | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing B-737-4Y0 (TC-JES) | 76 57 / 0 |
1994 14 Apr | Iraq Northern Iraq | Military - U.S. Army / Military U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 / Sikorsky UH-60 (8726000/8826060) | 26 26 / 0 |
1993 7 Jun | Sudan Near Ariab | Sasco Air Lines Cessna 404 Titan (ST-AID) | 11 11 / 0 |