List of Iranian aviation accidents and incidents explained

This is a list of major aviation accidents and incidents that took place in Iran, or involved aircraft traveling to and from Iran.

DateAirlineAircraftLocationCasualties
December 25, 1952Iran AirDouglas DC-3Tehran, Iran24 fatalities[1]
January 21, 1980Iran AirBoeing 727-86Alborz Mountains128 fatalities
July 3, 1988Iran Air Flight 655Airbus A300B2Persian Gulf290 fatalities, no survivors
April 26, 1992Iran Air ToursFokker F27 Friendship 400MSaveh, Iran39 fatalities
February 8, 1993Iran Air ToursIranian Air ForceTupolev Tu-154Sukhoi Su-24Mehrabad International Airport131 fatalities
October, 1994Iran Asseman Airlines Flight 746Fokker F-28Natanz, Iran66 fatalities
March 17, 1994Iranian Air ForceC-130 HerculesBallıca, near Stepanakert, Azerbaijan32 fatalities
September 19, 1995Kish Air Flight 707BoeingNone
March 14, 1997Iranian Militarynortheastern Iran80 fatalities
Feb. 2, 2000Iranian Air Force C-130Tehran Airport8 fatalities
Nov 13, 2000Aria AirYakovlevSouthern Iran1 fatality; 2 injured
May 18, 2001Faraz Qeshm AirlinesYAK-40 from Sari, Iran29 fatalities
Feb. 12, 2002Iran Air Tours Flight 956Tupolev Tu-154 EP-MBSKhorramabad, Iran118 fatalities
Dec. 23, 2002Aeromist-Kharkiv Flight 2137Antonov An-140 UR-14003Isfahan, Iran44 fatalities
February 19, 2003IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard)Ilyushin Il-76 SE of Kerman, Iran275 fatalities
Feb. 10, 2004Kish AirFokker-50Sharjah, UAE43 fatalities
April 20, 2005Saha Air LinesBoeing 707-300Tehran3 fatalities[2]
December 6, 2005Iranian Air ForceC-130E HerculesTehran128 or 116 fatalities; 90 injured
Jan. 9, 2006IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard)FalconNear Urmiye, Iran11 fatalities
September 1, 2006Iran Air ToursTupolev Tu-154MMashad, Iran28 fatalities
Nov. 27, 2006Iranian MilitaryAntonov An-74Tehran36 fatalities
July 23, 2007Iranian MilitaryMashad, IranNone
January 2, 2008Iran AirFokker 100TehranNone
Aug. 24, 2008Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895Boeing 737-219 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan68 fatalities; 15 injured
February 15, 2009 TrainingIrAn-140Near Isfahan/Shahin Shahr-Hesa Air Base https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090215-05 fatalities
July 15, 2009Caspian Airlines Flight 7908Tupolev Tu-154Jannatabad, outside Qazvin, Iran168 fatalities
July 24, 2009Aria Air Flight 1525Ilyushin IL-62MMashhad, Iran16 fatalities; 19 injured
January 9, 2011Iran Air Flight 277Boeing 727-286AdvUrmiye (OMH), Iran78 fatalities; 26 injured
March 3, 2014IR-CAO (Iran Civil Aviation Organization)Dassault Falcon 20Kish, Iran4 fatalities
May 10, 2014Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 8053Fokker 100Zahedan, Iran0 fatalities; 9 injured
August 10, 2014Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915IrAn-140Tehran, Iran40 fatalities; 8 injured
Feb 18, 2018Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704ATR 72-212near Semirom, Iran65 fatalities
Jan 8, 2020Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752Boeing 737-8KVnear Parand, Iran176 fatalities
Jan 27, 2020Caspian Airlines Flight 6936MD-83city of Mahshahr, IranNo casualties reported
May 19, 2024Iranian Air ForceBell 212near Varzaqan, Iran8 fatalities

References

  1. Web site: Crash of a Douglas C-47A-35-DL in Tehran: 27 killed Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives . 2023-01-25 . www.baaa-acro.com.
  2. [Flight International]