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Aircraft with the most fatalities

Can you guess the commercial aircraft that have had the most passengers killed in a fatal accident as of 2023?
A high number of fatalities doesn't necessarily mean the aircraft is unsafe
Jet Age only(1950-)
Quiz by EvanAviator
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Last updated: February 22, 2024
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Country
Fatalities
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USA
5,585
Boeing 737 family
USA
4,211
Boeing 727
USA
~3,700
Boeing 747
USA
3,697
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
USA
3,039
Boeing 707
USA
2,255
Douglas DC-8
USA
1,446
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Multinational
1,436
Airbus A300
Multinational
1,393
Airbus A320 family
France
~1,300
Sud Aviation Caravelle
USA
1,261
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
USSR
1,141
Ilyushin Il-62
USSR
1,140
Tupolev Tu-104
USA
854
Boeing 767
Multinational
825
Airbus A310
7 Comments
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Level 61
Mar 27, 2023
Kinda surprised that there aren't more Soviet aircraft on here since there were so many deadly crashes involving Soviet planes.
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Level 60
Mar 27, 2023
there aren't many large soviet aircraft that can hold a lot of people, and especially not many that were widely sold.
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Level 73
Jun 10, 2023
USA had more crashes overall
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2023
I managed to get 5 by randomly guessing a3?0 and 7?7
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Level 60
Jun 10, 2023
fair enough
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Level 45
Jan 6, 2024
Surprised not many got the Tu 104. Then again, russian aircraft aren't always the easiest to name.
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Level 78
Apr 23, 2025
if you are going to refer to the A320 'family' as one type then surely the DC9 and MD80 should be combined too?