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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List updated regularly. | |||
1998 17 Jul | ![]() Asmara | Ukraine Aviation Transport Company Ilyushin II-76 (UR-UCI) | 10 10 / 0 |
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
2020 2 Jan | ![]() Geneina | Sudanese Air Force Antonov An12-A (?) | 18 18 / 0 |
2019 10 Mar | ![]() Bishoftu | Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 (ET-AVJ) | 157 157 / 0 |
2016 19 May | ![]() 175 miles off the Egyptian coast | EgyptAir Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) | 66 66 / 0 |
2016 2 Feb | ![]() Near Mogadishu | Daallo Airlines Airbus A321-111 (SX-BHS) | 72 1 / 0 |
2015 31 Oct | ![]() Near Hasna | Metrojet Airbus A321-231 (EI-ETJ) | 224 224 / 0 |
2014 2 Jul | ![]() Near Nairobi | Skyward International Aviation Fokker 50 (5Y-CET) | 4 4 / 0 |
2013 9 Aug | ![]() Mogadishu | Military - Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-12 (?) | 6 4 / 0 |
2012 7 Oct | ![]() Near Omdurman | Military - Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-12BP (ST-ASA) | 22 15 / 0 |
2012 19 Aug | ![]() Talodi | Alfa Airlines Antonov An-26-100 (ST-ARL) | 32 32 / 0 |
2010 14 Feb | ![]() Near Saada | Military - Yemeni Arm Helicopter? (?) | 11 11 / 2 |
2009 20 Feb | ![]() Luxor | Aerolift Antonov 12V (S9-SVN) | 5 5 / 0 |
2008 13 Aug | ![]() K-50 Airport | Fly 540 Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 (5Y-BVF) | 3 3 / 0 |
2008 30 Jun | ![]() Near Khartoum | Ababeel Aviaition Ilysushin Il-76TD (ST-WTB) | 4 4 / 0 |
2008 27 Jun | ![]() Near Malakal | Juba Air Cargo Antonov 12BK (ST-ARN) | 8 7 / 0 |
2008 10 Jun | ![]() Khartoum | Sudan Airways Airbus A-310-324 (ST-ATN) | 214 32 / 0 |
2008 2 May | ![]() Near Rumbek | Southern Sudan Air Connection Beechcraft 1900C (5Y-FLX) | 24 24 / 0 |
2007 8 Nov | ![]() Khartoum | Juba Air Cargo Antonov 12 (ST-JUA) | 4 0 / 2 |
2007 23 Jul | ![]() Near Shinile | Djibouti Airlines Antonov AN-26V (EX-030) | 9 1 / 0 |
2007 6 May | ![]() Near El-Thamad | Military - French Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (742/CB) | 9 9 / 0 |
2007 23 Mar | ![]() Mogadishu | Transaviaexport Airlines Ilushin Il-76TD (EW-78849 ) | 11 11 / 0 |
2006 10 Apr | ![]() Marsabit | Military - Kenya Air Force Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II (132) | 17 14 / 0 |
2005 2 Jun | ![]() Khartoom | Marsland Aviation Antonov AN-24B (ST-WAL) | 42 7 / 0 |
2005 3 Feb | ![]() Near Khartoum | Air West Ilyushin 76TD (ST-EWB) | 7 7 / 0 |
2004 11 Dec | ![]() Near Jeddah | Airline Transport Ilyushin II-76TD (ER-IBW) | 7 1 / 0 |
2004 5 Oct | ![]() Kaduqli | Sarit Airlines Antonov AN-12 (ST-SAF) | 4 4 / 0 |
2004 23 May | ![]() Mwingi | Blue Bird Aviation Let 410UVP (5Y-VVD) | 2 2 / 0 |
2004 11 May | ![]() Dalang | El Magal Aviation Antonov AN-12 (ST-SIG) | 7 7 / 0 |
2004 6 May | ![]() Jiech | Charter - Air Cush Let 410UVP (9XR-DC) | 10 6 / 0 |
2004 3 Jan | ![]() Off Sharm el Sheikh | Flash Air Boeing B-737-3Q8 (SU-ZCF) | 148 148 / 0 |
2003 19 Jul | ![]() Mount Kenya | Ryan Blake Air Charter Swearingen SA-226T Metro II (ZS-OYI) | 14 14 / 0 |
2003 8 Jul | ![]() Port Sudan | Sudan Airways Boeing 737-2J8C (ST-AFK) | 117 117 / 0 |
2003 24 Jan | ![]() Busia | African Commuter Services Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I (5Y-EMJ) | 13 3 / 0 |
2002 28 Nov | ![]() Masai Mara Game Reserve | Eagle Aviation Let 410UVP-E20 (5Y-ONT) | 20 1 / 0 |
2002 17 Mar | ![]() Off Djibouti | Djibouti Airlines Let 410UVP-E (J2-KBC) | 4 4 / 0 |
2001 4 Apr | ![]() Adar Yeil | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov AN-24 (?) | 30 14 / 0 |
2001 15 Mar | ![]() Medina | Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev 154M (RA-85619) | 174 3 / 0 |
2000 26 Jul | ![]() Mafraq | Military - Royal Jordanian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (348) | 13 13 / 0 |
1999 26 Nov | ![]() Nairobi | DHL Aviation Africa Cessna 208 Caravan I (5Y-RAN) | 4 4 / 0 |
1999 2 Oct | ![]() Dhahran | Aramco Associated Company Bell 214ST helicopter (N704H) | 20 12 / 0 |
1999 3 Jun | ![]() Near Khartoum | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov 32 (?) | 50 50 / 0 |
1999 29 May | ![]() Ol Kiombo | Malindi Air Services Let 410UVP-E (5Y-LET) | 2 2 / 0 |
1998 10 Mar | ![]() Mombasa | Air Memphis Boeing 707-336C (SU-PBA) | 6 6 / 0 |
1998 12 Feb | ![]() Near Nasir | Military - Sudan Air Force Antonov AN-32 (?) | 57 27 / 0 |
1996 13 Nov | ![]() Ngong | Kismayo Airlines Piper PA-31-350 Navajo (?) | 8 8 / 0 |
1996 3 May | ![]() Near Haj Yousif | Federal Airlines Antonov AN-24 (ST-FAG) | 53 53 / 0 |
1996 26 Feb | ![]() Near Jabal Awliya | Military - Sudanese Air Force Lockheed C-130H (?) | 91 91 / 0 |
1994 14 Mar | ![]() Off Malindi | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (69-6576) | 8 8 / 0 |
1993 7 Jun | ![]() Near Ariab | Sasco Air Lines Cessna 404 Titan (ST-AID) | 11 11 / 0 |
1992 9 Oct | ![]() Mogadiscio | Kiev Production Association Antonov 32 (CCCP-48088) | 13 1 / 0 |
1992 14 Jul | ![]() Near Bir Fadl | Military - Unified Yemen Air Force Antonov An-12 (?) | 57 57 / 0 |
1992 16 Apr | ![]() Nairobi | Military - Kenyan Air Force de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo (218) | 46 46 / 6 |
1991 27 Dec | ![]() Masai Mara | Eagle Aviation Piper PA-31-350 Navajo (5Y-SRV) | 5 5 / 0 |
1991 17 Sep | ![]() Djibouti City | Ethiopian Airlines Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules (ET-AJL) | 4 4 / 0 |
1991 11 Jul | ![]() Jeddah | Nationair (chartered by Nigeria Airways) McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Super 61 (C-GMXQ) | 261 261 / 0 |
1991 5 May | ![]() Near Awell | Nile Safaris Aviation Cessna 404 Titan II (ST-AHX) | 8 8 / 0 |
1991 21 Mar | ![]() Ras-al-Mishab | Military - Royal Saudi Air Force Lockheed C-130H (469) | 98 98 / 0 |
1991 31 Jan | ![]() Near Ras Al Khafji | Lockheed AC-130H Hercules Military - U.S. Air Force (69-6567) | 13 13 / 0 |
1990 4 Dec | ![]() Nairobi | Sudania Air Cargo Boeing B-707-320F (ST-SAC) | 10 10 / 0 |
1989 26 Sep | ![]() Nyala | Nile Safaris Aviation Cessna 404 Titan II (ST-AIW) | 6 6 / 0 |
1989 7 Aug | ![]() Near Gambela | RRC Air Service de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (ET-AIL) | 16 16 / 0 |
1989 28 Jun | ![]() Near Borana | Somali Airlines Fokker F-27 Friendship 600RF (6O-SAZ) | 30 30 / 0 |
1988 14 Dec | ![]() Near Luxor | GAS Air Boeing B-707-321C (5N-AYJ) | 8 8 / 5 |
1988 15 Sep | ![]() Bahar Dar | Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737-230 (ET-AJA) | 104 35 / 0 |
1988 31 Mar | ![]() Cairo | Arax Airlines Douglas DC-8-55F (5N-ARH) | 4 4 / 0 |
1987 21 Sep | ![]() Luxor | EgyptAir Airbus A.300B4-203 (SU-BCA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1987 5 May | ![]() Malakal | Sasco Air Lines Cessna 404 Titan II (ST-AIJ) | 13 13 / 0 |
1987 13 Jan | ![]() Near Asmara | Military - Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 54 54 / 0 |
1986 25 Dec | ![]() Arar | Iraqi Airways Boeing B-737-270C (YI-AGJ) | 106 63 / 0 |
1986 16 Aug | ![]() Malakal | Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M (ST-ADY) | 60 60 / 0 |
1986 10 Jun | ![]() Near Cairo | EgyptAir Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 (SU-GAD) | 26 23 / 0 |
1986 18 May | ![]() Djibouti | Military - French Naval Aviation Dassault Breguet Atlantique (19) | 19 19 / 0 |
1985 15 Aug | ![]() Aden | Alyemda Airlines Boeing 707-336C (7O-ACO) | 73 3 / 0 |
1984 8 Aug | ![]() Machakos | Pioneer Airlines Cessna 402A (5Y-AMS) | 9 9 / 0 |
1984 8 May | ![]() Elbet Beni Salama | Military - Egyptian Air Force McDonnel F-4E Phantom II (?) | 2 2 / 19 |
1984 16 Feb | ![]() Near Debre Zelt | Military - Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN-12 (1506) | 38 26 / 0 |
1984 2 Jan | ![]() Amman | Military - Royal Jordanian Air Force CASA 212-A3 Aviocar 100 (324) | 13 13 / 0 |
1983 16 Apr | ![]() Near Khartoum | Air Liberia Hawker Siddeley HS-748-329 Srs. 2A (EL-AIH) | 9 8 / 9 |
1982 9 May | ![]() Off Aden | Alyemda de Havilland Canada DHC-7-103 (7O-ACK) | 49 47 / 0 |
1982 3 Feb | ![]() Djibouti | Military - French Air Force Nord 2501 Noratlas (140/88JA) | 35 35 / 0 |
1982 14 Jan | ![]() Near Addis Ababa | Military - Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN-26 (71383) | 73 73 / 0 |
1981 20 Jul | ![]() Mogadishu | Somali Airlines Fokker F-27 Friendship 600RF (6O-SAY) | 50 50 / 0 |
1981 29 May | ![]() Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (SU-BAH) | 17 17 / 0 |
1980 12 Nov | ![]() Near Cairo | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-141A (67-0030) | 13 13 / 0 |
1980 15 Sep | ![]() Near Medina | Military - Royal Saudi Air Force Lockheed C-130E (453) | 89 89 / 0 |
1980 19 Aug | ![]() Riyadh | Saudi Arabian Airlines Lockheed 1011-200 TriStar (HZ-AHK) | 301 301 / 0 |
1979 11 Aug | ![]() Near Katab | Bahri Aviation Learjet 35 (N711AF) | 5 5 / 0 |
1979 19 Feb | ![]() Barentu | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-AFW) | 5 5 / 0 |
1978 5 Nov | ![]() Off Alexandria | Nile Delta Air Services Douglas DC-3 (SU-AZM) | 18 18 / 0 |
1978 24 Jul | ![]() Near Nairobi | Amphibians Britten Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 (5Y-CMC) | 11 5 / 0 |
1977 20 Jul | ![]() Jima | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-ABF) | 5 5 / 0 |
1977 10 May | ![]() Near Jericho | Military - Israel Air Force Sikorsky CH-53D (helicopter) (360) | 54 54 / 0 |
1977 1 Mar | ![]() Off Aden | Alyemda Douglas DC-3 (7O-ABF) | 21 20 / 0 |
1976 4 Oct | ![]() Nairobi | Emirates Air Transport Douglas DC-7CF (TZ-ARC) | 4 4 / 0 |
1976 1 Jan | ![]() Near Al Qaysumah | Middle East Airlines Boeing B-720B-023B (OD-AFT) | 82 82 / 0 |
1975 25 Nov | ![]() Near Bir Lahfan | Military - Israel Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules (011) | 20 20 / 0 |
1975 11 Sep | ![]() Near Bahar Dar | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas C-47-DL (ET-ABX) | 9 1 / 0 |
1975 18 Mar | ![]() Singa | Sudan Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 (ST-ADB) | 6 5 / 0 |
1974 20 Nov | ![]() Soddu | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-AAR) | 24 2 / 0 |
1974 20 Nov | ![]() Near Nairobi | Lufthansa Boeing B-747-130 (D-ABYB) | 157 59 / 0 |
1974 10 Oct | ![]() Cairo | EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 (SU-AXB) | 6 6 / 0 |
1973 30 Jun | ![]() Amman | Aeroflot Tupolev TU-134A (CCCP-65668) | 85 2 / 7 |
1972 5 Dec | ![]() Beni Sueif | EgyptAir Boeing 707-336C (SU-AOW) | 6 6 / 0 |
1972 10 Sep | ![]() Gondar | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-ABQ) | 11 11 / 0 |
1972 18 Apr | ![]() Addis Ababa | East African Airways BAC Super VC-10 1154 (5X-UVA) | 107 43 / 0 |
1972 19 Mar | ![]() Shamsam Mountains | Egyptair McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (YU-AHR) | 22 22 / 0 |
1971 6 Dec | ![]() Tikaka | Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 (ST-AAY) | 42 10 / 0 |
1970 6 May | ![]() Mogadishu | Somali Airlines Vickers 785D Viscount (6O-AAJ) | 30 5 / 0 |
1969 20 Mar | ![]() Near Aswan | United Arab Airlines Ilyushin IL-18D (SU-APC) | 105 100 / 0 |
1968 18 Aug | ![]() Off Port Said | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24V (SU-AOL) | 40 40 / 0 |
1968 8 Jul | ![]() Near Dhahran | Saudi Arabian Airlines Convair CV-340-68B (HZ-AAZ) | 11 11 / 0 |
1968 15 Jan | ![]() Zifta | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJG) | 4 4 / 0 |
1967 24 Jun | ![]() Khamis Mushait | Saudi Arabian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (HZ-AAM) | 17 16 / 0 |
1967 11 Jun | ![]() Jedda | Saudi Arabian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (HZ-AAJ) | 18 17 / 0 |
1967 7 Feb | ![]() Near Hourghada | Misrair Antonov AN-24 (?) | 30 30 / 0 |
1966 22 Nov | ![]() Near Aden | Aden Airways Douglas DC-3 (VR-AAN) | 30 30 / 0 |
1966 18 Mar | ![]() Cairo | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24B (SU-AOA) | 30 30 / 0 |
1965 2 Nov | ![]() Obock | Military - French Air Force Douglas C-47A (316410) | 30 30 / 0 |
1965 14 Sep | ![]() Gore | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-ABI) | 17 17 / 0 |
1965 7 Jul | ![]() Cairo | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 30 / 0 |
1965 20 May | ![]() Cairo | Pakistan International Airlines Boeing B-720-040B (AP-AMH) | 127 121 / 0 |
1964 2 Oct | ![]() Addis Ababa | Interocean Lockheed L-749A-79 Constellation (LX-IOK) | 7 1 / 0 |
1964 13 Jun | ![]() Jeddah | Saudi Arabian Airlines Douglas C-47A (HZ-AAN) | 2 2 / 0 |
1964 17 Apr | ![]() Dhahran | Middle East Airlines Sud Aviation Caravelle 3 (OD-AEM) | 49 49 / 0 |
1964 12 Apr | ![]() Hargeisa | Aden Airways Douglas DC-3 (VR-AAM) | 15 15 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | ![]() Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | ![]() Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 12 May | ![]() Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1963 12 May | ![]() Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1962 17 May | ![]() Near Nairobi | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130A Hercules (56-0546) | 13 13 / 0 |
1962 15 May | ![]() Near Cairo | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJM) | 3 3 / 0 |
1962 13 Jan | ![]() Near Tippi | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-T-1) | 18 5 / 1 |
1961 5 Sep | ![]() Near Sendafar | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-T-16) | 19 5 / 0 |
1961 12 Jun | ![]() Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Lockheed L-188C Electra (PH-LLM) | 36 20 / 0 |
1960 15 Jul | ![]() Near Jima | Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 (ET-T-18) | 11 1 / 0 |
1960 15 May | ![]() Jebel Marra | Balair Douglas DC-4-1009 (HB-ILA) | 12 12 / 0 |
1959 22 Jan | ![]() Dabouk | Air Jordan Convair CV-240-2 (JY-ACB) | 15 10 / 0 |
1958 29 Sep | ![]() Over the Mediterranean Sea | Middle East Airlines Avro 685 York I (OD-ADB) | 5 5 / 0 |
1958 7 Mar | ![]() Menzalah Lake | Misrair Vickers 628 Viking 1B (SU-AGN) | 26 8 / 0 |
1958 19 Feb | ![]() Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DC-6B (PH-DFK) | 21 1 / 0 |
1957 17 Apr | ![]() Near El Quweira | Military -Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta C-Mk.1 (VW832) | 24 24 / 0 |
1956 30 Dec | ![]() Dhahran | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation (54-0165) | 41 15 / 0 |
1956 28 Oct | ![]() Over the Mediterranean Sea | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss C-46 (SU-AAB) | 23 23 / 0 |
1956 9 Sep | ![]() Amman | Jordan International Airlines Curtiss C-46A-45-CU (JY-ABV) | 57 1 / 0 |
1956 20 Feb | ![]() Near Cairo | Transport Aerien Intercontinentaux (France) Douglas DC-6B (F-BGOD) | 64 52 / 0 |
1955 18 May | ![]() Mt. Kilimanjaro | East African Airways Douglas DC-3 (VP-KKH) | 20 20 / 0 |
1954 15 Sep | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking (SU-AFO) | 4 3 / 0 |
1953 15 Dec | ![]() Near Cairo | Misair VC-Viking (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1953 9 Feb | ![]() Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss-Wright C-46 (1001) | 35 30 / 0 |
1952 15 Sep | ![]() Wadi Halfa | Kalinga Airlines Douglas C-47A (VT-CGB) | 3 3 / 0 |
1952 29 Aug | ![]() Kosti | Phoenix Airlines Douglas DC-2-115B (ZS-DFW) | 4 2 / 0 |
1951 19 Nov | ![]() Cairo | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-ACA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1950 31 Aug | ![]() Near Wadi Natrun | Trans World Airlines Lockheed 749A Constellation (N6004C) | 55 55 / 0 |
1949 9 Aug | ![]() Salalah | Military - Royal Air Force Douglas C-47B (KN336) | 12 12 / 0 |
1949 15 Jan | ![]() Ras-el-Tin | Pan African Air Charter Douglas C-54 Skymaster (ZS-AYB) | 30 30 / 0 |
1946 23 Oct | ![]() Gebel Kalamoun | Socotra Junkers JU-52/3m (F-BCHD) | 24 1 / 0 |
1946 24 Aug | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Avro Anson (SU-ADJ) | 9 6 / 0 |