List of mid-air collisions

This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions.

In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft usually results.

The potential for a mid-air collision is increased by miscommunication, mistrust, error in navigation, deviations from flight plans, lack of situational awareness, and the lack of Traffic collision-avoidance systems. Although a rare occurrence in general due to the vastness of open space available, collisions often happen near or at airports, where large volumes of aircraft are spaced more closely than in general flight.

1920s

 * 1922 Picardie mid-air collision

1940s

 * American Airlines Flight 28
 * Eastern Air Lines Flight 45
 * 1948 Gatow air disaster
 * 1948 Northwood mid-air collision
 * 1949 Exhall mid-air collision
 * Eastern Air Lines Flight 537

1950s

 * Cubana de Aviación Flight 493
 * American Airlines Flight 910
 * Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9
 * 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision
 * 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
 * 1957 Pacoima mid-air collision
 * United Air Lines Flight 736
 * Capital Airlines Flight 300
 * British European Airways Flight 142

1960s

 * 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
 * 1960 New York mid-air collision
 * 1963 Ankara mid-air collision
 * 1965 Carmel mid-air collision
 * TWA Flight 553
 * Peidmont Airlines Flight 22
 * Ozark Air Lines Flight 965
 * 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision
 * Allegheny Airlines Flight 853

1970s

 * Hughes Airwest Flight 706
 * All Nippon Airways Flight 58
 * 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision
 * 1973 Nantes mid-air collision
 * 1974 Norfolk mid-air collision
 * 1974 Surgut mid-air collision
 * Golden West Airlines Flight 261
 * 1976 Anapa mid-air collision
 * 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision
 * Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
 * 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

1980s

 * Aeroflot Flight 811
 * 1984 San Luis Obispo mid-air collision
 * 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
 * 1986 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
 * Aeroméxico Flight 498
 * SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834

1990s

 * Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254
 * 1991 Merion mid-air collision
 * Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103
 * 1993 Tehran mid-air collision
 * 1993 Auckland mid-air collision
 * 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (Deadliest midair collision)
 * Proteus Airlines Flight 706

2000s

 * 2000 Zion mid-air collision
 * 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
 * Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
 * 2007 Zell am See mid-air collision
 * Phoenix news helicopter collision
 * 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision

2010s

 * 2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision
 * 2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision
 * 2015 Senegal mid-air collision
 * 2019 Alaska mid-air collision

2020s

 * 2020 Alaska mid-air collision
 * 2021 Colorado mid-air collision
 * 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision
 * 2024 Nairobi mid-air collision

1940s

 * 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision

1950s

 * 1953 Mediterranean Sea mid-air collision
 * 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
 * 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision

1960s

 * 1966 Palomares B-52 crash

1980s

 * 1983 Negev mid-air collision
 * Ramstein air show disaster

1990s

 * Green Ramp disaster
 * 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
 * 1997 Namibia mid-air collision

2000s

 * Hainan Island incident
 * 2009 California mid-air collision

2010s

 * 2014 Olsberg mid-air collision
 * 2019 Ménaka mid-air collision

2020s

 * 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision
 * 2023 Alaska mid-air collision