Aviation accidents in Libya
CrashAtlas records 88 aviation accidents in Libya, accounting for 609 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
88
Recorded accidents
609
Fatalities in this listing
1936–2023
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-12-22 | Libyan Arab Airlines 1103 | Boeing 727-2L5 | Libya | 159 |
| 2010-05-12 | Afriqiyah Airways 771 | Airbus A330-202 | Libya | 103 |
| 1989-07-27 | Korean Air 803 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Libya | 74 |
| 1977-12-02 | Libyan Arab Airlines, lsf Balkan Bulgarian Airlines · LZ-BTN | Tupolev Tu-154A | Libya | 59 |
| 1958-08-09 | Central African Airways · VP-YNE | Vickers 748D Viscount | Libya | 36 |
| 2000-01-13 | Sirte Oil Company, lsf Avisto · HB-AAM | Shorts 360-300 | Libya | 22 |
| 1943-11-05 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGIB | Short S.25 Sunderland 3 | Libya | 19 |
| 1961-10-10 | Royal Air Force - RAF · WD498 | Handley Page Hastings C.2 | Libya | 17 |
| 1971-01-02 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-ALC | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C | Libya | 16 |
| 1955-09-21 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-ALHL | Canadair C-4 Argonaut | Libya | 15 |
| 1988-11-30 | Aero Club Libya · 5A-DDD | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 | Libya | 14 |
| 1970-06-01 | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie · OK-NDD | Tupolev Tu-104A | Libya | 13 |
| 1968-05-07 | Royal Air Force - RAF · XR133 | Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1 | Libya | 11 |
| 1936-09-24 | Ala Littoria · I-RODI | CANT Z.506 | Libya | 9 |
| 1941-07-31 | 230 Sqn RAF · L2166 | Short Sunderland Mk I | Libya | 8 |
| 1945-11-14 | Royal Air Force - RAF · KG598 | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) | Libya | 6 |
| 1957-12-07 | Scottish Airlines · G-AOEO | Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 1 | Libya | 6 |
| 1983-03-14 | Jamahiriya Air Transport · 5A-DJO | Boeing 707-338C | Libya | 5 |
| 1950-12-20 | Royal Air Force - RAF · TG574 | Handley Page Hastings C.1 | Libya | 5 |
| 1992-04-07 | Air Bissau · J5-GBE | Antonov An-24RV | Libya | 3 |
| 2018-04-29 | Libyan Air Force · 111 | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules | Libya | 3 |
| 1963-04-13 | Royal Air Force - RAF · XB268 | Blackburn Beverley C.1 | Libya | 2 |
| 2019-07-25 | Europe Air · UR-CMC | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 1 |
| 1949-02-04 | Skyways · G-AJPL | Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4) | Libya | 1 |
| 1994-03-19 | Light Air Transport & Technical Services · 5A-DJK | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 | Libya | 1 |
| 1942-05-01 | Luftwaffe | Junkers Ju-52/3m | Libya | 1 |
| 1945-09-30 | Ministère de l'Air, Direction Technique et Industrielle · FC-AXM | Lockheed C-60-LO Lodestar | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-20 | Afriqiyah Airways · 5A-ONF | Airbus A330-202 | Libya | 0 |
| 1956-04-22 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGNS | Avro 685 York C.1 | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-03-17 | Air Libya · 5A-DKG | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Libya | 0 |
| 1945-04-08 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGKM | Douglas C-47B-10-DK Dakota 4 | Libya | 0 |
| 1945-07-30 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 42-61031 | Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando | Libya | 0 |
| 1980-03-25 | Air Traffic Executive Jet · D-CDFA | Learjet 36 | Libya | 0 |
| 1987-08-08 | Libyan Arab Repubic Air Force · 5A-DKK | Ilyushin Il-76M | Libya | 0 |
| 1949-11-07 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGMM | Avro 691 Lancastrian C.1 | Libya | 0 |
| 1986-04-15 | Libyan Arab Repubic Air Force · 5A-DLL | Ilyushin Il-76M | Libya | 0 |
| 1946-01-23 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGIY | Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 1986-04-15 | Jamahiriya Air Transport · 5A-DNL | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 0 |
| 1986-04-15 | Libyan Ministry of Agriculture · 5A-DCS | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 | Libya | 0 |
| 1986-04-15 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DLP | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 | Libya | 0 |
| 1986-04-15 | Jamahiriya Air Transport · 5A-DNF | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 0 |
| 2020-05-09 | Libyan Air Force · no reg. | Ilyushin Il-78 | Libya | 0 |
| 2015-05-09 | Air Libya · 5A-DKQ | British Aerospace BAe-146-300 | Libya | 0 |
| 1982-01-01 | Libyan Ministry of Agriculture · 5A-DCW | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-27 | Libyan Airlines · 5A-LAI | Airbus A320-214 | Libya | 0 |
| 1949-02-01 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGJD | Avro 685 York I | Libya | 0 |
| 1945-10-09 | Royal Air Force - RAF · KN698 | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 1981-11-28 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DBE | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-27 | Unknown · 5A-DNJ | Ilyushin Il-76T | Libya | 0 |
| 1944-11-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 41-7772 | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 2019-07-25 | Europe Air · UR-CRP | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Afriqiyah Airways · 5A-IAY | Airbus A300B4-620 | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-03-17 | Air Libya · 5A-DKM | Yakovlev Yak-40KD | Libya | 0 |
| 1985-03-06 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DLR | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-08-26 | Unknown | Ilyushin Il-76 | Libya | 0 |
| 1991-12-07 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DJT | Boeing 707-351C | Libya | 0 |
| 1989-06-06 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DDV | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 | Libya | 0 |
| 1966-05-04 | Royal Air Force - RAF · TG575 | Handley Page Hastings C.1 | Libya | 0 |
| 1944-05-09 | Royal Air Force - RAF · KG548 | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 2015-01-30 | Libyan Air Cargo · 5A-DNK | Ilyushin Il-76T | Libya | 0 |
| 2002-01-01 | Sin Sad Airlines · 5A-DOK | Antonov An-26-100 | Libya | 0 |
| 1941-12-22 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AGCZ | Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar | Libya | 0 |
| 1971-07-01 | Belgian International Air Services · OO-SBC | Douglas DC-3C | Libya | 0 |
| 2020-05-09 | United Aviation · 5A-UAE | Learjet 60XR | Libya | 0 |
| 1983-03-30 | Libyan Ministry of Agriculture · 5A-DCP | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 | Libya | 0 |
| 1944-11-16 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 42-96658 | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando | Libya | 0 |
| 1973-09-16 | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines · LZ-BAA | Antonov An-12B | Libya | 0 |
| 1958-02-26 | Eagle Aviation Ltd. · G-AGRT | Vickers 657 Viking 1 | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-03-17 | Buraq Air · 5A-DNA | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 0 |
| 1985-06-13 | Benin Government · TY-BBR | Boeing 707-336B | Libya | 0 |
| 1953-11-26 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-16353 | Douglas C-47D (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 2020-04-05 | Libyan National Army · UP-AN601 | Antonov An-26 | Libya | 0 |
| 1973-07-23 | Japan Air Lines - JAL 404 | Boeing 747-246B | Libya | 0 |
| 1956-04-18 | USAF - 58th Air Rescue Squadron · 51-0039 | Grumman SA-16A Albatross | Libya | 0 |
| 2019-05-29 | Libyan Air Cargo · 5A-DKN | Antonov An-124-100 | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-03-17 | Air Libya · 5A-DKY | Boeing 737-2D6 | Libya | 0 |
| 2007-10-31 | Libyan Air Cargo · 5A-DOZ | Antonov An-26 | Libya | 0 |
| 1969-03-28 | Linair, lsf Belgian International Air Services · OO-SBH | Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-20 | Libyan Airlines · 5A-LAL | Bombardier CRJ-900ER | Libya | 0 |
| 1987-01-01 | Private · N62109 | Douglas DC-3C | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-16 | Libyan Air Cargo · 5A-DNG | Ilyushin Il-76T | Libya | 0 |
| 1990-11-21 | Libyan Red Crescent · 5A-DBN | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 | Libya | 0 |
| 2014-07-27 | Libyan Air Cargo · 5A-DZZ | Ilyushin Il-76M | Libya | 0 |
| 2019-08-06 | SkyAviatrans · UR-COZ | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Libya | 0 |
| 2023-01-27 | TL-KBR | Ilyushin Il-18D | Libya | 0 |
| 1953-08-09 | United States Air Force - USAF · 51-2542 | Fairchild C-119C-22-FA Flying Boxcar | Libya | 0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Libyan Arab Airlines · 5A-DLZ | Airbus A300B4-622R | Libya | 0 |
| 1949-10-08 | Royal Air Force - RAF · KN435 | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) | Libya | 0 |