21 plane crashes in year 2003

25th December, 2003

UTA Guinée Boeing 727 with 163 people onboard crashes in Benin

The aircraft, on a chartered passenger flight from Cotonou (Benin) to Beirut, crashed while attempting to takeoff. Witnesses reported that the aircraft impacted a building, exploded, and…

20th December, 2003

Gol Transportes Aéreos Boeing B737 with 149 people onboard crashes in Brazil

Gol flight 1756 departed São Paulo for a passenger flight to Porto Alegre via Navegantes. After landing at Navegantes' runway 25, the Boeing 737 ran off the runway and crashed through a brick…

18th December, 2003

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas DC-9-15F with 3 people onboard crashes in Colombia

The aircraft, on a cargo flight from El Yopal to Mitú, failed to arrive at its destination, and three hours later was declared missing. The DC-9 freighter has yet to be located, and the three…

18th December, 2003

Federal Express MD-10 freighter with 7 people onboard crashes in Tennessee, USA

The aircraft, on a scheduled cargo flight from Oakland, California, to Memphis International Airport, crashed while attempting to land on runway at Memphis. For undetermined reasons, the…

29th November, 2003

Congolese Air Force Antonov 26 with 24 people onboard crashes in Congo

The aircraft, operating on a passenger flight between Boende and Kinshasa, crashed while attempting its third takeoff attempt after two previous aborted takeoffs. The Antonov overran the…

22nd November, 2003

Hydro Air Cargo Boeing 747 freighter with 4 people onboard crashes in Nigeria

The aircraft, on a cargo flight to Lagos' Murtalah Mohammed Airport, collided with construction equipment after being cleared to land on a closed runway. A NOTAM was to inform about the runway…

22nd November, 2003

DHL Cargo Airbus A300B4 freighter with 3 people onboard shot down in Iraq

The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Baghdad to Bahrein. It was impacted by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff from the Baghdad International Airport (Irak). The wing and wing…

24th August, 2003

Tropical Airways Let 410 with 21 people onboard crashes in Haiti

The aircraft departed Cap Haitien for a passenger flight to Port de Paix. Shortly after takeoff, eyewitnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the aircraft's forward door. The aircraft then…

8th July, 2003

Sudan Airways Boeing 737 freighter with 117 people onboard crashes in Sudan

The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Port Sudan to Khartoum (Sudan). Several minutes after take-off, the crew reported some troubles to the Air Traffic Control. Then, the…

22nd June, 2003

Brit Air (Air France) Canadair CRJ-100 with 24 people onboard crashes in France

The plane was on a scheduled passenger flight (Flight 5672) from Nantes (France) to Brest (France). It crashed short of runway while attempting to land at Brest airport. During the approach…

26th May, 2003

Ukranian Mediterranean Airline Yakovlev YAK-42D with 75 people onboard crashes in Turkey

The aircraft, on a military charter flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Zaragoza, Spain, crashed while on its third landing attempt for a refueling stop at the Black Sea port city of Trabzon.…

8th May, 2003

Ukrainian Cargo Airways Ilyushin IL-76MD with 200 people onboard crashes in Congo

The cargo aircraft was leased to the Congolese Ministry of Defense and had been operating in Congo since December, 2002 (the aircraft had the ability to carry passengers). On a passenger…

6th March, 2003

Air Algerie Boeing 737 with 103 people onboard crashes in Algeria

Air Algérie flight 6289 originated in Tamanrasset (South Algeria) and was bound for Algiers, with an intermediate stop at Ghardaia. There were 97 passengers and 6 crewmembers onboard this…

20th February, 2003

Pakistan Air Force Fokker F-27 with 17 people onboard crashes in Pakistan

The aircraft departed Islamabad for a military flight to Kohat Air Base. Pakistani air force chief was to conduct an annual inspection of the air base. The aircraft crashed into the side of a…

19th February, 2003

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Ilyushin IL-76MD with 275 people onboard crashes in Iran

The aircraft was on a flight from Zahedan to Kerman. It crashed 330 feet below the peak of Sirach Mountain approximately 35nm southeast of Kerman. Weather at the time of the accident was poor.…

31st January, 2003

Euro Asia Aviation Ilyushin IL-76TD with 6 people onboard crashes in East Timor

The aircraft, on a cargo flight from Macau, China, to Baucau, East Timor crashed short of the runway while attempting to land in foggy weather conditions. All the 6 people onboard were killed.

26th January, 2003

VASP Boeing 737 with 93 people onboard crashes in Brazil

The aircraft, on a passenger flight from Belém and Manaus, crash-landed short of runway 06 at Rio Branco in poor weather conditions. The Boeing skidded approximately 2,000 feet across the…

17th January, 2003

Air Nostrum (Iberia) Fokker F-50 with 19 people onboard crashes in Spain

The aircraft was on a passenger flight from Malaga to Melilla and was operating as Iberia Regional 8276. It overran the runway while landing at Melilla in heavy winds. 9 passengers sustained…

9th January, 2003

TANS Fokker F-28 with 46 people onboard crashes in Peru

The aircraft was on a passenger flight from Chiclayo to Chachapoyas. A few minutes before landing at its destination airport, the crew declared an emergency. The aircraft disappeared from…

8th January, 2003

Turkish Airlines BAe 146-300 with 80 people onboard crashes in Turkey

The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Istanbul to Diyarbakir. Due to the bad weather conditions at the destination airport, it had to perform a non-precision approach. But it…

8th January, 2003

Air Midwest Airlines Beechcraft 1900D with 21 people onboard crashes in North Carolina

The aircraft took off from Charlotte/Douglas International Airport for a scheduled commuter flight to Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina. Shortly after lift off, the aircraft suddenly…