page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
section_title: 1980
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft / 1980s / 1980
caption_attribution_description: Suomi: Lähikuva Saudian lennon 163 kärsimistä vaurioista. English: A close-up of the damage inflicted by the fire on Saudia Flight 163.
context_page_description: This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least: 20,000 lb. The list is grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
context_section_description: January 21 – Iran Air Flight 291, a Boeing 727, crashes into the Alborz Mountains near Tehran, Iran, amid a snowstorm on approach to Mehrabad International Airport; killing all 128 people on board.
  February 21 – Advance Airlines Flight 4210, a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, crashes shortly after takeoff from Sydney Airport, following failure of one engine due to water in the fuel, killing all 13 people on board.
  March 14 – LOT Flight 7, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Warsaw, Poland, after the No. 2 engine disintegrates and severs the elevator and rudder control lines; all 87 on board are killed.
  April 12 – Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes into a hill near Florianópolis, Brazil, killing 55 of 58 on board.
  April 25 – Dan-Air Flight 1008, a Boeing 727, crashes into a mountain near Tenerife, Spain, killing all 138 passengers and eight crew on board.
  April 27 – Thai Airways Flight 231, a Hawker Siddeley HS 748, crashes while on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand, in severe weather, killing 44 of 53 on board.
  June 20 – Air Wisconsin Flight 965, a Swearingen Metro II, crashes after a catastrophic engine failure in poor weather en route to Lincoln Municipal Airport, Nebraska. 13 of the 15 passengers and crew are killed.
  June 27 – Itavia Flight 870, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Italy, killing all 81 people on board.
  July 8 – Aeroflot Flight 4225, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes shortly after takeoff from Almaty International Airport, killing all 163 people on board.
  August 19 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, lands at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when a fire breaks out on board; the evacuation of the plane is delayed and all 301 on board die.
  September 12 – In the Florida Commuter Airlines crash, a Douglas DC-3 ditches into the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas, killing all 34 on board.
  September 29 – Indian Airlines Flight 423, a Boeing 737 operating a domestic flight from Srinagar to Delhi in India, is hijacked by Sikh extremists and forced to land in Lahore, Pakistan, where special forces storm the aircraft; there are no fatalities.
  November 3 – In the Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash, a Convair CV-880 crashes shortly after taking off from Caracas Airport, Venezuela. All four crew members are killed.
  November 19 – Korean Air Flight 015, a Boeing 747, crashes on landing at Gimpo International Airport. 15 of the 226 passengers and crew on board are killed.
  November 21 – Continental Micronesia Flight 614, a Boeing 727 with 73 on board, crashes on landing at Yap International Airport; all on board survive.
  December 22 – Saudia Flight 162, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, suffers an explosive decompression over Qatar, killing two passengers who are blown out of the aircraft; the cause is traced to a fatigue failure of a main landing gear wheel flange.
caption: The burnt out remains of Saudia Flight 163.
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