Disasters & Accidents in the 21st century

459 sourced entries, 2000 CE to 2025 CE, oldest first. Also see Disasters & Accidents across every century or everything else in the 21st century.

2000January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.source
2000January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 passengers and crew.source
2000March 17 – Uganda mass suicide: 778 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in Uganda.source
2000April 19 – Air Philippines Flight 541, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach at Davao City, Philippines, killing 131 people, making it the deadliest air disaster in the Philippines.source
2000May 13 – A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.source
2000May 13 - The Enschede fireworks disaster killed 23 people including four firefighters and injured 950 others. A total of 400 homes were destroyed and 1,500 buildings were subsequently damaged.Netherlands source
2000July 25 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.source
200027 July – Nepal Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes in Dadeldhura District killing 25 people.Nepal source
2000Mid-July - The Taliban authorities order the UN and foreign aid agencies to dismiss all Afghan women working for them.Afghanistan source
2000August 12 – The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.source
2000September 26 – The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.source
200026 September - The MS Express Samina collided with the Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of the Greek island of Paros, resulting in the death of 81 people.Greece source
2000The government expels hundreds of sub-Saharan workers following mob violence and attacks on their residences and workplaces.Libya source
2000October 11 – 250 million US gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky, United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).source
2000October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.source
2000October 17 – Hatfield rail crash: A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.source
2000October 20 – A massive power outage affects most parts of Luzon including Metro Manila, caused by system failures in the transmission lines of the National Power Corporation in Pangasinan and Bulacan; electricity was fully restored 16 hours later.Philippines source
2000October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.source
200031 October – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes during take-off in Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 83 people.Singapore source
2000December 15 – The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely.source
2000December 24 – The Christmas Eve bombings in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.source
2000December 25 – The Luoyang Christmas fire at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.source
200029 December – A ferry capsizes in the Meghna river leading to 144 deaths.Bangladesh source
200114 January – The start of Amorgos oil spill offshore Pingtung County.Taiwan source
200118 January – Fire at Schiphol airport leads to chaosNetherlands source
2001January 31 – 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident: Japan Airlines Flight 907 and Flight 958 almost collided with each other in Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan. Flight 907 safely landed at Narita Airport and Flight 958 continued to Naha Airport. 100 people were injured.source
2001March 2 – Despite pleas from the international community to spare them, the Taliban government of Afghanistan begins destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, having declared that they are idols.source
2001March 4 – The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing 59 people.source
2001April 1 – Hainan Island incident: A Chinese fighter jet collides with a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft, which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead.source
2001April 22 – Kfar Saba bombing: A Palestinian Arab suicide bomber kills an Israeli doctor of American origin in Kfar Saba and injures 60 others. Hamas claims responsibility.Palestine source
200117 May – A car bomb goes off in Parque Lleras in Medellín, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 50.Colombia source
2001June 1 – Dolphinarium discotheque bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 people, mostly teenagers, in the Dolphinarium disco in Tel Aviv, Israel.source
200116 June – a bomb attack at a meeting of Bangladesh Awami League in Narayanganj results in the death of 22 peopleBangladesh source
2001July 4 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352 crashes on approach while landing at Irkutsk Airport, Russia, killing all 145 people aboard.source
2001September 11 – 2,996 killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Saddam Hussein immediately declares that his government played no part in the attacks. Also that day a U.S. military RQ-1B Predator drone crashed near Basra, Iraq claims to have shot it down.Iraq source
2001October 8 – 2001 Linate Airport runway collision: A twin-engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.source
2001October 9 – In a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, a United Nations spokeswoman reports that a cruise missile killed four U.N. employees and injured four others in a building several miles east of Kabul. The casualties were Afghans who were security guards in an Afghan Technical Consultancy, the U.N. de-mining agency building. (Afghanistan was, at that time, the most heavily mined nation on the planet.) German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder meets with President Bush in Washington, D.C.Afghanistan source
2001November 12 – American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 people aboard the plane as well as five people on the ground.source
2001List of South Korean films of 2001South Korea source
2002January 16 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 from Ampenan to Yogyakarta encountered severe thunderstorm activity during approach to its destination, suffered flameout in both engines, and ditched in a shallow river, resulting in one fatality and several injuries.Indonesia source
200212 February – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 crashes in Tehran.Iran source
2002March 27 – A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 people and injures 140 others at a hotel in Netanya, Israel.source
2002April 15: Air China Flight 129South Korea source
2002May 30 - The formal nine-month rescue and recovery operation at Ground Zero in New York City officially concluded with a solemn, largely silent ceremony, marking the completion of the removal of approximately 1.8 million tons of debris from the site following the September 11 attacks.source
2002June 14 – Russia withdraws from the START II nuclear reduction agreement with the United States.source
2002July 27 – The Sknyliv air show disaster takes place, killing 77, becoming the deadliest air show accident of all time.source
200227 July – A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, killing 77 people and injured 543, 100 of whom were hospitalized, making it the deadliest air show accident in history.Ukraine source
2002August 19 – 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: Chechen separatists shoot down a Russian Mil Mi-26, killing 127 soldiers. It was the worst aviation disaster in the history of the Russian military.source
2002September 26 - The Senegalese ferry MV Le Joola sinks off the West African coast with 1,863 people killed according to official reports, making it one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. Only 64 passengers survive.source
2002October 14 – Youssif, burn victim.Iraq source
2002November 13 – Prestige oil spill: Greek oil tanker MV Prestige begins spilling oil off the coast of Galicia. It will continue until November 19, spilling 60,000 tonnes of oil in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the Iberian Peninsula.source
2002U.N. and U.S. researchers reported that women in Afghanistan were dying during childbirth at a staggeringly high rate. In rural Badakhshan Province, the maternity death rate was highest rate ever documented—6,500 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. High death rates for mothers have profound implications for the children.Afghanistan source
20026 December - Coordinated bombing of four movie theaters caused in the deaths of 27 people and injured over 200 others in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.Bangladesh source
2002December 27 – 2002 Grozny truck bombing: Chechen suicide bombers attack the government headquarters in Grozny, Russia, killing over 70 people.source
2002Myyrmanni Bombing: On 11 October 2002, a bomb exploded at the Myyrmanni shopping centre in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The attack killed seven people and injured around 159 others, including children.Finland source
2003January 31 – Waterfall rail accident: An Intercity Tangara G set train derails near Waterfall, killing 7 and injuring 40 others. The cause was of a faulty deadman's brake.source
2003February 1 – At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.source
2003February 20 – The Station nightclub fire: A fire broke out at a music venue in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people and injuring 230.source
2003April 30 – Mike's Place bombing: A Muslim British citizen suicide bomber blows himself up at "Mike's Place", a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing four Israelis and injuring 50 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for the attack.Palestine source
2003May 2 – Bus explosion in Bắc Ninh province kills more than 40 people.Vietnam source
2003May 12 – 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing: Chechen suicide bombers attack a government office in Znamenskoye, Russia, killing at least 59 people.source
2003A U.S. army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed while supporting combat operations near Orgun-e in Paktika province, but there were no casualties.Afghanistan source
2003July 8 – Sudan Airways Flight 139, with 117 people on board, crashes in Sudan.Sudan source
2003July 28 – The Tasman Spirit oil spill occurs in Pakistan.source
2003August 5 – A car bomb exploded at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 12 people and injuring 150.Indonesia source
2003August 14 – An overloaded power grid following the failure of FirstEnergy's alarm system in their control room causes the Northeast blackout of 2003, affecting more than 50 million people in the United States and Canada with nearly 100 related deaths.source
2003August 15 – Libya formally accepts civil responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.source
2003August 19 – A truck bomb attack on the UN kills Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 others. This leads to the UN leaving Iraq due to security concerns.Iraq source
2003August 22 – The Brazilian VLS-1 launcher explodes on the launchpad on August 22, killing 21 people.source
2003August 25 – Car bombs explode at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, claiming 54 lives and injuring 244 others. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is blamed for the attack. The attack causes an escalation in the Kashmir conflict.source
2003August 29 – Imam Ali mosque bombing: A bomb kills at least 125 people, including Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, at a Shia mosque in Najaf, Iraq.source
2003October 13 - Royal Nepal Army fire indiscriminately at a Maoist-organized cultural program at Sharada Higher Secondary School in Doti, killing 4 students.Nepal source
20032003 Belizean municipal electionsBelize source
2004January 13 - Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 crashes in the capital, Tashkent, killing all 37 people on board.Uzbekistan source
2004February 10 - At least 35 die when an Iranian airliner crashes on arrival at Sharjah airport.United Arab Emirates source
2004February 25 - Libya's Foreign Minister, Abdulrahman Shalgam, issues a statement reaffirming its acceptance of culpability for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, after the Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem, in an interview for the BBC, claimed Libya had "bought peace" with the $2.7bn compensation payments, but had not accepted guilt.Libya source
2004April 22 – Ryongchon disaster: Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes.North Korea source
2004April 26 – Deir al-Balah suicide attackPalestine source
2004May 7 – Waldemar Milewicz, 48, Polish journalist, and Mounyra Beouamrane, killed in IraqIraq source
2004May 9 – A stadium bombing in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia kills ten people, including regional governor Akhmad Kadyrov.source
2004May 24 – A fire at a Momart warehouse destroys numerous works of art.source
2004August 24 – Two Russian passenger jets are downed by suicide bombers during the Second Chechen War.source
2004In Afghanistan, a Dutch AH-64 Apache on regular patrol over Kabul crashed, slightly injuring one crewman.Afghanistan source
2004September 2 – A fire breaks out at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library.source
2004October 8 – Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people and injuring 171, mostly Israeli tourists.source
2004List of South Korean films of 2004South Korea source
2005January 20 - The Italian government condemns the destruction of an Italian cemetery in Mogadishu. Local militia wanted to clear the area for a base.Somalia source
2005March 12 – A train derailment in Hải Vân Pass.Vietnam source
2005March 23 – The Texas City refinery explosion leaves 15 people dead and 180 injured with a property loss of about $200 million.source
2005July 6 - Maoists bomb a civilian bus in Bandarmude, Chitwan killing 38 and injuring around 75.Nepal source
2005July 23 – A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.source
200510 August – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter of the Finnish company Copterline has crashed into the Gulf of Finland near Estonia's capital Tallinn with 14 on board; eight Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There are no survivors.Finland source
2005August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.source
200514 August – Helios Airways Flight 522 en route from Larnaca via Athens to Prague crashes near Athens, killing at least 121 who were on board. Observations from Greek fighter aircraft indicate a decompression problem.Cyprus source
200514 August – Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737-300 en route from Larnaca to Athens crashed into a mountain near Grammatiko after suffering a loss of cabin pressure, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board.Greece source
2005August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 160 passengers and crew.source
20055 September – Mandala Airlines Flight 091.Indonesia source
2005October 1 – A series of suicide bombs exploded at Kuta and Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia. The attack killed 20 and injured over 100 others.source
200510 December - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport.Nigeria source
2005December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the ocean off of Miami Beach in Florida. There were 20 fatalities.source
2005December 25 – An express train bound for the city of Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is derailed by strong winds in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture. Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.source
2006January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 pilgrims.source
2006January 23 - A five-story building in Nairobi collapses and kills at least eight people, burying dozens more. Rescuers use their bare hands to dig through the rubble.Kenya source
2006January 25 - Nigerian militants attack the industrial facility of a subsidiary of the Italian oil giant, Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Port Harcourt killing eight policemen and a civilian worker.Nigeria source
2006January 29 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair collapsed in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 and injuring 170.source
2006February 4 – Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, killing over 1,000 people.source
2006February 17 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines killing an estimated 1,126 people.source
2006March 23 - More than 100 people die after their boat capsizes in Cameroon.Cameroon source
2006May 3 – An Armavia plane crashed into the sea while attempting to conduct a go-around following its first approach to Sochi airport, Russia, killing all 113 people on board.Armenia source
2006July 11 – A series of seven bomb blasts hits the city of Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.source
200611 July – 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A series of coordinated bomb attacks struck several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour.India source
2006August 16 – Russian government patrol boat 31st Kisshin Maru incident, killing one crew member.source
2006August 22 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.source
200622 August – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612, a scheduled passenger flight operated by Saint Petersburg-based airline Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, flying from Anapa Airport to Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, crashes in Donetsk Oblast, near the Russian border, killing all 170 people on board.Ukraine source
2006August 27 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, killing all 47 passengers and two of three crew members.source
2006September 23 - A Shree Air Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Ghunsa, Taplejung killing 24 on board including prominent conservationists.Nepal source
2006September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with an Embraer Legacy 600 over the Amazon rainforest, killing all 154 occupants on board the 737 whereas all 7 on board the Legacy survive.source
2006October 19 - An Uzbek military Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes near Tashkent killing all of the 15 people on board. The Uzbek Emergency Ministry says the pilots lost control of the plane while trying to land.Uzbekistan source
2006November 22 – A toxic waste dumping incident occurs in Côte d'Ivoire by a Panama ship sent by Singaporean oil company, causing 3 deaths and the poison treatment of 1500 people.source
2006Anvil Mining of Australia bought the Kinsevere, Tshiufa and Nambulwa mines, north-west of Lubumbashi, Mining Company Katanga (MCK), controlled by Moïse Katumbi, governor of Katanga Province. MCK acquired the mines from Gécamines when it was privatized.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2007January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, en route to Manado, Indonesia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, crashes into the Makassar Strait; killing all 102 on board.source
200724 January – A Sudanese airliner, Air West Flight 612, carrying 103 people, is hijacked by a lone gunman and diverted to N'Djamena, Chad. The Air West flight lands at the airport in N'Djamena and the hijacker is arrested.Sudan source
2007January 28 - Ethnic Zaghawa militias raid in Dar Tama a group of Tama villages between Am Zoer and Biltine, killing seven Tama and burning 200 homes.Chad source
2007April 11: Several explosions in Algiers, Algeria, leave 23 dead and dozens of people injured.Algeria source
2007April 18 – 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings: A series of attacks take place across Baghdad, Iraq, killing nearly 200 people.source
2007May 5 – Kenya Airways Flight 507, on a scheduled passenger flight from Doula, Cameroon, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashes after takeoff, killing all 114 crew and passengers on board.source
2007June 3: Togolese football fans riding in helicopter crash near Lungi AirportTogo source
2007June 28: A TAAG-Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in northern Angola resulting in the death of at least five passengers on the same day the European Union bans the airline from European airspace.Angola source
2007July 17 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 an Airbus A320-233 overruns the runway of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway 35L, flies over Avenida Washington Luís and crashes into TAM Express building and a Shell filling station adjacent to the TAM Express building. All 187 passengers and crew are killed instantly. 12 people inside the TAM Express and the Shell filling station are also killed.source
2007August 14 – Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.source
2007November 4: Baku–Gazakh motorway minibus crash took place, becoming the country's heaviest road accident in the past ten years.Azerbaijan source
2007November 23 – Solomon Nyanjui, the missing KWS helicopter pilot was found alive with minor injuries, after being missing for eight days. The helicopter he was flying had crashed on the flanks of Mount Kenya, near Chuka town.Kenya source
2007The 2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest was an action by 400 protesters in the town of Koidu-Sefadu in Eastern Province. The protest was aimed at the local diamond mine which the resident claim has lowered local living conditions and environmental conditions in the area. The result of the protest was a clampdown by Sierra Leonean police and the death of 2 protesters.Sierra Leone source
200823 January – Mirosławiec air disaster; an EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane crashed as it approached the Mirosławiec runway, killing all passengers and crew: 20 victims. 3 days of national mourning followed.Poland source
2008January 25 - A rear tire bursts on the landing gear of a Thai Airways International flight from Bangkok as it lands at Phnom Penh International Airport. There are no injuries among the 160 passengers and crew.Cambodia source
2008February 14 – A Belavia CRJ-100 crash lands at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia. 7 people are injured.source
20082008 Namdaemun fire broke out on February 10.South Korea source
200811 April – Suicide bombings killed at least four people—three of them police. The first bombing was in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province. At least three national police officers were killed. The second attack took place at a checkpoint about 20 km north of Baiji, the bomber and one other person a local Awakening Council were killed. Also, at least three people were killed in a mortar attack on Baghdad's Palestine Hotel.Iraq source
2008April 19 – The Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire in Quito, Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more.source
2008June 21 – The Princess of the Stars, a passenger ferry owned by Filipino shipping company Sulpicio Lines, capsizes and sinks off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon, at the height of Typhoon Fengshen, resulting in 814 deaths.source
2008July 17: The Algerian national gendarmerie announced that there were 11,336 road accidents in the first half of 2008. These accounted for 1,600 deaths and 19,396 injuries. The figures revealed a significant increase in road accidents when compared with the first half of 2007. The mortality rate rose 7.24%, injuries jumped 7.99%, and the number of road accidents went up by 5%.Algeria source
2008August 13 - a Fokker F27-500 cargo aircraft operated by Fly540. crashed about 20 km from the Namber Konton airport near Mogadishu, Somalia. All three crew members died. The aircraft was carrying a shipment of miraa (khat). The plane had departed from Wilson Airport in Nairobi.Kenya source
2008August 20 – Spanair Flight 5022 crashes at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 154 people on board.source
2008September 12 – A train collision occurred in Chatsworth, California, when a Metrolink train and Union Pacific local collided head-on.source
2008September 20 – A suicide truck bomb explosion destroys the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 54 and injuring 266.source
2008November 21 - The U.S. appoints its first ambassador to Libya in 36 years, after Libya paid compensation to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families.Libya source
2008November 25 - Yellow Shirt protesters seize Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports. Hundreds of flights are cancelled whilst thousands of tourists are left stranded in Suvarnabhumi airport - the country's main international airport. Many flights were re-directed to U-Tapao airport in Rayong, while others were led to hotels in Bangkok or Pattaya.Thailand source
2008December 22 – An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.source
2009January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches in the Hudson River in an accident that becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", as all 155 people on board are rescued.source
2009January 25 – Gianh River boat accidentVietnam source
2009January 31 – Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack, profanation of the oldest synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela.source
2009February 7 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.source
2009February 11 - An oil tanker and a container ship collide off the coast of Dubai.United Arab Emirates source
2009February 12 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes in Clarence Center, New York while on final approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all 49 people on board the aircraft as well as one person on the ground.source
2009March 5 - Michael Jackson announces his This Is It concert residency in London, England. However, a fortnight before the concerts were supposed to begin, Jackson died at the age of 50 from acute propofol intoxication.source
2009March 23 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operated by FedEx suffers a bounced landing at Narita international airport resulting in the loss of 2 lives.source
2009April 12 - Captain Richard Phillips of the MV Maersk Alabama, who was abducted by Somali pirates, is rescued.Somalia source
2009April 27 – A monument to Meshadi Azizbekov in Baku was dismantled. Another monument to Prokopius Dzhaparidze in the capital was permanently removed shortly after.Azerbaijan source
2009June 1 – Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board.source
2009June 29 – Viareggio train derailment occurred when a freight train carrying liquified petroleum gas derailed at Viareggio railway station in Lucca, Italy. The accident killed 32 people and injured 26 people.source
2009June 30 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew.source
2009July 5 – Violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died. two monorails of the Walt Disney World Monorail System collided at the Transportation & Ticket Center in Bay Lake, Florida, United States, killing one pilot and injuring seven others.source
2009July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, en route from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia crashes into the Jannatabad village in Qazvin Province; killing all 168 on board.source
2009July 17 – Two bombs exploded separately at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.source
2009August 8 – A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States. (CNN)source
2009September 2 – 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash. A helicopter carrying Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy went missing in the Nallamala Forest area. It was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.source
2009October 11 - At least 10 people die and seven are declared missing in a river ferry sinking on the Mekong in Kratié Province.Cambodia source
2009November 9 - A light cargo plane crashes at the Wilson Airport, killing two crew members. The plane was carrying miraa to Somalia (main article: 2009 Kenyan Beach 1990D crash)Kenya source
2009December 5 – Fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia kills 156 people. The nightclub owner was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison.source
2009December 9: The Algerian army destroyed 5,700 mines from the pre-Algerian independence era, in November 2009. The mines, most of them raised by the French arm], were part of a demining program, which continues 47 years after Algerian independence. As of November 30, 2009, 426,599 mines, 358,515 antipersonnel mines, 65,873 anti-group mines, and 2,211 illuminating mines had been eliminated in the operation.Algeria source
2009December 25 – A Nigerian terrorist plotted an attempted terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit.source
200925 December – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an Islamic extremist, attempted to bomb the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while it was travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit.Nigeria source
2010January 11: Islamists ransacked and burned a Protestant church in Tizi Ouzou. El Watan reported that parishioners fled the temple after local police failed to protect the Pentecostal temple.Algeria source
2010January 25 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board.source
201025 January – The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, scheduled from Beirut to Addis Ababa, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Rafic Hariri International Airport.Ethiopia source
2010In January 25, 2010, A Boeing 737-800 operating Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, crashed into the mediterranean sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut due to pilot error, fatigue and poor crew resource management. None of the 90 on board survived.Lebanon source
2010February 15 – Two trains collide in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.source
2010March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.source
2010March 26 – The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sinks off the country's west coast, killing 46. In May, an independent investigation blames North Korea, which denies the allegations.source
2010March 26 - Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chief of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and one of the most powerful men in the world, goes missing after his glider crashes into a lake in Morocco.United Arab Emirates source
2010April 7 - At least six people die and at least twelve others are injured after a boat sinks in Lake Kivu while carrying people to commemorations to mark the 16th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.Rwanda source
2010April 10 – The president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia.source
2010April 20 – The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling.source
2010May 12 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board.source
2010May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.source
2010July 28 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes near Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people on board.source
2010August 8 – wind flaw killed 4 people.Lithuania source
2010August 16 – AIRES Flight 8250, a Boeing 737–700, crashed on landing at San Andrés, Colombia, killing two.source
2010October 1 – Građevni kombinat 'Međimurje' from Čakovec, one of the largest Croatian construction and civil engineering companies (with more than 8,000 employees in 1980s), ceased to existsource
201012 October – A train collides with a passenger bus on a railroad level crossing at Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing 43 people, making collision was the worst single road accident in the country's history by number of victims.Ukraine source
2010November 4 – Qantas Flight 32 suffers an engine failure requiring an emergency landing in Singapore.source
2010November 4 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.source
2010November 16 - An anti-tank mine explodes under a truck in Battambang province killing all 14 people aboard.Cambodia source
2011January 1 – Flight 348 with 134 occupants, operated by Metrojet, catches fire while taxiing out for take-off. Three people are killed and 43 are injured, four critically, from smoke inhalation or burns.source
2011January 3 - Two boats capsize off the southern coast of Yemen with a total of 80 people missing. Only three have been found alive.Yemen source
2011January 9 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 78 people.source
2011January 14 - The death toll due to the political crisis in Ivory Coast reaches 247 since the November 28th election.Ivory Coast source
2011January 19 – Journalist Lê Hoàng Hùng was burned.Vietnam source
2011February 8 – strong wind killed 3 people, 46,000 people being left without electricity and closed Port of KlaipėdaLithuania source
2011February 10 - Manx2 Flight 7100, a Fairchild Metro III, crashes on its third attempt at landing at Cork airport, Ireland from Belfast. Six of the twelve passengers and crew are killed.source
2011February 16 - South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat to Mogadishu, Somalia.Oman source
2011March 9: Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the past 20 years, according to new research, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.Greenland source
20117 May – Milan Mišík, geologist (born 1928)Slovakia source
201129 July – An explosion occurs 3,000 ft underground in the Sukhodilska–Skhidna coal mine in Southeast Ukraine in Luhansk Oblast, killing all 26 miners.Ukraine source
2011August 20 – First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-210C, crashed on approach to Resolute Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada, killing 12 out of the 15 occupants onboard.source
2011September 2 – 2011 Chilean Air Force C-212 crash. A CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed.source
2011September 10 – The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people.source
2011September 16 - The Galloping Ghost , a North American P-51D Mustang racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada.source
2012January 13 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off the coast of Italy, causing 32 deaths.source
2012February 18: A massive fire destroys three markets in the center of Tegucigalpa, nine persons injured.Honduras source
2012March 12 – A coach carrying school pupils and teachers crashes while travelling through Sierre Tunnel on the A9 motorway in western Switzerland. Of the 52 people on board, 28 are killed, among them 22 children.source
2012April 20 – Bhoja Air Flight 213 crashes near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, killing all 127 people on board.source
2012April 27 - Dnipropetrovsk explosionsUkraine source
2012June 3 – Dana Air Flight 0992, on a flight from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria, suffered a dual-engine failure during its approach to Lagos where it crashed onto buildings, killing all 153 people on board and six on the ground.source
2012July 17 – The Syrian consulate in Almaty suffered serious damage following an alleged arson attack.Kazakhstan source
2012July 18: An explosion has killed at least seven people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas. More than 20 people were also injured when the bus exploded at Burgas airport, by the Black Sea.Bulgaria source
2012July 21 - a RBAirF Bell 212 was due to return to the airbase later that same morning, but subsequently was found crashed with the loss of 12 out of 14 military personnel in Rampayoh, Mukim Labi. Investigations by the Supreme Board of Inquiry of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) concluded that the crash was caused by human error whilst in flight; specifically 'unauthorised low-level flying' which resulted in a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).Brunei source
2012An artisanal gold mine collapses in Orientale Province, killing approximately 60 miners.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2012October 4 – Racing legend Micheal Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One during the Japanese Grand Prix.source
20127 October: An Antonov An-12 aircraft belonging to the Sudanese military crashes southwest of Khartoum, killing at least 13 of the 22 people on board.Sudan source
2012November 5 - Five bombs exploded in Manama, killing two people.Bahrain source
2012December 18 – At least 55 people drown after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Somalia.source
2013January 11 - A fire sweeps through a complex containing housing for foreign workers in Manama leaving 13 foreign nationals dead.Bahrain source
2013January 16–20 – 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria.source
2013January 27 – An estimated 245 people die in a nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.source
2013January 29 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760, a scheduled flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, crashed in the village of Kyzyltu, killing all 21 people on board.Kazakhstan source
2013The fleeing Islamists set on fire the Timbuktu library containing the Timbuktu Manuscripts. The extent of the damage is still unknown.Mali source
2013February 19 - A Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others.Yemen source
2013April 24 – The 2013 Savar building collapse, one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, kills 1,134 people in Bangladesh.source
2013April 29 - A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of Prague, injuring up to 43 people.Czech Republic source
201320 June - A major fire breaks out at the Riga Castle, the Latvian presidential palace.Latvia source
2013June 23 – A bus carrying 47 Romanian tourists to Tivat, Montenegro, crashes in the Morača canyon in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.source
2013July 6 – Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing 3 people.source
2013July 6 – A runaway train carrying crude oil derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, catching fire and exploding, killing 47 people.source
2013October 16 – Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse Airport, Laos, killing all 49 people on board.source
2013November 26 - At least 30 Haitian migrants die when a boat capsizes off the Bahamas.Haiti source
2013November 29 – A police helicopter crashes into The Clutha, a pub in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people and injuring 31.source
2013Ok Tedi environmental disasterPapua New Guinea source
2014January 9 – The Elk River Chemical Spill in Charleston, West Virginia, when a leakage of the chemical MCMH from a Freedom Industries chemical plant left 300,000 residents of Charleston and nine surrounding counties without drinkable water for over three months.source
2014January 21 - A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, killing 4 people and wounding 35.Lebanon source
2014February 24 – The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operates its last passenger flight, signaling the end to a bygone era of aviation.source
2014March 8 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.source
2014March 9 - At least 42 migrants from the Horn of Africa drown when their boat overturns off the coast of Shabwah Governorate.Yemen source
20143 April – A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members reported missing.Mongolia source
2014April 16 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks after an unmanageable cargo shift, killing 304 people, mostly high school students.source
2014April 21 - Five people are sentenced to death and 37 others given prison sentences for their roles in the 2003 bombings in Riyadh.Saudi Arabia source
2014May 14 – According to a South Korea Unification Ministry report, a twenty-three story apartment building collapsed in Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea (DPR of Korea), with more than 490 fatalities estimated.source
2014May 20 – 2014 Jos bombings: Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.source
2014May 22 – A terrorist attack in Ürümqi, China leaves 43 people dead and more than 90 injured.source
2014May 28 - The Jangseong Nursing Home fire happens in Jangseong County, South Korea killing 21.source
2014July 17 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes in eastern Ukraine after being shot down by a missile. All 298 people on board are killed.source
2014July 21 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2166 in response to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.source
2014July 24 – Air Algérie Flight 5017, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes in Mali, killing all 116 people on board.source
2014August 30 - Twenty gold miners are rescued from a collapsed mine. Five still remain missing however.Nicaragua source
201425 September – A privately owned Socata TBM-900 (flight number N900KN) from the US flies without a conscious pilot for a thousand miles after a suspected cabin depressurization (see also) and crashes 14 miles off the coast of northeastern Jamaica.Jamaica source
2014November 25 – A block of flats collapses in Cairo killing at least 10 people.Egypt source
2014December 24 - A Royal Jordanian Air Force warplane crashes, and its pilot is captured by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants near the city of Raqqa in northern Syria.Jordan source
2014December 28 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore crashes into the Java Sea just southwest of Borneo, killing all 162 people on board.source
2014December 31 – A stampede occurred on New Year's Eve in Shanghai, China, resulting in the deaths of 36 people and leaving 49 injured.source
2015January 2 – The Panama-owned MV Better Trans cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Philippine Sea with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.Panama source
201510 January - A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was supposedly contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and 146 hospitalized.Mozambique source
2015January 14 - Heavy rains cause 48 deaths. About 70,000 lose their homes.Malawi source
2015March 5–8 – The ancient city sites of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq are demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.source
2015March 24 – An Airbus A320-211 operated by Germanwings is deliberately crashed by First officer Andres Lubitz in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.source
2015March 31 - India evacuated 348 of its citizens as part of a rescue operation by the Indian Navy, named Operation Raahat.Yemen source
2015469 Rohingya from Myanmar on two boats reach western Indonesia have been turned away by the Indonesian Navy. Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees also arrive in Malaysia but are detained. The Myanmar Navy rescues two boats with 208 migrants during international pressure to make the Rohingya citizens of Burma to end the refugee crisis.Myanmar source
2015Kuwait mosque bombing: A suicide bomber attacks the Shia Mosque Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq at Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing 27 people and injuring 227 others.source
201523 July – Studénka train crashCzech Republic source
2015August 5 – Debris found on Réunion Island is confirmed to be that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing since March 2014.source
2015August 12 and 15 – Large explosions in Tianjin, China kill 173 and injure more than 800 people. The causes of the explosions were found to be an overheated container of dry nitrocellulose and around 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate.source
2015September 24 – A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900 others, with more than 650 missing.source
2015October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.Latvia source
2015October 30 – Colectiv nightclub fire: a fire ignited by a failed fireworks show sets the walls and columns covered in foam of the Colectiv nightclub, located in Romania's capital Bucharest. 27 people die at the scene, including four out the five members of the Romanian metalcore band "Goodbye to Gravity", and 37 would succumb later due to the injuries and intoxication with fumes, but also because of the poor treatment conditions. The event and the poor management of the situation spark a riot in all of Romania, known as the "Colectiv Revolution".source
2015October 31 – Metrojet Flight 9268, an Airbus A321 airliner en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members on board. Later investigations revealed a bomb was likely responsible for the crash with Islamic State being the primary suspect. *source
2015November 12 – 2015 Beirut bombings: Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.source
2015December 2 – Two gunmen open fire at a workplace in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 before dying themselves in a shootout with police. ISIL claimed responsibility.source
2015Air Jamaica, national airline of Jamaica, ceased all operations.Jamaica source
2016January 31 – The body of former managing director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company Harry Greaves is found on the beach near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia without an apparent cause of death. By August, American investigators would conclude that Greaves' death was caused by accidental drowning.Liberia source
201626 February - 2016 Air Kasthamandap crashNepal source
2016February - Collapse of a wall of the Zimpeto Olympic Pool, killing one person and injuring ten others.Mozambique source
2016March 22 – 2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station kill 35 people and injure 300 more.source
2016March 29 - EgyptAir Flight 181, an Airbus A320, was hijacked and was forced to land at Cyprus. The hijacker claimed to have an explosive belt, but surrendered 7 hours later. Authorities found out he did not have any explosives.Egypt source
2016March 29 - A large fire hit at least two residential towers in the city of Ajman.United Arab Emirates source
2016May 19 – EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo, killing all 66 people on board.source
2016June 28 – 2016 Atatürk Airport attack: ISIL is suspected to be responsible for attacking Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 44 people and injuring over 230 others.source
2016September 28 – International investigators conclude that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Buk missile that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.source
20162 October – Police allegedly attack Oromo protesters at a religious festival in Bishoftu, causing a stampede that killed 52 people.Ethiopia source
201621 October – A Camrail intercity passenger train derails and crashes in Eséka, killing at least 79 with a further 550 injured.Cameroon source
2016November 28 – LaMia Flight 2933 crashes into a mountain near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad.source
201610 December – the Hitrino train derailment, killing at least seven peopleBulgaria source
2016December 25 – 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash: A Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashes into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria. All 92 people on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian Armed Forces, are killed.source
2017January 16 – Turkish Airlines Flight 6491, a cargo flight en route from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, crashes in a residential area while attempting to land at Manas International Airport, Bishkek, killing all four crew members on board and 35 people on the ground.source
2017January 29 – A gunman opens fire at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing 6 and injuring 19 others.source
20176 February – A Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans the Burka.Czech Republic source
20178 March – the Azure Window collapses after a heavy storm.Malta source
2017April 18 - Twelve Saudi military officers die when a Black Hawk crashes in Yemen's Ma'rib Governorate.Saudi Arabia source
2017June 3 – 2017 Turin stampede: During a screening of the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final, pepper spray is discharged by individuals attempting to rob soccer fans in the square, causing the crowd to panic. There are 3 deaths and 1,672 people wounded.source
2017June 14 – The Grenfell Tower Fire in West London claims the lives of 72 residents, making it the worst UK residential fire since World War II.source
2017June 21 – The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by ISIL.source
201711 August – Alexandria train collision.Egypt source
20177 September 2017, The Education University of Hong Kong's main campus in Tai Po displayed a message of "congratulations" to Undersecretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin after her son plunged to his death from a residential tower. On 8 September 2017, Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemned the poster in the Education University was "extremely callous" and "cold blooded".Hong Kong source
20178 October - A refugee boat carrying Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh capsizes at the Bay of Bengal, killing 12.Myanmar source
2017October 14 – A massive blast caused by a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 587 people and injures 316 others.source
2017November 5 – Sutherland Springs church shooting: A gunman opens fire in a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, United States, killing 26 people and injuring 20 more. It was the deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history, surpassing the Charleston church shooting of 2015 and the Waddell Buddhist temple shooting of 1991.source
201712 November – Virgin Samoa ceases operations.Samoa source
2017November 15 – The Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan suddenly vanished with 44 crew members on board whilst on a routine patrol in the South Atlantic. It would be found one year later wrecked 907 m below the Atlantic Ocean.source
201714 December – Soldiers fire indiscriminately at civilians in Bodam, execute an elderly man, and burn several houses.Cameroon source
201818 January – A bus fire on the Samara–Shymkent road kills 52 passengers, with five people escaping.Kazakhstan source
201821 February – a bomb exploded between two banks in Lashio, Shan State, killing two employees of Yoma Bank and injuring 22 others.Myanmar source
2018March 6 – 2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash: An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft operated by the Russian Air Force crashes on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev.source
2018March 12 – Flight BS211 crashes and bursts into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire.source
2018March 28 – At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.source
2018April 6 – A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey junior team in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.source
2018April 7 – 2018 Münster attack: In a suicide attack, a man drives a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster, resulting in 5 other deaths.source
2018May 18 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashed shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor.source
201818 May – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after takeoff from the José Martí International Airport, killing all but one of the 113 people on board.Cuba source
2018June 16 – Seventeen people die in Caracas, Venezuela following the El Paraíso stampede after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club.source
2018July 31 – Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a microburst. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured.source
20189 August - A Saudi airstrike hit a bus in the Dahyan air strike, Sa'dah, reportedly killing dozens of children.Yemen source
2018August 14 – Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.source
2018September 2 – A fire breaks out in the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20 million items.source
20189 September – Yirol Let L-410 Turbolet crashSouth Sudan source
2018September 20 – The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers.source
201820 September – Sinking of MV Nyerere, 228 deathsTanzania source
201816 October – 2018 Bouknadel train derailmentMorocco source
2018October 29 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, killing all 189 people on board.source
2018November 8 – The Royal Norwegian Navy Frigate Helge Ingstad, part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, collides with an oil tanker, and sinks in shallow waters off the coast of Norway. The frigate is later scrapped due to the damages.source
20189 November – An aircraft accident shortly after departure from Cheddi Jagan International AirportGuyana source
2018December 20 – In the Sea of Japan, the South Korean warship ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great targets a Japanese P-1 maritime patrol airplane with its fire control radar while it was responding to a North Korean fishing boat in distress, creating a cause célèbre between the two countries.source
2018December 31 – 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse: An apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.source
201931 January – Seven men are found dead in an apartment block in Tbilisi, apparently as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, leading to further concerns regarding the shortcomings in policy and management of the city's gas infrastructure.Georgia source
2019March 10 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board. All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are subsequently grounded worldwide.source
201914 March – USS Devastator is damaged by fire while at a Bahrain dock.Bahrain source
201928 March – At least 18 killed when a truck crashes into a crowd along the Pan-American Highway in Nahualá, SololaGuatemala source
2019April 21 – A series of Islamist bomb attacks occur at eight locations in Sri Lanka, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in Colombo, on Easter Sunday, leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009.source
2019May 5 – Aeroflot Flight 1492 crash-lands and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.source
2019June 17 – A triple suicide blast kills 30 and injures over 40 in Borno, Nigeria, at a hall where people were watching a football match.source
2019June 19 – Four men are charged with murdering the 298 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, an airliner shot down while flying over Eastern Ukraine in July 2014.source
201926 June – A stampede in Antananarivo resulted in the death of 16 people.Madagascar source
2019July 1 – A fire on the Russian deep-diving submarine Losharik kills 14 crew members. Submarine commander Denis Dolonsky is among those killed.source
2019August 8 – Nyonoksa radiation accident: Reports indicate that there may have been a nuclear explosion at the Nyonoksa weapons-testing site in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. At least five people were killed and three others injured in the blast, with radiation levels in Severodvinsk, 47 km from the site, being 20 times above normal levels temporarily.source
2019August 10–25 – 2019 Canary Islands wildfires: A number of forest fires break out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.source
2019August 10 – Morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more.source
201910 August - Morogoro tanker explosionTanzania source
2019August 25 – 2019 Beirut drone crash: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack Beirut, Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building. It is the first such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the 2006 Lebanon War.source
2019August 25 - 2019 Beirut drone crash: two drones, alleged to be from Israel by Lebanese authorities, crashed in the Dahieh district of Beirut. The first drone crashed into Hezbollah's Media Center, and the second drone exploded mid-air 45 minutes later. This was the first such incident between Lebanon and Israel since the 2006 war between them.Lebanon source
2019August 31 – 2019 Alta helicopter crash: A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality, Norway, killing all 6 occupants.source
20193 September - A roadside explosion near Dallah kills 14 bus passengers.Mali source
2019October 31 – A fire destroys much of the 500-year-old Japanese Shuri Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.source
2019October 31 – A train catches fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan. The blaze, sparked by gas used by passengers cooking on board, kills at least 74 people.source
2019November 24 – 2019 Busy Bee crash: A plane crashes shortly after takeoff in a densely populated area of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 19 people on board and at least 10 more on the ground.source
2019December 8 – A fire at a factory in Delhi, India, kills 43 people and injures at least 50 others.source
2019December 9 – 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash: A Chilean military transport aircraft crashes while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica, killing all 38 people on board. The crash site is located on December 12.source
2019December 24 – Thousands of Muslims protest the December 20 burning of four mosques in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.source
2019White-backed vulture poisonings in AfricaBotswana source
2020January 8 – Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iranian forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board.source
2020January 19 – Glorimar Andújar and Fernando Gil-Enseñat, Secretaries of Family Services Housing respectively, are fired in the warehouse scandal. Nino Correa is appointed chief of operations for the Emergency Management Office.Puerto Rico source
202031 January – The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force stop searching for nine people who disappeared at sea on 15 January when their boat capsized. Five men, two women and two children are now presumed dead.Solomon Islands source
2020February 6 – Livraga derailment: A Frecciarossa high-speed train traveling from Milan to Salerno derailed in Livraga, Lombardy, Italy. Two people were killed, and 31 were injured.source
202022 February – The country banned all cruise ships from visiting the country.Samoa source
2020April 12 – OPEC and allies strike a deal to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day, the largest such cut agreed upon, starting May 1.source
2020April 13 – A historical landmark church inside Haiti's UNESCO World Heritage site, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church in Milot, is destroyed in a fire.Haiti source
202016 April – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic.Dominican Republic source
2020May 10 – The Iranian Navy frigate Jamaran accidentally strikes the Iranian support vessel Konarak with a missile, killing nineteen sailors. This is the first friendly fire incident since February 2019, when an Indian Mil Mi-17 helicopter was mistakenly shot down by Indian air defense forces.source
2020May 22 – Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground.source
2020May 24 – Mining corporation Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia. The firm later issues an apology to the two Aboriginal peoples who are the traditional owners of the site.source
2020August 4 – An explosion caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kills at least 218 people, injures thousands, and severely damages the port in Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10–15 billion, and an estimated 300,000 people are left homeless. The following day, the Lebanese government declares a two-week state of emergency.source
2020August 7 – Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 19 of the 191 people on board.source
2020August 16 – Forty Qʼeqchiʼ families were forced to leave the Cubilgüitz coffee farm, which they had been occupying in protest for fifteen years, after an armed group set fire to several residences.Guatemala source
2020October 29 – 140 migrants drown when a boat from M'Bour that was bound for the Canary Islands capsizes near Saint-Louis. The national government and the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) dispatched a mission to assess needs and provide assistance to survivors. It is the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far in 2020.Senegal source
202024 December – Thirty people die when a boat capsizes in Lake Albert en route from Uganda to Congo.Mauritius source
2021January 9 – Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.source
202112 January – A barge travelling from Kisangani to the town of Basoko in Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sinks in the Congo River. Local authorities report that at least six people were killed and 19 others are missing.Republic of the Congo source
20214 March – Twenty migrants drown after 80 people are thrown overboard on a boat en route from Djibouti to Yemen.Djibouti source
2021April 2 – 2021 Hualien train derailment: In Taiwan, a Taroko Express train collided with a truck that rolled down a slope and derailed, resulting in 49 deaths and 202 injuries.source
2021April 24 – Following an international search and rescue effort, the Indonesian navy reports the sinking of KRI Nanggala with 53 crew members, the largest loss of life aboard a submarine since 2003.source
2021May 23 – Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.source
2021June 7 – 2021 Ghotki rail crash: In Pakistan, 2 trains collided in Daharki, in the Ghotki District of Sindh. Killing 65 people and injuring 150 people.source
2021June 24 – Surfside condominium collapse: A portion of the Champlain South Towers condominium building collapses in Surfside, Florida, United States, leaving 98 people dead. One survivor was pulled from the wreckage while 35 others were evacuated from the uncollapsed section of the building.source
202130 July - A Liberian-flagged tanker ship was struck by a drone attack off the coast of Oman, killing two crew members.Oman source
202125 September – Internal ministry buildings were attacked and set on fire in Northern Kosovo.Kosovo source
2021October 29 – Two employees of the Canadian mining company Iamgold are reported missing following an attack on their convoy in Burkina Faso while travelling to Essakane.Mali source
2021November 7 – Niger gold mine collapseNiger source
2021December 9 – A truck crash in Chiapas, Mexico, kills 55 migrants who were being smuggled in it from Guatemala through Mexico to its border with the United States.source
202120 December - 2021 Madagascar shipwreckMadagascar source
2021Freetown fuel tanker explosionSierra Leone source
2022January 2 – Abdalla Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister of Sudan amid deadly protests.source
2022March 5 – Researchers in the Antarctic find Endurance, one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks, which sank in 1915 during Ernest Shackleton's exploration.source
202217 March – Panama's maritime authority states that Russia has attacked three Panamanian-flagged civil vessels in the Black Sea since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, causing one of the ships to sink. No deaths have been reported.Panama source
2022March 21 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi, China, killing all 133 people on board.source
20225 April – Latvia closes the Russian consulates in Daugavpils and Liepāja.Latvia source
2022April 20 – A small plane crashes into a street in Port-au-Prince, killing six people.Haiti source
2022May 12 – Eleven people die and thirty-one others are rescued after a boat capsizes off the coast of Puerto Rico near Desecheo Island.Puerto Rico source
2022June 8 – 2022 South Khorasan train derailment: In Iran, a passenger train derailed travelling from Tabas to Yazd crashed into an excavator and derailed, killing 18 and injuring 87.source
2022June 27 – 53 migrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador are found dead in a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, United States.source
2022July 12 – Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was cremated at Kirigaya Funeral Hall in Tokyo.Japan source
2022August 9 - Matanzas oil storage facility explosion: Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts.Cuba source
20224 September – A Syrian Air Force helicopter crashes in Hama, Syria, killing all of the people on board.Syria source
2022September 26 – NASA's DART crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a first test of potential planetary defense.source
2022October 5 – OPEC+ imposes a production cut of up to 2 million barrels per day.source
202223 October – A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.Tanzania source
2022December 21–December 26 – A major winter storm hits the northern United States and southern Canada. Killing at least 91 people, the storm also severely disrupts North American air traffic, with Southwest Airlines alone canceling more than half of its schedule.source
202229 December – Eighteen children die in Uzbekistan after drinking a cough syrup manufactured by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech.Uzbekistan source
20238 January – Kaffrine bus crash: Two buses collide near Gniby in the Kaffrine Region, killing 40 and injuring 101. The government declares three days of mourning and introduces road safety measures.Senegal source
2023January 15 – Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes during final approach into Pokhara, Nepal, killing all 72 people on board.source
2023January 18 – A helicopter crash in Brovary near Kyiv, Ukraine kills 14 people including Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky.source
2023February 3 – A Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derails in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple train cars burn for more than two days, followed by emergency crews conducting a controlled burn of several additional cars, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the atmosphere.source
2023April 15 – Nuclear power in Germany ends after 50 years, with the closure of the final power plants.source
2023June 2 – A train collision in Odisha, India results in at least 296 deaths and more than 1,200 others injured.source
2023June 14 – At least 82 people die and 500 are reported missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Peloponnese.source
202319 June – At least two people were confirmed dead, and many others injured in a stampede during a qualifier game for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in Cotonou, Benin.Benin source
2023August 6 – Demnate bus crash. A minibus carrying 24 passengers overturned on a bend and plunged off a ravine at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, killing everyone on board.Morocco source
2023August 16 – The death toll from the August 14 explosion in San Cristobal rises to 13 after two more bodies are found.Dominican Republic source
2023August 17 – A Beechcraft 390 Premier I business jet crashes onto an expressway interchange near Elmina, Selangor, Malaysia, killing 10 people.source
202323 August – 2023 Wagner Group plane crash.Russia source
202319 September – A bus carrying 30 passengers plunges into a ravine on the road between Budva and Cetinje, killing two people and seriously injuring nine others.Montenegro source
2023September 23: An Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane reportedly linked to the Wagner Group crashed in Gao International Airport after exceeding the runway.Mali source
2023October 22: A fuel truck explosion in Tirmini killed six people and injured about 30. The explosion occurred after a fuel truck collided with another vehicle.Niger source
202328 November –The Supreme Court declares the law granting First Quantum Minerals a mining contract for the Cobre Panamá mine unconstitutional, after which President Laurentino Cortizo announced that the mine would be closed.Panama source
2024January 1 – A 7.5 M ww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan (Noto Peninsula), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others. A further 5 are killed the next day when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid was involved in a collision with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.source
202411 January – A chartered Air Côte d'Ivoire flight from The Gambia to the Ivory Coast, transporting the Gambia national football team to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, makes an emergency landing in Banjul due to a loss of cabin pressure lasting for more than nine minutes. All passengers suffer some degree of carbon monoxide poisoning including loss of consciousness.Gambia source
2024January 24 – 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board.source
20247 February – The barge MV Gulfstream capsizes off the coast of Tobago, producing an oil spill that affects 15 kilometers of the island's coastline and prompting the declaration of a national emergency.Trinidad and Tobago source
2024April 1 – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.source
202410 May: Air Vanuatu, the country's flag carrier, is voluntarily placed in liquidation by the Government of Vanuatu.Vanuatu source
2024June 10 – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.source
2024August 9 – Voepass Flight 2283, an ATR 72, crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.source
2024August 31 – A helicopter crashed in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, killing all 22 occupants on board.source
2024September 30 - A minibus plunges into a river near Kissidougou, killing 13 people.Guinea source
20241 October – Two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of Khôr ʽAngar, killing at least 45 people and leaving 61 others missing.Djibouti source
202426 October - Czech Airlines ceases operations after 101 years of service.Czech Republic source
20245-6 October - The Royal New Zealand Navy specialist dive and hydrographic vessel HMNZS Manawanui sinks after running aground and catching fire near Siumu in Upolu island. All 75 people on board are evacuated.Samoa source
202424 November – Two motorboats carrying Somali migrants capsize in the Indian Ocean near Nosy Be, killing 25 passengers.Madagascar source
2024December 25 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.source
2024December 29 – Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.source
2025January 11 – A gas station explosion in Al Bayda, Yemen, results in 40 deaths and dozens of others injured.source
2025January 29 – 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision: A United States Army Black Hawk helicopter with three occupants on board, collides with a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines with 64 occupants on board in Washington, D.C., United States. There were no survivors.source
2025February 25 – An Antonov An-26 of the Sudanese Air Force crashes in a residential area, near the Wadi Seidna Air Base. All 17 occupants onboard and 29 people on the ground died.source
20258 March – Niger orders the expulsion of three Chinese oil officials from CNPC, WAPCo, and SORAZ, citing disputes over pay and project delays.Niger source
2025March 16 – A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.source
202516 March – A fire at a nightclub in Kočani kills 62 people and injures 196 others.North Macedonia source
2025March 21 – A major power outage causes Heathrow Airport in London to completely shut down, with disruption expected to last for days, affecting thousands of flights around the world.source
2025April 8 – During a concert performance by Rubby Pérez in Santo Domingo, a nightclub roof collapses, killing at least 231 people, including Pérez, and injures more than 200 others.source
2025April 15 – A motorized wooden boat capsizes after catching fire in the Congo River near the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 148 people.source
2025April 26 – An explosion in the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Bandar Abbas, Iran, kills at least 70 people and injures more than 1,000.source
2025June 12 – Air India Flight 171, a London-bound Boeing 787, crashes into a building after take-off from Ahmedabad, India, killing 229 passengers, 12 crew on board, and 19 people on the ground. One passenger survives the crash. It is the first fatal crash and hull loss involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.source
202521 June – A bus heading from Maputsoe to Maseru crashes into a pile-up of vehicles, killing 11 people and injuring 12 others.Lesotho source
20256 July – The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince is destroyed in an arson attack by armed gangs.Haiti source
2025July 21 – 2025 Dhaka Chengdu J-7 crash: An F-7 BGI training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashes into Milestone College in Uttara, Dhaka, killing 31 people including the pilot.source
2025July 24 – Angara Airlines Flight 2311, operated by an Antonov An-24 aircraft, crashes near Tynda in Eastern Siberia, Russia. All 48 people on board are killed.source
2025August 19 – A multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying migrants deported from Iran, a motorcycle and a truck kills at least 79 people in Herat Province, Afghanistan.source
2025September 10 – A liquid petroleum gas truck overturns and explodes at an overpass in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others.source
202516 September – A boat from The Gambia carrying more than 100 migrants runs aground in Dakar on its way to the Canary Islands.Senegal source
20258 October – A Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter of the Ecuadorian Army crashes near La Merced de Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Urcuquí Canton, injuring the four occupants on board.Ecuador source
202522 October – At least 40 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa die after a boat sinks off the coast near Mahdia.Tunisia source
2025November 4 – UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a Honolulu-bound McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, crashes shortly after take-off near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, United States, killing all three crew members and 12 people on the ground, as well as injuring 22 others.source
2025December 6 – A fire at a nightclub in Arpora, Goa, India, leaves at least 25 people dead and 50 injured.source
202521 December – Two chairlifts collide at Savin Kuk in Žabljak, killing German footballer Sebastian Hertner and injuring his wife.Montenegro source
2025December 23 – Harmony Jets Flight 185, a Dassault Falcon 50, crashes near Ankara, Turkey, killing all eight people on board, including Libyan Army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad.source