29 July 1962A MAP Kiev MSZ An-24 (CCCP-46708) overran the runway at Sheremetyevo Airport following an aborted takeoff.
20 March 1965An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46764) landed short of the runway at
Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, struck a snow drift and broke up, killing 43 of 47 on board.
2 February 1966A United Arab Airlines An-24 (SU-AOB) crashed at Luxor, Egypt during a test flight.
18 March 1966United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at
Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.
29 August 1966A
Cubana An-24 (CU-T875) was written off at Camaguey Airport.
30 September 1966United Arab Airlines Flight 322 (an An-24B, SU-AOM) struck a camel while taking off from Luxor International Airport, damaging the right side landing gear. The aircraft was able to make a wheels-up landing at Cairo with no casualties to the 43 on board.
7 February 1967A United Arab Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to Amman, Jordan.
30 December 1967Aeroflot Flight L-51, an An-24B (CCCP-46215), crashed near
Liepāja Airport after an engine lost power, killing 44 of 51 on board. The crash remains the worst air disaster in Latvia.
31 December 1967An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46201) crashed short of the runway at Voronezh Airport.
6 January 1968Aeroflot Flight 1668, an An-24B (CCCP-47733), broke apart in mid-air and crashed 58 mi from Olekminsk, Russia, killing all 45 on board; the aircraft was probably shot down by a stray missile.
18 August 1968A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOL) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea 180 km (112 mi) off Cyprus, killing all 40 passengers and crew on board.
6 October 1968An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46552) force-landed near Maryy, Turkmenistan after an engine failed at 4,200 m (13,780 ft).
24 January 1969LOT Polish Airlines Flight 149 (SP-LTE) from Warsaw to Wrocław (
Poland) with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed shortly before landing at the Wrocław Strachowice Airport due to crew error. There were no casualties although the aircraft was written off.
24 March 1969Aeroflot Flight 2305, an An-24 (CCCP-46751), crashed on climbout from Alma-Ata Airport after the right side engine lost power, killing four of 31 on board.
2 April 1969LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashed into
Polica, a mountain near
Zawoja after the pilots became disorientated in a snowstorm, killing all 53 on board.
3 August 1969Aeroflot Flight H-826, an An-24B (CCCP-46248), crashed at Preobrazhenka, Ukraine after a propeller blade separated and punctured the fuselage, severing the controls for the elevator and ailerons. The crew lost control of the aircraft and the aircraft crashed, killing all 55 on board.
18 August 1969A Misrair An-24 was hijacked by six people and flown to El Wagah, Egypt.
13 October 1969Aeroflot Flight 227, an An-24B (CCCP-47772), crashed short of the runway at Nizhnevartovsk Airport after a propeller was inadvertently feathered, killing 24 of 56 on board.
19 October 1969A
LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTK) was hijacked by two people and flown to Tegel Airport.
20 November 1969A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTB) was hijacked by two people and flown to Vienna, Austria.
28 January 1970An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47701) struck a mountain 25 mi from Batagay, Russia after the crew began descending too soon, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.
30 January 1970A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOK) crashed on landing at Luxor Airport after the undercarriage collapsed.
4 February 1970TAROM Flight 35, an An-24B (YR-AMT), crashed in the Vladeasa mountains in poor visibility, killing 20 of 21 on board.
14 March 1970A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOC) made a wheels-up landing at Cairo International Airport following an engine explosion; all 15 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
1 April 1970Aeroflot Flight 1661, an An-24B (CCCP-47751), collided in mid-air with a weather balloon and crashed near Togushina, Novosibirsk region, Russia, killing all 45 passengers and crew on board.
5 June 1970A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person who demanded political asylum and flown to Copenhagen, Denmark.
19 July 1970A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-ANZ) crashed at Cairo due to pilot error while on a training flight, killing the three crew.
7 August 1970A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to East Berlin.
26 August 1970A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by three people who demanded to be taken to Austria.
16 September 1970A United Arab Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person; the hijacker was overpowered by those on the aircraft.
15 October 1970An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46256) was hijacked by two people and flown to Trabzon Airport. One person died.
??-???-1970An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46241) caught fire and burned out during refueling at Saratov Airport; the accident also could have happened in 1971.
31 March 1971An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46747) crashed near Moscow during a training flight.
1 June 1971An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47729) crashed on Bogodorsk Island during a training flight. The aircraft was flying with one engine shut down when the flight engineer shut down the other engine by mistake.
12 November 1971An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46809) crashed at Vinnitsa Airport during a go-around, killing all 52 passengers and crew on board.
13 November 1971Aeroflot Flight 639, an An-24B (CCCP-46378) struck a cable and crashed while on approach to
Kerch Airport, killing six of 11 on board.
15 November 1971A Tarom An-24RV (YR-AMA) crashed at Otopeni International Airport during an ILS approach; all 22 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
1 December 1971Aeroflot Flight 2174, an An-24B (CCCP-46788), lost control and crashed near Saratov Airport due to icing, killing all 57 passengers and crew on board.
22 February 1972Aeroflot Flight 25, an An-24 (CCCP-46732), lost control and crashed near
Lipetsk Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.
27 February 1972An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46418) lost control and crashed while on approach to
Mineralnye Vody Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.
4 November 1972An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46202) was on a positioning flight when it struck trees and crashed near Vostochny Airport in snow; all three crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.
21 January 1973Aeroflot Flight 6263, an An-24B (CCCP-46276), lost control and crashed near Petukhovo, Russia, killing all 39 passengers and crew on board; the aircraft may have been shot down by a missile.
28 February 1973Polish Air Force An-24B (tail number
012) crashed near Goleniow Airport,
Szczecin, north-west Poland due to wing icing. All 18 people on board were killed (including ministers of the interior of Poland and
Czechoslovakia).
19 April 1973A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTN) crashed near
Rzeszów during a training flight.
30 April 1973A South Yemen Air Force An-24 crashed in Yemen, killing all 25 on board. The aircraft type has not been confirmed, with possible types being an An-24, An-12, or a Yemenia-owned DC-3.
18 August 1973An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46435) struck an oil rig 45 km (28 mi) east of Baku and crashed while attempting to return to Bina International Airport following an uncontained engine failure, killing 56 of 64 on board.
17 September 1973A
MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24B (BNMAU-4206) struck a mountain during descent in Hovd Province, Mongolia.
6 January 1974An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46357) lost of control and crashed at Mukachevo, Ukraine due to icing, killing all 24 on board.
25 January 1974An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46277) crashed after takeoff from Rostov Airport due to artificial horizon failure, killing the four crew.
8 March 1974A Pathet Lao Airlines An-24 (XW-TCA?) crashed near Hanoi, killing all 18 on board.
29 December 1974An Antonov An-24RV (YR-AMD) operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu crashed into the side of the Mountains (Muntii) Lotrului (22 km south of Sibiu) at an altitude of 1,700 m, killing all 28 passengers and 5 crew members. The crew's incorrect approach procedure execution, which led to the aircraft drifting south off course by 20 km, while the wind was increasing turbulence was present.
14 April 1975Bulgarian Air Force An-24 (tail number
035) crashed near
Sofia, Bulgaria.
28 April 1975An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46476) crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport after the pilot descended into ground fog; all 11 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
28 June 1975A
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to Greece.
17 November 1975Aeroflot Flight 6274, an An-24RV (CCCP-46467), struck Mount Apshara due to crew disorientation, killing all 38 on board.
20 November 1975An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46349) struck a hill 11 mi from Kharkov Airport due to an incorrectly programmed altimeter caused by an ATC error, killing 19 of 50 on board.
22 November 1975A
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24B (LZ-ANA) crashed on takeoff from Vrazhdebna Airport due to icing, killing three of 45 on board.
13 January 1976An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47280) crashed short of the runway at Smolnoye Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 44 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
21 January 1976A CAAC An-24 (B-492) crashed on approach to
Huanghua Airport, killing all 40 on board.
10 March 1976An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46613) landed hard at Saratov Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 57 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
18 March 1976A
Cubana An-24B (CU-T879) collided in mid-air with a Cubana DC-8 (CU-T1200) near Havana; the An-24 crashed, killing the five crew; the DC-8 landed safely.
15 May 1976Aeroflot Flight 1802, an An-24RV (CCCP-46534), crashed near Chernigov due to loss of control caused by an unexplained rudder deflection, killing all 52 on board.
13 August 1976An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47734) landed hard at Guryev Airport after the crew deviated from the glide path; all 43 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
9 September 1976Aeroflot Flight 7957, an An-24RV (CCCP-46518), collided in mid-air with an Aeroflot
Yakovlev Yak-40 operating as Flight 31 over the Black Sea off Anapa due to ATC and crew errors, killing all 64 on board both aircraft.
17 December 1976An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46722) crashed short of the runway at Zhulhyany Airport due to poor visibility, killing 48 of 55 on board.
March 1977A
TAROM An-24RV (YR-AMC) was written off at Bacau Airport.
19 April 1977A Soviet Air Force An-24 crashed in poor visibility at
Moe, Estonia after a wing struck a chimney of a spirit factory, killing all 21 on board. The aircraft was carrying Sukhoi Su-9 pilots from the PVO fighter regiment at Tapa.
26 May 1977An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46806) was hijacked by one person and flown to Sweden.
18 June 1977A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to Serbia.
8 July 1977An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46847) crashed in the Black Sea after takeoff from Sukhumi Airport due to possible pilot distraction, killing six of seven crew.
18 October 1977A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTH) was hijacked by people who demanded to be taken to Austria.
9 December 1977An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-47695) crashed and burned after takeoff from Tarko-Sale Airport due to a loss of control, killing 17 of 23 on board.
23 October 1978Aeroflot Flight 6515, an An-24B (CCCP-46327) crashed in the Gulf of Sivash off Emelyanovka, Ukraine due to loss of control caused by icing and double engine failure, killing all 26 on board.
17 November 1978A
Romanian Air Force An-24V (YR-AMP) crashed at Arad Airport due to possible icing, killing the five crew.
19 December 1978An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46299) crashed near Samarkand Airport due to a loss of control while on a training flight, killing the five crew.
15 January 1979An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46807) crashed near Minsk-1 International Airport due to tail icing caused by pilot error, killing 13 of 14 on board.
1 May 1979A
MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24B (BNMAU-1202) ran off the runway while landing at Erdenet Airport.
3 September 1979Aeroflot Flight A-513, an An-24B (CCCP-46269) crashed near
Amderma Airport due to crew error, killing 40 of 43 on board.
20 March 1980A CAAC An-24RV (B-484) crashed and burned near Changsha Airport, killing all 26 on board.
31 March 1980An Air Guinee An-24B (3X-GAU) overran the runway on landing at Conakry Airport; all 35 on board survived. The aircraft was probably written off.
14 April 1980Aeroflot Flight 151, an An-24B (CCCP-47732) with 53 on board, crashed during an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk Airport after the right main landing gear was damaged on takeoff; after touchdown, the landing gear broke off and the right wing was damaged, causing a fuel leak and fire. Two passengers left the aircraft on the right side and suffered burns; both passengers died later in a hospital.
18 April 1980An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46220) crashed on takeoff from
Bykovo Airport due to crew error; all 47 on board survived, but the aircraft burned out and was written off. The crew had not selected flaps for takeoff.
24 September 1980An
Iraqi Airways An-24TV was probably written off while parked at Kirkuk Airport during the Iran-Iraq War.
4 December 1980A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTB) was hijacked by one person and flown to Tegel Airport.
10 January 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTB) was hijacked a second time by four people who demanded to be taken to "the West"; the aircraft was stormed and hijackers arrested.
8 March 1981An Antonov Design Bureau An-24 struck trees and crashed at Kursk after descending below the glide scope; the aircraft burned out.
26 March 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTU) operating a flight from Warsaw to Słupsk (Poland) with 52 passengers and crew on board crashed before landing at the Slupsk-Redzikowo Airport about 2 km from the runway threshold after a propeller separated. One passenger was killed, 4 or 5 persons were seriously injured.
21 July 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTI) was hijacked by one person and flown to West Germany.
5 August 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTI) was hijacked a second time by one person; the aircraft was stormed and the hijacker arrested after landing at Gdansk.
11 August 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 (SP-LTT) operating a flight from Katowice to Gdańsk was hijacked, and one hijacker demanded to be taken to West Germany. The aircraft was stormed and hijacker arrested with duration of the hijacking less than 1 day. The same registered plane was used in Polish film series "07 zgłoś się", as a hijacked plane.
22 August 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTC) was hijacked by one person and flown to West Germany.
24 August 1981Aeroflot Flight 811, an An-24RV (CCCP-46653), collided in mid-air with Soviet Air Force Tu-16K
07514 over the
Zavitinsky District, Russia, killing 31 of 32 on board the An-24 and all six on board the Tu-16.
18 September 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTG) was hijacked by 12 people and flown to West Germany. A Soviet Mi-8 helicopter attempted, but failed, to prevent the An-24 from landing.
22 September 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTK) was hijacked by four people who demanded to be taken to West Germany; the aircraft was stormed and hijackers arrested.
29 September 1981A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTP) was hijacked by one person who demanded to be taken to West Germany; the aircraft was stormed and the hijacker arrested.
25 January 1982A TAROM An-24RV (YR-BMD) crashed near Constanta Airport due to a propeller malfunction during a training flight, killing all seven crew.
22 April 1982An Iraqi Airways An-24B (YI-AEO) crashed in Iraq after the wing struck the ground while on final approach to an airfield.
30 April 1982A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTG) was hijacked a second time by eight hijackers. The hijackers overpowered the six security personnel (two were injured) on board and flew to West Berlin. Upon landing the hijackers were taken into custody by American authorities who then turned them over to West Berlin authorities; the hijackers requested political asylum. Twenty-eight passengers remained in West Berlin, while the aircraft, its crew and remaining passengers returned to Poland. The hijackers were given two to four years in prison for endangering air traffic.
28 August 1982An Iraqi Airways An-24RV (YI-ALN) crashed on takeoff from Nasiriyah Airport due to landing gear failure.
7 November 1982An Aeroflot An-24 was hijacked by three passengers and flown to Turkey; three on board were injured by the hijackers. The aircraft landed at Sinop and the injured were released. The hijackers requested political asylum after surrendering to Turkish authorities.
22 November 1982A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTK) was hijacked a second time by a security guard and flown to West Berlin. The hijacker jumped off the plane shortly after landing; the other security guards opened fire on the hijacker, hitting him in the right foot; he was then taken into custody by U.S. officials and turned over to West German authorities. Four passengers requested political asylum in West Berlin.
16 December 1982An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46567) belly-landed in a field at Sakhansky,
Shyriaieve Raion, Ukraine due to smoke in the cockpit caused by an electrical fire; all on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
7 March 1983A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24B (LZ-AND) was hijacked by four knife-wielding hijackers who demanded to be taken to Turkey, however the pilot tricked the hijackers by circling over the Black Sea and landing at the partially-lit Varna Airport. Security personnel killed one hijacker who threatened a stewardess and arrested the three remaining hijackers.
25 June 1983A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-8401) crashed on landing at Buyant Ulaa Airport.
24 December 1983Aeroflot Flight 601, an An-24RV (CCCP-46617) crashed at
Leshukonskoye Airport while attempting a go-around following a stall caused by pilot error, killing 44 of 49 on board.
28 January 1984Aeroflot Flight 923, an An-24RV (CCCP-47310) crashed on approach to
Izhevsk Airport due to an elevator control failure caused by improper maintenance, killing four of 53 on board.
18 January 1985CAAC Flight 5109, an An-24B (B-434), stalled and crashed near Jinan Airport while attempting a missed approach, killing 38 of 41 on board.
April 1985A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-10207) was reported to have crashed while descending to an airport in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia; the wreckage was reportedly seen at Ulan Bator Airport in 1995.
22 February 1985An Air Mali An-24B (TZ-ACT) crashed near Tombouctou Airport while attempting to return to the airport following an engine failure, killing 51 of 52 on board.
19 December 1985An Aeroflot An-24 was hijacked by one man who demanded that the crew change course. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed in a pasture near Gannan, China; the hijacker was arrested by Chinese authorities and the aircraft and the 43 people on board were returned to the Soviet Union.
2 March 1986An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46423) stalled and crashed near
Bugulma Airport after a propeller feathered due to electrical failure, killing all 38 on board.
5 September 1986A TAROM An-24RV (YR-AMF) crashed on landing at Cluj Airport after landing with the nose gear up, killing three of five crew; all 50 passengers survived.
15 December 1986A CAAC An-24RV (B-3413) crashed at Zhongchuan Airport while attempting to return to the airport after an engine failed in icing conditions, killing six of 44 on board.
23 January 1987A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-7710) crashed on landing at Buyant Ulaa Airport.
11 March 1987Three passengers attempted to hijack Cubana Flight 706 (an An-24RV, CU-T1262) shortly before takeoff from Havana. The hijackers, armed with hand grenades, demanded to be taken to the United States. Passengers struggled with the hijackers, during which one of the grenades exploded, injuring 13 people. One hijacker was killed by a policeman on board while the other two hijackers were arrested.
8 July 19882 November 1988LOT Flight 703 force-landed in a field near Rzeszów after both engines failed due to icing, killing one passenger. The other 24 passengers and four crew on board the aircraft survived, though most of them received serious injuries. In the wake of this accident, LOT removed all An-24 aircraft from service and replaced them with the ATR 42 and ATR 72.
21 January 198931 January 198915 August 1989A
China Eastern Airlines An-24RV (B-3417) crashed on takeoff from Hongqiao Airport due to engine failure, killing 34 of 40 on board.
24 August 19894 October 198921 November 1989An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46335) struck trees and crashed near Tyumen, Russia, killing 34 of 42 on board.
28 December 1989During the Romanian revolution, a TAROM An-24RV (YR-BMJ) flying from Bucharest to
Belgrade, carrying photojournalist
Ian Parry, crashed in bad weather at Vişina, Dâmboviţa, Romania while on a flight to pick up humanitarian supplies, killing all seven (six crew members and the passenger) on board. Other reports suggested the aircraft was shot down by a missile.
9 January 1990A
Sudanese Air Force aircraft, possibly an An-24, was shot down and crashed at Kajo Kaji, South Sudan.
26 January 1990A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-10208) crashed near
Ulaangom Airport at night, killing all 30 passengers and crew on board.
22 April 1990A Lao Aviation An-24RV (RDPL-34008) failed to take off from Luang Namtha Airport and overran the runway; the aircraft struck a building, killing one; the three crew on board the aircraft survived.
2 June 1990An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46551) crashed at Kenkiyak, Kazakhstan after landing hard and overrunning the runway; all 33 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
7 October 1990An Aeroflot An-24 was hijacked while on a Perm-Arkhangelsk flight.
14 December 1990An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47164) crashed at Shakhtersk Airport after landing hard and overrunning the runway; all 43 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
4 March 1991An Aeroflot An-24 was hijacked by a man who demanded to be flown to Sweden. The hijacker reportedly had an anti-tank grenade and threatened to blow up the aircraft if his demands were not met. The aircraft landed in Leningrad where the hijacker released the 26 passengers but refused to surrender. The grenade exploded, damaging the aircraft and injuring the hijacker, who later died.
23 March 1991An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46472) overran the runway at Navoi Airport and struck iron-concrete slabs, killing 34 of 63 on board.
26 June 1991An AKF Polet An-24 (CCCP-46724) crashed in the
Gulf of Finland off
Saint Petersburg shortly after takeoff; killing all 10 on board.
26 November 1991An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-47823) crashed near
Bugulma Airport due to tail icing, killing all 41 on board.
22 February 1992A Trans Amazon An-24RV (OB-1439) overran the runway on landing at Rodriguez Ballon Airport after landing too far down the runway; all 45 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
7 April 1992An Air Bissau An-24RV (J5-GAE) force-landed near Sarra, Libya after flying into a severe sandstorm, killing three of 13 on board;
Yasser Arafat was among the survivors.
28 July 1992A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24B (LZ-ANN) was written off while parked at Sofia Airport due to damage from a falling crane.
2 September 1992An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46816) landed on its belly near Guryev Airport due to a loss of speed and icing while attempting a missed approach following engine failure; all 49 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
21 November 1992A Yugavia An-24B (RA-46306) bounced on landing at Krasnodar Airport, damaging the nose gear and airframe; all 20 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
16 January 19933 February 19936 April 19931 February 199417 July 199413 August 19946 February 199521 September 1995A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24RV (BNMAU-10003) struck a mountain near Choho Geologoh Uul after the crew descended too soon, killing 42 of 43 on board.
1 November 199513 December 1995Banat Air Flight 166, an An-24B (YR-AMR), crashed on takeoff from Verona Airport due to wing icing and overloading, killing all 49 passengers and crew on board. The aircraft was chartered from Romavia.
21 December 199529 December 199522 February 1996A Romanian CAA An-24RV (YR-BMK) crashed near Baia Mare Airport after the pilot executed a turn incorrectly, killing all eight on board as well as two on the ground.
25 February 19963 May 1996A Federal Airlines An-24RV (ST-FAG) crashed near Haj Yousif, Sudan while attempting a forced landing following several failed approaches, killing all 53 passengers and crew on board.
6 November 199618 March 1997Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023, an An-24RV (RA-46516), crashed into a forest at
Cherkessk, Russia due to structural failure, killing all 50 on board.
20 March 1997A Sudanese Air Force An-24TV crashed near Juba Airport due to engine failure, killing the four crew; the aircraft was possibly shot down.
11 July 1997Cubana Flight 787, an An-24RV (CU-T1262), crashed off Santiago, Cuba due to a loss of control, killing all 44 passengers and crew on board.
29 September 1998Lionair Flight 602, an An-24RV (EW-46465), fell into the sea off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka under mysterious circumstances. The aircraft departed Jaffna-Palaly Air Force Base on a flight to Colombo and disappeared from radar screens just after the pilot had reported depressurization. Initial reports indicated that the plane had been shot down by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels. All 7 crew and 48 passengers were killed. The aircraft had been leased from Gomelavia.
1 December 2000An An-24 was hijacked by two people who demanded to be flown to Western
Congo. One person died.
4 April 2001A Sudanese Air Force An-24 crashed on take-off in Adaril near
Malakal.
October 2001An
Ariana Afghan Airlines An-24B (YA-DAH) was destroyed on the ground at
Kabul, Afghanstan during a U.S. bombing raid.
October 2001An Ariana Afghan Airlines An-24RV (YA-DAJ) was destroyed on the ground at
Kabul, Afghanstan during a U.S. bombing raid.
October 2001An Ariana Afghan Airlines An-24 was destroyed on the ground at Kabul, Afghanstan during a U.S. bombing raid.
13 July 2002A
Sakha Avia An-24RV (RA-46670) landed wheels-up at Yakutsk Airport during a training flight due to crew error; all four crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.
31 March 2003A Cubana An-24 (CU-T1294) was hijacked by a man who was believed to have had two grenades. The aircraft then flew to Havana for refueling; after 26 passengers were released, the aircraft flew to Key West, Florida.
25 April 2003A Sudanese Air Force An-24 (tail number
700) was destroyed on the ground at
El Fasher Airport during a Sudan Liberation Army rebel attack.
14 June 2003A Cubana An-24RV (CU-T1295) ran off the runway at Rafael Cabrera Airport due to hydraulic system failure; all 52 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
16 September 2004A
Kam Air An-24RV (EW-74808) overran the runway at Khwaja Rawash Airport after returning to the airport following engine failure.
4 March 2005A
Trans Air Congo An-24B (EY-46399) ran off the runway at
Impfondo Airport.
16 March 2005Regional Airlines Flight 9288, an An-24RV (RA-46438), stalled and crashed into a small hill near Varandey, Russia due to possible instrument failure, killing 28 of 52 on board. The aircraft was on lease from Kuzbass Aero Freight.
2 June 2005Marsland Aviation Flight 430, an An-24B (ST-WAL), crashed on takeoff from Khartoum Civil Airport, killing seven of 42 on board. The aircraft was on lease from al-Majal Company.
16 July 2005An Equatorial Express Airlines An-24B crashed into a jungle near
Baney shortly after takeoff, killing all 60 people on board. The crash remains the worst air disaster in Equatorial Guinea and the worst air disaster involving the An-24.
2 November 2005An
SAT Airlines An-24 (RA-46618) landed hard at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, collapsing the nose gear.
23 December 2005An Aero-Service An-24RV (ER-AZX) ran off the runway at Pokola, Congo. The aircraft was on lease from Pecotox Air.
19 January 2006A
Slovak Air Force An-24B military transport (tail number
5605) with 43 persons on board (of which 28 were soldiers) crashed in Hungary, only 3 km from the Slovak border. Only one person survived, and 42 were reported dead. The plane was carrying Slovak KFOR forces that had been serving in Kosovo for half a year. The accident remains the worst in Hungary.
23 March 2006A Valan International Cargo Charter An-24B (ER-AZZ) force-landed at Talil, Iraq due to engine failure.
25 June 2007PMTair Flight 241 crashed in mountains 130 km south of the capital
Phnom Penh. The flight was en route from
Siem Reap, near the historic
Angkor Wat temples, to the coastal town of Sihanoukville. All 22 on board were killed.
18 July 2007A
Malift Air An-24 crashed shortly after takeoff from
Bandundu Airport due to engine failure.
July 2007An Aquiline An-24B (EX-030) crashed in Ethiopia due to engine failure.
18 September 2008A EuroLine An-24RV (4L-MJX) landed hard at Tbilisi Airport, breaking the nose gear.
August 2009A
Uzbekistan Airways An-24RV (UK-46658) was reportedly written off after the landing gear was raised too soon during takeoff from
Zarafshan Airport.
2 November 2009Daallo Airlines Flight 774, an An-24RV (EY-46793) was hijacked en route between Bossaso and Djibouti; two passengers wielded guns and demanded to be flown to Las Qorey. The hijackers were overpowered by passengers; the aircraft returned to Bossaso where the hijackers were arrested.
4 February 2010Yakutia Airlines Flight 425, operated by RA-47360 suffered an engine failure on take-off from Yakutsk Airport for Olekminsk Airport. During the subsequent landing, the nose and port main undercarriage were retracted, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
17 May 2010Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashed 100 km away from Kabul International Airport. The plane was en route from
Kunduz Airport to Kabul, when it suddenly disappeared from radar. The aircraft was found two days later in the Salang Pass; all 44 on board were killed.
3 August 2010Katekavia Flight 9357 crashed on approach to
Igarka Airport, Russia. Twelve people were killed. The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Krasnoyarsk Airport.
11 November 2010A Tarco Airlines An-24 from
Khartoum International Airport crashed on landing at
Zalingei Airport, Sudan. Six people were killed. One person received serious injuries and another five escaped with minor injuries The remaining 32 passengers and five crew escaped injury.
11 July 2011Angara Airlines Flight 5007 from Bogashevo Airport,
Tomsk to
Surgut International Airport, Surgut suffered an in-flight engine fire. Although an attempt was made to divert to Nizhnevartovsk Airport, the aircraft ditched in the Ob Canal some 30 kilometres (19 mi) short of the airport. At least five people were killed and the aircraft was written off.
8 August 2011IrAero Flight 103 overran the runway on landing at Blagoveshchensk Airport, Russia. Twelve of the 36 people on board were injured.
28 April 2012Jubba Airways flight 6J-711 blew both right main gear tires on landing, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway at Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport in
Galkayo,
Somalia. The wing separated from the body of the aircraft. No injuries were reported, although the aircraft was substantially damaged.
13 February 2013South Airlines Flight 8971 crashed at
Donetsk International Airport while on an internal Ukrainian flight between Odessa and
Donetsk, killing five of 52 on board.
9 August 2013An
Ethiopian Air Force An-24 crashed at Mogadishu International Airport while carrying ammunition, killing four of the six crew.
Hull-loss accidents: 155 with a total of 2138 fatalitiesOther occurrences: 13 with a total of 60 fatalitiesHijackings: 35 with a total of 5 fatalities 