1979

Date	Location / Operator	Aircraft Type / Registration	Fatalities
15 Jan 1979	Minsk, Russia Aeroflot	Antonov AN-24N CCCP46807	13/13(0)
24 Jan 1979	Bechar, Algeria Air Algerie	Nord 262A-44 7T-VSU	14/23(0)
27 Jan 1979	Rodez, France Air Rouergue	Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 F-BYAH	5/6(0)
30 Jan 1979	125 miles ENE of Tokyo, Japan Varig	Boeing B-707-326C PP-VLU	6/6(0)
08 Feb 1979	Near Agudos, Brazil TAM Lineas Aéreas Regional	Embraer 110C Bandeirante PP-SBB	18/18(0)
12 Feb 1979	Near Kariba, Rhodesia Air Rhodesia	Vickers Viscount 748D VP-YND	59/59(0)
12 Feb 1979	Clarksburg, West Virginia Allegheny Airlines	Nord 262 N29824	2/25(0)
17 Feb 1979	Manakau Harbor, New Zealand Air New Zealand	Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 ZK-NFC	2/4(0)
19 Feb 1979	Barentu, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 ET-AFW	5/5(0)
01 Mar 1979	Gulfport, Mississippi Universal Airways	Beech BE-70 N777AE	8/8(0)
10 Mar 1979	Off Marina del Rey, California Swift Aire Lines Inc.	Aerospatiale Nord 262A-33 N418SA	3/7(0)
14 Mar 1979	Bejing, China CAAC	Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E B-274	12/12(32)
14 Mar 1979	Near Doha Airport, Qatar Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines	Boeing B-727-2D3 JY-ADU	45/64(0)
17 Mar 1979	Near Moscow, Russia Aeroflot	Tupolev TU-104B CCCP-42444	58/119(0)
26 Mar 1979	Luanda, Angola Interflug	Ilyushin IL-18D DM-STL	10/10(0)
29 Mar 1979	Ste. Foy, PQ, Canada Quebecair	Fairchild F-27 CF-QBL	17/24(0)
14 Apr 1979	Off Avalon, California Catalina Airlines	Grumman G-21 Goose N11CS	1/11(0)
18 Apr 1979	Newark, New Jersey New York Airways	Sikorsky S61-L N618PA	3/18(0)
23 Apr 1979	Near Cuenca, Ecuador SAETA	Vickers Viscount 785D HC-AVP	57/57(0)
25 May 1979	Bullen Point, Alaska Sea Airmotive	de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou N581PA	3/3(0)
25 May 1979	Chicago O'Hare, Illinois American Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N110AA	271/271(2)
27 May 1979	Off Dakar, Senegal Military - Mauritanian Air Force	de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo 5T-MAX	12/12(0)
30 May 1979	Rockland, Maine Downeast Airlines	de Havilland DHC-6-200 N68DE	17/18(0)
07 Jun 1979	Near Leh, India Military - Indian Air Force	Hindustan Aeronautics 748-2M H2178	27/27(0)
17 Jun 1979	Hyannis, Massachusetts Air New England	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N383EX	1/10(0)
11 Jul 1979	Near Medan Airfield, Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 PK-GVE	61/61(0)
12 Jul 1979	Bua, Fiji Fiji Air Services	Britten Norman BN-2A Trislander DQ-FBO	9/9(0)
12 Jul 1979	Anchorage, Alaska Soldotna Air Services	Cessna 402B N402TH	7/7(0)
23 Jul 1979	Beirut, Lebanon Trans Mediterranean Airways	Boeing 707-327C OD-AFX	6/6(0)
24 Jul 1979	St. Croix, Virgin Islands Prinair	de Havilland DH-114 Heron N575PR	8/21(0)
31 Jul 1979	Off Sumburgh, Shetlands, Scotland Dan Air Services	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-1 G-BEKF	17/47(0)
02 Aug 1979	Canton, Ohio Private	Cessna 501 Citation N15NY	1/3(0)
03 Aug 1979	Leningrad, USSR Aeroflot	LET 410M turbojet CCCP-67206	14/14(0)
04 Aug 1979	Near Panvel, India Indian Airlines	Hindustan Aeronautics 748 2-224 VT-DXJ	45/45(0)
11 Aug 1979	Near Volgograd, Russia Aeroflot / Aeroflot	Tupolev TU-134A / Tupolev Tu-134A 65735/65816	178/178(0)
24 Aug 1979	Near Enisseysk, USSR Aeroflot	Antonov AN-12 CCCP-12963	11/16(0)
29 Aug 1979	Near Kirsanov, Russia Aeroflot	Tupolev TU-124 CCCP-45038	63/63(0)
03 Sep 1979	Andema, Russia Aeroflot	Antonov AN-24 CCCP-46269	40/44(0)
11 Sep 1979	Off Taipei, Taiwan China Airlines (Taiwan)	Boeing 707-324C B-1834	6/6(0)
14 Sep 1979	Near Klamath Falls, Oregon Butler Aviation Inc.	Douglas DC-7 N455SW	12/12(0)
14 Sep 1979	Near Sarroch, Italy Aero Transporti Italiani	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 I-ATJC	31/31(0)
18 Sep 1979	Blink Horn Point, Canada Pacific Coastal Airlines	Britten Norman BN-7A lslander C-FZVV	4/9(0)
19 Sep 1979	Merced, California Military - U.S. Air Force	Boeing KC-135A 58-0127	5/5(0)
30 Sep 1979	Porpoise Bay, British Columbia Canada West Coast Air	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 C-FWAF	2/16(0)
07 Oct 1979	Athens, Greece Swissair	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 HB-IDE	14/156(0)
08 Oct 1979	Covington, Kentucky Comair	Piper PA-31 N6642L	8/8(0)
27 Oct 1979	Lensk, Russia Aeroflot	Antonov An-2TP CCCP-32322	3/12(0)
31 Oct 1979	Mexico City, Mexico Western Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N903WA	72/88(1)
15 Nov 1979	Near Chicago, Illinois American Airlines	Boeing B-727 ?	0/78(0)
16 Nov 1979	Vologda, Russia Aeroflot	Yakovlev YAK-40 CCCP-87454	3/5(0)
18 Nov 1979	Granger, Utah Transamerica Airlines	Lockheed L-188CF Electra N859U	3/3(0)
26 Nov 1979	Near At Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Pakistan International Airlines	Boeing B-707-340C AP-AWZ	156/156(0)
28 Nov 1979	Near Mt. Erebus, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica Air New Zealand	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP	257/257(0)
30 Nov 1979	San Andres Island, Colombia Aerolineas La Gaviola	Grumman G-21 Goose HK-2059	9/9(0)
09 Dec 1979	Cherskiy, Russia Aeroflot	Antonov AN-26 CCCP-26547	7/7(0)
12 Dec 1979	Apolo, Bolivia CAMBA	Martin 404 CP-1440	10/11(0)
18 Dec 1979	Cerro Toledo Mountain, Colombia SATENA	Douglas DC-4 (C-54) FAC-1106	21/21(0)
22 Dec 1979	Near Puerto Esperanza, Peru Fuerza Aérea del Peru	de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo FAP-348	29/29(0)
23 Dec 1979	Ankara, Turkey Turkish Airlines (THY)	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAT	41/45(0)
23 Dec 1979	Menari, Papua New Guinea Douglas Airways	GAF Nomad 22B P2-DNL	16/16(0)