Planecrashinfo Online

For over two decades, this unassuming, almost deliberately ugly website has been the single most comprehensive, publicly accessible repository of commercial aviation accident data. It is a digital morgue, a historian’s goldmine, and a nervous flyer’s nightmare—all wrapped in HTML that has not been updated since the era of dial-up.

And that is precisely why it works. The lack of polish conveys a strange authority. It feels like a dossier, not a blog. There are no ads for flight schools or credit cards. There is no algorithm suggesting "more crashes you might like." It is a library. You enter, you find your flight, you read, you leave—disturbed but informed. planecrashinfo

Disclaimer: As of 2025, the site remains online but is not actively maintained for new accidents post-2020. Check Aviation Safety Network for the most recent events. For over two decades, this unassuming, almost deliberately