Editing ATR 72 (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==
[[File:American Eagle Flight 4184 crashsite.jpg|thumb|Remains of [[American Eagle Flight 4184]], the first fatal accident involving the ATR 72]]
[[File:Yeti Airlines crash in Pokhara 2023.jpg|thumb|Remains of [[Yeti Airlines Flight 691]], the deadliest accident involving the ATR 72]]
The ATR 72 has been involved in 66 [[aviation accidents and incidents]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/ATR-72/database |title= Accident list: ATR 72 |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation |access-date= 17 January 2023}}</ref> including 40 [[hull loss]]es,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/ATR-72/losses |title= Accident list: ATR 72 (losses) |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation |access-date= 17 January 2023}}</ref>
resulting in {{#expr:68+4+2+16+1+68+33+49+48+43+66+72+62}} fatalities.<ref name=ASN-occurrences /> As of August 2024, there have been 13 accidents with at least one fatality reported. The first fatal accident involving the aircraft was [[American Eagle Flight 4184]] on 31 October 1994, with 68 fatalities, while the most recent accident occurred on 9 August 2024 when [[Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283]] crashed resulting in 62 fatalities.<ref name=ASNstats>{{cite web |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/ATR-72/statistics |title= ATR-72 Statistics |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation }}</ref>
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{{incomplete list|date=October 2022}}
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|+ Accidents with fatalities<ref name="ASN-occurrences">{{cite web |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=casualties,datekey&kind=%&cat=A1%&page=1&field=typecode&var=011% |title= occurrences in the ASN safety database |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation |access-date= 17 January 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="col" style="width: 10%" | Date 
! scope="col" style="width: 16%" | Flight
! scope="col" style="width: 3%" | Variant
! scope="col" style="width: 3%" | {{Abbr|Fat.|Fatalities}}
! scope="col" style="width: 3%" | {{Abbr|Surv.|Survivors}}
! scope="col" style="width: 22%" | Location
! scope="col" style="width: 43%" | Event
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| 31 Oct 1994 || [[American Eagle Flight 4184|American Eagle 4184]] || -212 || 68 || 0 || United States, near [[Roselawn, IN]]
| Atmospheric icing resulting in a loss of control and crash.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/324871 | title=Accident ATR 72-212 N401AM, Monday 31 October 1994 }}</ref> Inadequate documentation.
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| 30 Jan 1995 || [[TransAsia Airways Flight 510A|TransAsia 510A]] || -202 || 4 || 0 || Taiwan, near [[Taipei]] 
| Crashed into a hillside, the four crew died.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950130-0 "Accident description of TransAsia Airways incident."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314010430/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950130-0|date=14 March 2014}} ''Aviation Safety Network (ASN)'', 30 January 1995. Retrieved: 6 August 2014.</ref> Failure to maintain situational awareness and cross check navigation.
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| 21 Dec 2002 || [[TransAsia Airways Flight 791|TransAsia 791]] || -202 || 2 || 0 || Taiwan, near [[Makung City]] 
| Crashed due to icing, both crew died.<ref>[http://www.asc.gov.tw/asc_en/accident_list_2.asp?accident_no=85 "Council-Occurrence Investigations."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726154359/http://www.asc.gov.tw/asc_en/accident_list_2.asp?accident_no=85 |date=26 July 2014 }} ''Aviation Safety'', Retrieved: 17 November 2012.</ref> Incorrect procedures.
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| 6 Aug 2005 || [[Tuninter Flight 1153|Tuninter 1153]] || -202 || 16 || 23 || Italy, near [[Palermo]]
| Ditched due to fuel exhaustion caused by maintenance installing inappropriate indicators.<ref name="Avsafetynetworktuninter">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050806-0 "ASN Aircraft accident ATR-72-202 TS-LBB Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (PMO)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014053/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050806-0 |date=17 December 2017 }} ''Aviation-safety.net'', Retrieved: 20 November 2010.</ref>
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| 4 Aug 2009 || [[Bangkok Airways Flight 266|Bangkok Airways 266]] || -212A (-500) || 1  || 71 || Thailand, [[Koh Samui]] Airport
| Skid into a disused tower, the captain died.
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| 4 Nov 2010 || [[Aero Caribbean Flight 883|Aero Caribbean 883]] || -212 || 68 || 0 || Cuba, near [[Guasimal]]
| Crashed due to icing and bad crew decisions.<ref name=ASN041110>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20101104-0 "Accident description."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108073633/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20101104-0 |date=8 November 2010 }} ''Aviation-safety.net.'' Retrieved: 5 November 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuban-plane-crash-kills-all-68-aboard-1.969689 "Cuban plane crash kills all 68 aboard."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106022636/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuban-plane-crash-kills-all-68-aboard-1.969689 |date=6 November 2010 }} ''Cbc.ca,'' 5 November 2010. Retrieved: 20 November 2010.</ref>
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| 2 Apr 2012 || [[UTair Flight 120|UTair 120]] || -201 || 33 || 10 || Russia, [[Tyumen Airport]]
| Crashed soon after takeoff.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itar-tass.com%2Fc1%2F398286.html " До 33 возросло число жертв авиакатастрофы под Тюменью Increased to 33 the number of victims of the crash near Tyumen."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517125323/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itar-tass.com%2Fc1%2F398286.html |date=17 May 2017 }} ''ITAR-TASS News Agency.'' Retrieved: 17 November 2012.</ref> Incorrect deicing procedures.
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| 16 Oct 2013 || [[Lao Airlines Flight 301|Lao Airlines 301]] || -600 || 49 || 0 || Laos, near [[Pakse International Airport|Pakse Airport]]
| Crashed into the [[Mekong River|Mekong]] while on approach.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24554128 "Laos crash: 49 dead as plane goes down in Mekong River."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718110502/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24554128 |date=18 July 2018 }} ''BBC News'', 16 October 2013.</ref> Incorrect procedures.
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| 23 Jul 2014 || [[TransAsia Airways Flight 222|TransAsia 222]] || -500 || 48 || 10 || Taiwan near [[Magong Airport]]
| Crashed while landing.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/asia/taiwan-plane-crash/ "Taiwan plane crash kills 48, injures 10."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726060426/http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/asia/taiwan-plane-crash/ |date=26 July 2014 }} ''cnn.com'', 24 July 2014. Retrieved: 15 April 2015.</ref> Incorrect procedures.
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| 4 Feb 2015 || [[TransAsia Airways Flight 235|TransAsia 235]] || -600 || 43 || 15 || Taiwan, [[Keelung River|Keelung]] near [[Taipei Songshan Airport|Taipei]]
| Engine failed after takeoff, crashed into water upside down after remaining engine shut down by mistake.
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| 18 Feb 2018 || [[Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704|Iran Aseman 3704]] || -212 || 66 || 0 || Iran, near [[Yasuj Airport]]
| Crashed into [[Dena|Mount Dena]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180218-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 72-212 EP-ATS Yasuj Airport (YES) |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220173321/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180218-0 |archive-date=20 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Incorrect procedures.
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|15 Jan 2023
|[[Yeti Airlines Flight 691|Yeti Airlines 691]]
| -500
| 72
| 0
|Nepal, [[Pokhara]]
|Crashed while landing after banking sharply to the left with mistakenly [[Propeller (aeronautics)#Feathering|feathered]] propellers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Gopal |date=2023-01-16 |title=Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly air crash |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/search-resumes-for-four-people-missing-in-nepal-after-deadly-air-crash-20230116-p5ccvc.html |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
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| 9 Aug 2024 || [[Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283|Voepass Linhas Aéreas 2283]] || -500 || 62 || 0 || Brazil, near [[Vinhedo]] || Crashed after abruptly falling from cruising altitude, videos show the plane in a [[Flat spin (aviation)|flat spin]] before impact. All 62 passenger and crew bodies were recovered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazil plane crash: All 62 bodies recovered after disaster |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzpl2j260o |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The preliminary report states "after encountering icing conditions, control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed into the ground".<ref>{{cite web |title=Preliminary Report |url=https://dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br/en/85259 |website=Informações da ocorrência aeronáutica |publisher=Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos |access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref>
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