Boeing 747-422 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 16, 2026
There are 49 Boeing 747-422 airframes on record (built 1989–2000), 8 currently registered. 4 have one or more NTSB accident records (5 records total). Data as of Jul 16, 2026.
Recent Boeing 747-422 accidents
The flight’s encounter with moderate clear air turbulence while en route, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant. Contributing to the accident was the lack of communication equipment in the rest compartment, which, if installed, could have alerted the cabin crewmembers that the seatbelt sign was on.
an inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence likely due to radar limitations and convective weather developing upwards into the flight path.
an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.