Flying coffin is a pejorative term for an aircraft perceived by crews or the public to have a poor safety record or low combat effectiveness.
Commercial aircraft McDonnell Douglas DC-10, an American trijet wide-body aircraft Boeing 737 MAX, an American narrow-body airliner
Military aircraft First World War and earlier Airco DH.4, a British two-seat biplane day bomber also called a "flaming coffin" with original fuel tank configuration Airco DH.6, a British military trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps Georges Levy G.L.40, a three-seated French, amphibious biplane Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, also known as the KD (Kampf Doppeldecker) was a German fighter aircraft Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane also called "Fokker fodder" Fokker D.VII, a dutch single-engine 180hp monoPlane, ("dutch built German used 'Flying Coffin'") Interwar period Brewster F2A Buffalo, an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II Potez 540, a French multi-role aircraft which saw service in the Spanish Civil War
Second World War Consolidated B-24 Liberator, an American long-range heavy bomber Curtiss C-46 Commando, a twin-engine pressurized high-altitude transport aircraft Heinkel He 177 Greif, a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe also called a "flaming coffin" Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3, a Soviet fighter aircraft built extensively with wood Martin B-26 Marauder, an American twin-engined medium bomber
1945–present Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an American Cold War-era single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft also used by the German Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, a Soviet supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft
See also Coffin corner (disambiguation) Widow maker (disambiguation)