Top 10 air crashes (passenger planes)

10. Pan Am Flight 103

Explosion caused by planted explosives.

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• number of victims: 270
• survivors: 0
• crash date: December 21, 1988, 8:02 pm local time
• crash site: Lockerbie, UK
• airline: Pan Am

9. American Airlines Flight 191

The plane crashed while taking off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

• number of victims: 273
• survivors: 0
• crash date: May 25, 1979, 3:04 pm local time
• crash site: Chicago, United States
• airline: American Airlines

8. Iran Air Flight 655

The plane was shot down by the American cruiser USS Vincennes.

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• number of victims: 290
• survivors: 0
• crash date: July 3, 1988, 10:24 am local time
• crash site: Persian Gulf, Iran
• airline: Iran Air

7. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

The aircraft was shot down by a Buk M1 guided surface-to-air missile belonging to the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

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• number of victims: 298
• survivors: 0
• crash date: July 17, 2014, 4:21 pm local time
• crash site: Hrabowe, Ukraine
• airline: Malaysia Airlines

6. Saudia Flight 163

Fire broke out in the rear luggage compartment bulkhead. The pilots managed to return to the airport, but the rescue teams did not manage to reach the people trapped in the plane on time.

• number of victims: 301
• survivors: 0
• crash date: August 19, 1980, 9:14 pm local time
• crash site: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• airline: Saudi Arabian Airlines

5. Air India Flight 182

Decompression due to the planting of explosives.

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• number of victims: 329
• survivors: 0
• crash date: June 23, 1985, 8:14 am local time
• crash site: Atlantic Ocean, coast of Ireland
• airline: Air India

4. Turkish Airlines Flight 981

The detached luggage compartment door resulted in the loss of steerability and led to the breakdown.

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• number of victims: 346
• survivors: 0
• crash date: March 3, 1974 at 12:41 local time
• crash site: Ermenonville, France
• airline: Turkish Airlines

3. 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

Collision of two airplanes in the air due to a pilot’s error.

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• number of victims: 349
• survivors: 0
• crash date: November 12, 1996, 6:40 pm local time
• crash site: Charkhi Dadri, India
• airline: Saudi Arabian Airlines, Kazakhstan Airlines

2. Japan Airlines Flight 123

Due to the decompression of the cabin, the plane crashed into the mountainous regions of the central part of the island of Honshu.

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• number of victims: 520
• survivors: 4
• crash date: August 12, 1985, 6:56 pm local time
• crash site: Osutaka, Japan
• airline: Japan Airlines

1. Tenerife airport disaster

Collision of two planes at the airport. The reasons were bad weather conditions and communication problems.

• number of victims: 583
• survivors: 61
• crash date: March 27, 1977, 5:06:50 pm local time
• crash site: San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
• airline: KLM, Pan Am