Sad toll of airliner disasters
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Your support makes all the difference.These are some of the world's deadliest air disasters:
June 1, 2009: Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms over the Atlantic and disappears. 228 people on board.
February 19, 2003: Iranian Revolutionary Guard military plane crashes into a mountain. 275 dead.
May 25, 2002: China Airlines Boeing 747 breaks apart midair and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. 225 dead.
November 12, 2001: American Airlines Airbus A300 crashes after takeoff from JFK Airport into the New York City borough of Queens. 265 dead, including people on the ground.
October 31, 1999: EgyptAir Boeing 767 crashes off Nantucket. 217 dead.
February 16, 1998: China Airlines Airbus A300 crashes on landing at airport in Taipei, Taiwan. 203 dead.
September 26, 1997: Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near airport in Medan, Indonesia. 234 dead.
August 6, 1997: Korean Air Boeing 747-300 crashes on landing in Guam. 228 dead.
November 12, 1996: Saudi Boeing 747 collides with Kazakh cargo plane near New Delhi. 349 dead.
April 26, 1994: China Airlines Airbus A300 crashes on landing at Nagoya Airport in Japan. 264 dead.
December 12, 1985: Arrow Air DC-8 crashes after takeoff from Newfoundland, Canada. 256 dead.
August 12, 1985: Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashes into a mountainside after losing part of its tail fin. 520 dead in the world's worst single-plane disaster.
August 19, 1980: Saudi Tristar makes emergency landing in Riyadh and bursts into flames. 301 dead.
May 25, 1979: American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare Airport. 275 dead.
November 28, 1979: New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica on sight-seeing flight. 257 dead.
January 1, 1978: Air India 747 crashes into the ocean after takeoff from Mumbai. 213 dead.
March 27, 1977: KLM 474, Pan American 747 collide on runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands. 583 dead in world's worst airline disaster.
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