World's Deadliest Air Disasters: A Look at World's Deadliest Air Disasters
A Look at World's Deadliest Air Disasters: A Malaysian airplane, MH17, carrying 283 passengers, including three infants of various nationalities, and 15 Malaysian crew members, crashed in Ukraine on July 17. The Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was in the conflict zone when it was shot down by a Buk ground-to-air missile.
A look at some of the world's deadliest air disasters:
1. July 17, 2014: A Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine: A Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine, killing 298 people onboard. Ukrainian officials claimed the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists. The blame game began as Russia pinned the blame on the heightened tension in eastern Ukraine. The second such air disaster in five months worsened the image of the ill-fated South Asian airline.
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2. 8 March 2014: A Malaysia airline Flight 370 miraculously disappeared on March 8, 2014: leaving the fate of 239 passengers and crew on board unknown. Rigorous search operations by various countries did not bear fruit as the disappearance of the flight became one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century.
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3. June 3, 2012 : Dana Air MD-83 jet crashes into residential area of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, killing all 153 people aboard.
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4. April 20, 2012 : Bhoja Air Boeing 737 crashes in wheat fields near Islamabad, Pakistan while trying to land during thunder storm, killing 127 people.
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5. Jan 9, 2011 : Iran Air Boeing 727 breaks to pieces on impact in northwestern Iran. 77 dead.
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6. May 12, 2010 : Afriqiyah Airways plane en route to Tripoli, Libya, from Johannesburg, South Africa, crashes into the desert less than a mile from the runway, killing 103 people.
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7. April 10, 2010 : The plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashes outside the western Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 aboard.
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8. June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 en route to the Comoros Islands crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board.
(Pic) Surrounded by doctors, the only survivor of the Yemenia Airbus 310 jet crash, 14-year-old Bahia Bakari, is seen in a hospital bed.
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9. June 1, 2009 : Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms and crashes into Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing 228 people on board.
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10. Feb. 19, 2003 : Iranian Revolutionary Guard military plane crashes into a mountain. 275 dead.
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11. May 25, 2002 : China Airlines Boeing 747 breaks apart midair and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. 225 dead.
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12. Nov. 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.
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13. Nov. 28, 1979 : Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Antarctica's Mt. Erebus during sightseeing flight over the icy wilderness. 257 dead.
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14. May 25, 1979 : American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare Airport. 275 dead.
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15. Jan. 1, 1978 : Air India 747 crashes into the ocean after takeoff from Mumbai. 213 dead.
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A Look at World's Deadliest Air Disasters: A Malaysian airplane, MH17, carrying 283 passengers, including three infants of various nationalities, and 15 Malaysian crew members, crashed in Ukraine on July 17. The Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was in the conflict zone when it was shot down by a Buk ground-to-air missile.
A look at some of the world's deadliest air disasters:
1. July 17, 2014: A Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine: A Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine, killing 298 people onboard. Ukrainian officials claimed the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists. The blame game began as Russia pinned the blame on the heightened tension in eastern Ukraine. The second such air disaster in five months worsened the image of the ill-fated South Asian airline.
2. 8 March 2014: A Malaysia airline Flight 370 miraculously disappeared on March 8, 2014: leaving the fate of 239 passengers and crew on board unknown. Rigorous search operations by various countries did not bear fruit as the disappearance of the flight became one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century.
3. June 3, 2012 : Dana Air MD-83 jet crashes into residential area of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, killing all 153 people aboard.
4. April 20, 2012 : Bhoja Air Boeing 737 crashes in wheat fields near Islamabad, Pakistan while trying to land during thunder storm, killing 127 people.
5. Jan 9, 2011 : Iran Air Boeing 727 breaks to pieces on impact in northwestern Iran. 77 dead.
6. May 12, 2010 : Afriqiyah Airways plane en route to Tripoli, Libya, from Johannesburg, South Africa, crashes into the desert less than a mile from the runway, killing 103 people.
7. April 10, 2010 : The plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashes outside the western Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 aboard.
8. June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 en route to the Comoros Islands crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board.
(Pic) Surrounded by doctors, the only survivor of the Yemenia Airbus 310 jet crash, 14-year-old Bahia Bakari, is seen in a hospital bed.
9. June 1, 2009 : Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms and crashes into Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing 228 people on board.
10. Feb. 19, 2003 : Iranian Revolutionary Guard military plane crashes into a mountain. 275 dead.
11. May 25, 2002 : China Airlines Boeing 747 breaks apart midair and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. 225 dead.
12. Nov. 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.
13. Nov. 28, 1979 : Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Antarctica's Mt. Erebus during sightseeing flight over the icy wilderness. 257 dead.
14. May 25, 1979 : American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare Airport. 275 dead.
15. Jan. 1, 1978 : Air India 747 crashes into the ocean after takeoff from Mumbai. 213 dead.
