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The largest number of fatalities from the accidental crash of a single aircraft occurred on 12 August 1985, when Japan Airlines Flight 123, a Boeing 747SR-46 en route from Tokyo to Osaka, crashed at Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520 people.
Mar 13, 2019 · The second deadly crash involving Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft has prompted a massive response from the world’s aviation authorities. Now the plane manufacturer is under pressure to provide...
- The Grand Canyon Mid-Air Collision
- The New York Collision
- Turkish Airlines Flight 981
- The Tenerife Airport Collision
- Air India Flight 855
- American Airlines Flight 191
- Japan Airlines Flight 123
- United Flight 232
- China Airlines Flight 140
- Charkhi Dadri Collision
By the 1950s, plane travel was no longer the primary domain of the rich and powerful. The decade saw the dawn of affordable commercial air travel as we know it — but sadly also saw one of the first terrible plane crashes of the era. On June 30, 1956, a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 collided with a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 above Grand Can...
Decades before 9/11 and a few years after the Grand Canyon Collision, one of the worst crashes of the 1960s rocked New York. On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collided with a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049, killing all 128 passengers and 6 people on the ground. Both planes took off from Idlewild Airport – now JFK Internatio...
This crash occurred on March 3, 1974 when a Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 bound for London Heathrow with a stopover in Orly crashed in the Ermenonville Forest. The disaster claimed the lives of all 346 people onboard, still the worst single-plane crash to have no survivors. Also known as the Ermenonville Air Disaster, the c...
The worst crash of all-time, this was as the result of several tragic events. First, an explosion at Gran Canaria Airport in Spain resulted in flights being diverted to Tenerife Airport. This included KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736. There was no ground radar, and conditions were foggy. All of this combined made for mass confusion, culminati...
This incident occurred on New Year’s Day 1978 when Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 757, departed Dubai for Mumbai. Adding to the tragedy, the Boeing 747 involved in this collision was the first acquired by Air India. Unfortunately, shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the Arabian Sea. Only 101 seconds elapsed between takeoff and the plane crashing...
Besides 9/11 (which was an explicit terrorist attack and obviously not an “accident”) this remains the deadliest airline disaster in American history, with all 273 passengers onboard a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 losing their lives as well as two people on the ground. Flight 191 left O’Hare bound for LAX. Shortly after takeoff, one of the engines benea...
The worst single-plane crash to date, Japan Airlines Flight 123 took off from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport en route to Osaka, only to plummet into a mountainous area near Mount Takamagahara to the northwest of the city. Twelve minutes after takeoff, the plane suffered explosive decompression, which in turn led to the craft losing its rudder as well as it...
This is another case of an airline disaster sparking change within the industry. On July 19, 1989, United Flight 232 left Denver en route for Chicago when the tail engine in the plane suffered a catastrophic failure. To make matters worse, the plane’s hydraulic lines were also severed as a result. The combination of these factors resulted in the pi...
The trouble began for China Airlines Flight 140 when, just before the flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan was due to land in Nagoya in Japan, the First Officer onboard the flight accidentally activated the Takeoff/Go-around button. This changed the throttle position, causing problems for the Airbus A300B4-622R. The pilots tr...
More than 15 years after Air India Flight 855, another midair collision between planes resulted in the worst aviation disaster in Indian aviation history. It also unfortunately stands as the worst midair collision in world aviation history with 349 passengers on both Boeing 747s perishing. The collision involved Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 and ...
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Feb 5, 2024 · When the panel, known as a door plug, blew off the Alaska Airlines plane, Boeing had not yet fully recovered from its last crisis: the Max 8 crashes that killed nearly 350 people in Indonesia...
Jan 18, 2023 · Jan 18, 2023. On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 planes, operated by Pan Am and by KLM, respectively, collided at the Tenerife North Airport. This became the deadliest airplane accident, with 583...
Apr 25, 2017 · On May 25, 1979, disaster struck the Los Angeles-bound American Airlines Flight 191, killing all of the passengers on board. The incident occurred soon after take-off from Chicago's O’Hare International Airport. At that time, the left engine of the plane fell off, causing it to roll over and plummet to the ground.
