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Wreckage of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single aircraft crash in history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 – Flight 123 was flying over Japan when part of its vertical stabilizer detached, causing some hydraulic loss which led to losing control. Flight crews tried to recover the plane and head back to Tokyo, but it was too late.
The deliberate crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001 constitute, by a large margin, the deadliest aircraft disaster by number of victims on the ground, with a total of approximately 2,600 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and ...
The crew's decision to not activate the deicing boots because of their unwarranted fear of ice bridging caused the aircraft to crash. November 19, 1996 14 0 0 United Express Flight 5925: Gilmer Township: Illinois: Beechcraft 1900C: The aircraft collided with a private aircraft on the runway, killing all aboard both aircraft. July 17, 1996 230 0 0
The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A), [53] formerly known as the Aircraft Crashes Record Office (ACRO), a non-government organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, compiles statistics on aviation accidents of aircraft capable of carrying more than six passengers, excluding helicopters, balloons, and combat aircraft. ACRO only ...
When including ground fatalities, American Airlines holds this distinction, with the 2001 crashes of Flight 11 and Flight 77 on 11 September, and Flight 587 on 12 November, with a combined total of approximately 2,000 deaths, including 416 people on the three aircraft. [4] The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11 ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The plane slammed into an Aeroflot Ilyushin 86 aircraft, destroying the aircraft. There were no passengers on either aircraft during the crash. All 4 crew members died, along with 5 people on the ground. [47] December 21, 1994 – Air Algérie Flight 702P, a 737-200C on behalf of Phoenix Aviation crashed in Coventry, England, UK. All 5 crew ...
August 2, 1985: Delta Air Lines Flight 191, operating a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, on a Fort Lauderdale–Dallas/Fort Worth- Los Angeles route, suffered a severe microburst-induced wind shear which caused the plane to crash. 134 out of 163 on board were killed (2 survivors died more than 30 days after the accident) and one person on the ground in ...