Worst Crashes
Major air disasters around the world:
Sept. 2, 1998: Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York’s Kennedy Airport to Geneva, crashed in the water off Nova Scotia, killing 229 passengers and crew members.
Nov. 12, 1996: Saudi 747 collided shortly after takeoff with a Kazak Ilyuskhin-76 making its landing approach near New Delhi, India, killing 349.
July 17, 1996: TWA Flight 800, en route to Paris, exploded shortly after takeoff from Kennedy and killed all 230 people on board.
Dec. 21, 1988: Pan Am 747 crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland, after the explosion of a terrorist bomb. It killed 270 people, including 11 on the ground.
July 3, 1988: Iran Air A300 Airbus shot down by U.S. Navy ship Vincennes over the Persian Gulf; 290 killed.
Aug. 12, 1985: Japan Air Lines 747 crashes into a mountain on a domestic flight; 520 killed.
June 23,1985: Air India 747 crashes off the coast of Ireland; investigators conclude a bomb caused the crash; 329 killed.
Sept. 1, 1983: Korean Air Lines 747 shot down by a Soviet fighter after flying through Soviet airspace near Sakhalin Island; 269 killed.
Aug. 19, 1980: Fiery emergency landing of a Saudi Arabian Lockheed L-1011 at the Saudi captial of Riyadh; 301 killed.
Source: Associated Press
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