Air Disasters timeline
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Air Africa Plane Crashes into Street Market
On 6 January 1996 an overloaded Air Africa or African Air Antonov An-32B jet leased from Moscow Airways destined for Kahemba Airport failed to... Read more
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Birgenair Flight 301 Crashes into Carribean after Autopilot Failure
Birgenair Flight 301 was a Puerto Plata-Gander-Berlin-Frankfurt flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales ("National... Read more
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Crash of Faucett Flight 251 Kills 123 in Peru
Faucett Flight 251 was a flight that crashed on February 29, 1996, while on approach to Rodriguez Ballon Airport in Arequipa, Peru. The airplane... Read more
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In-Flight Fire to Blame for ValuJet Flight 592 Crash
The 27-year-old DC-9 aircraft used on this route was previously owned by Delta Air Lines. Flight 592 took off after a delay of 1 hour and 4 minutes... Read more
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TWA Flight 800 Explodes in Mid-air
On the day of the crash the airplane departed Athens, Greece, as TWA Flight 881, and arrived at the gate at JFK about 4:38 PM. Upon arrival at JFK,... Read more
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Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Air Kazakhstan Flight 1907 Collide in Mid-Air
The 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision occurred on 12 November 1996 when Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 (SVA 763), a Boeing 747-168B en route... Read more
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is Hijacked
''I pushed back my trolley and told the other girl to stop serving drinks,'' she said today. ''The terrorists said for everyone to be seated. They... Read more
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Korean Air Flight 801 Crashes into Nimitz Hill on Guam
Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) crashed on August 6, 1997 on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam (a United States... Read more
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Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 Crashes in Low Visibility
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152, GIA152) was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan Sumatra operated by state... Read more
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SilkAir Flight 185 Crash
Eighteen months after the crash of a Silk Air jet in Indonesia, families of the 103 passengers and crew who died are still waiting for an official... Read more
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China Airlines Flight 676 Crashes into Taiwanese Residential Neighborhood
China Airlines Flight 676 (CAL676, CI676) crashed into a road and residential area near Taoyuan County's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport,... Read more
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In-Flight Fire Causes Pilots to Lose Control on Swissair Flight 111
Swissair Flight 111 (SR-111, SWR-111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International... Read more
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Crash of Thai Airways Flight 261
Thai Flight 261 left Bangkok at 17:40 for a 1:55min flight to Surat Thani. Weather in the Surat Thani area was poor with limited visibility and... Read more
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EgyptAir Flight 990 Crash
EgyptAir Flight 990 (MSR990) was a regularly-scheduled Los Angeles-New York-Cairo flight. On October 31, 1999, at around 01:50 EST, Flight 990... Read more
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Avjet Aspen Crash
The 2001 Avjet Aspen crash occurred on March 29, 2001 when a chartered Avjet Corporation Gulfstream III business jet, registration N303GA, crashed... Read more
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American Airlines Flight 77 Crashes into Pentagon
American Airlines Flight 77 was the third flight hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks, and it was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon.... Read more
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260 Die in Belle Harbor Plane Crash
It's clear that the plane did come down very much in a straight level, which was horrible for that particular site, but minimized what could have... Read more
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China Airlines Flight 611 Breaks Apart in Mid-Air
China Airlines Flight 611 was a Boeing 747 on a regular scheduled flight from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taoyuan to Chek Lap Kok... Read more
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during... Read more
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Passengers of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Die in Plane Crash
The 284 members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and 18 crew members on the plane were confirmed dead -- making the crash Iran's worst ever... Read more
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Pulkovo Aviation Flight 612 Crash
A Russian airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine yesterday killing all 170 passengers and crew on board was probably struck by lightning as it... Read more
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Comair Flight 5191 Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board said the evidence so far shows that the Comair jet that crashed on takeoff in Kentucky Sunday morning took... Read more
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Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
The crash killed all 154 people on the airliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes. The business jet, manufactured by... Read more
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Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 Crashes
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200) was the scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-497 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta... Read more
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Kenya Airways Flight 507 Crashes, Killing 114
A Kenya Airways plane that crashed after takeoff in Cameroon with 114 people on board is largely submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of... Read more