Statistics for Worst Airline Disasters in History by Airlines Involved

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  • The average score is 10 of 17

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RankDateLocationDeaths/Souls OnboardAircraft(s) InvolvedAirline(s) InvolvedNotes% Correct
1March 27, 1977Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain248/248Boeing 747-206BKLM Flight 4805Involved in a collision with aircraft below. 583 total deaths.
87%
2August 12, 1985Ueno, Japan520/524Boeing 747SR-146Japan Airlines Flight 123
85%
6July 17, 2014Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine298/298Boeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines Flight 17Accidental airliner shootdown by pro-Russian rebels.
85%
15March 8, 2014Southern Indian Ocean (Presumed)239/239Boeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines Flight 370Ongoing search effort, vanished during flight
85%
335/396Boeing 747-121Pan-Am Flight 1736
84%
8May 25, 1979Des Planes, Illinois, United States273/273McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10American Airlines Flight 191
78%
10November 12, 2001Queens, New York, United States260/260Airbus A300B4-605RAmerican Airlines Flight 587
78%
5August 19, 1980Riyadh, Saudi Arabia301/301Lockheed L-1011-200 TristarSaudia Flight 163
66%
3November 12, 1996Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India312/312Boeing 747-168BSaudi Arabian Flight 763Involved in a midair collision with aircraft below. 349 total deaths.
66%
9September 1, 1983Near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union269/269Boeing 747-230BKorean Air Flight 007Accidental airliner shootdown by Soviet military
52%
7July 3, 1988Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf290/290Airbus A300B2-203Iran Air Flight 655Accidental airliner shootdown by US Marines.
47%
4March 3, 1974Fontaine-Chaalis, France346/346McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10Turkish Airlines Flight 981
46%
13November 28, 1979Mount Erebus, Antarctica257/257McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30Air New Zealand Flight 901
40%
11April 26, 1994Nagoya, Japan264/271Airbus A300B4-622RChina Airlines Flight 140
40%
37/37Illyushin Il-76TDKazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907
26%
12July 11, 1991Jeddah, Saudi Arabia261/261Douglas DC-8-61Nigeria Airways Flight 2120Charter flight operated by Nationair
22%
14December 12, 1985Gander, Newfoundland, Canada256/256McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CFArrow Air Flight 1285
18%

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