The ten deadliest aviation accidents in history, Tenerife air crash, killed 583 people.

People are eager to fly freely in the sky like birds, so they invented airplanes to help people realize their dreams. As a popular means of transportation, airplanes fly all over the world every day, and it is inevitable to encounter some airplane accidents. The following are the top ten deadliest air crashes in the world in history. This list does not include deliberate aviation disasters such as 9/ 1 1 terrorist attacks.

10. Nigerian airlines flight 2 120 crashed.

1991July1kloc-0/day, a Douglas DC-8 plane flying from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to sokoto crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 26/kloc-0 people on board. The accident was caused by a fire shortly after take-off, and the fire was caused by overheating of the tire with insufficient inflation.

9. Nagoya air crash

On April 26th, 1994, an Airbus flight A300B4-622R from Taipei, Taiwan Province Province to Nagoya crashed before landing. When the accident happened, just before the plane landed, the co-pilot mistakenly set the plane to' go around', causing the plane to stall and crash. In the end, 264 passengers died and only 7 survived.

8. American Airlines Flight 587 crashed.

2001165438+1October 12 An Airbus A300-600 flying from JFK Airport in new york to Dominica crashed shortly after takeoff. The plane crashed in the residential area of Bell Harbor, Queens, and 265 people were killed in the accident, which was caused by the co-pilot error.

7. The air crash of American Airlines 19 1 flight.

On May 25th, 1979, the flight 19 1 from Chicago to Los Angeles crashed shortly after take-off. All 27/kloc-0 people on board were killed, and two others were killed on the ground, resulting in 273 deaths. This is the worst accidental air crash in America.

6. The Iranian Air Force Il -76 crashed.

On February 19, 2003, an Il -76 aircraft of the Iranian Air Force crashed in the mountains near Kerman, Iran. All 275 people on board were killed. The cause of the accident was the pilot's operational error in bad weather.

5. The plane crash of Saudi Arabian Airlines 163.

On August 9th, 1980, Saudi Arabian domestic flight 163 flew from Riyadh to Jeddah, and a fire broke out in the engine room. The pilot turned around and landed safely, but there was no emergency evacuation because there was no obvious external fire and emergency. Finally, nearly 30 minutes after the plane returned to the airport, the plane suddenly caught fire, killing all the people on board, and the accident was 30 1 person.

4. Turkish Airlines flight 98 1 crashed.

1974 On March 3, a McDonnell Douglas DC- 10 plane crashed in the suburbs of Paris, killing all 346 people on board. The cause of the plane crash was that a latch was not firm and the cargo door was broken, which triggered a series of events and eventually ended in a crash.

3. Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 crashed.

1996165438+1October 12, two planes collided in mid-air over India, killing all 349 people on both planes. The pilot's mistake was the cause of the accident.

2.JAL 123 air crash.

1On August 2nd, 985, a Boeing 747SR plane flying from Tokyo to Osaka had a mechanical failure and crashed on a plateau mountain. The accident killed 520 people, and only four women miraculously survived.

1. Tenerife Island air crash

1on March 27th, 977, two Boeing 747s collided at the runway of Los Rhodes Airport in Tenerife Island, killing 583 people, and only 6/kloc-0 people survived from the plane, which was the deadliest air crash in history.