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Worst Airline Disasters in History by Airlines Involved - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 326 times
- The average score is 10 of 17
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| Rank | Date | Location | Deaths/Souls Onboard | Aircraft(s) Involved | Airline(s) Involved | Notes | % Correct |
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| 1 | March 27, 1977 | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | 248/248 | Boeing 747-206B | KLM Flight 4805 | Involved in a collision with aircraft below. 583 total deaths. | 86%
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| 2 | August 12, 1985 | Ueno, Japan | 520/524 | Boeing 747SR-146 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | 85%
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| 335/396 | Boeing 747-121 | Pan-Am Flight 1736 | 84%
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| 6 | July 17, 2014 | Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | 298/298 | Boeing 777-200ER | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | Accidental airliner shootdown by pro-Russian rebels. | 81%
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| 15 | March 8, 2014 | Southern Indian Ocean (Presumed) | 239/239 | Boeing 777-200ER | Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 | Ongoing search effort, vanished during flight | 81%
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| 8 | May 25, 1979 | Des Planes, Illinois, United States | 273/273 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | American Airlines Flight 191 | 78%
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| 10 | November 12, 2001 | Queens, New York, United States | 260/260 | Airbus A300B4-605R | American Airlines Flight 587 | 78%
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| 5 | August 19, 1980 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 301/301 | Lockheed L-1011-200 Tristar | Saudia Flight 163 | 65%
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| 3 | November 12, 1996 | Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India | 312/312 | Boeing 747-168B | Saudi Arabian Flight 763 | Involved in a midair collision with aircraft below. 349 total deaths. | 65%
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| 9 | September 1, 1983 | Near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union | 269/269 | Boeing 747-230B | Korean Air Flight 007 | Accidental airliner shootdown by Soviet military | 51%
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| 7 | July 3, 1988 | Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf | 290/290 | Airbus A300B2-203 | Iran Air Flight 655 | Accidental airliner shootdown by US Marines. | 46%
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| 4 | March 3, 1974 | Fontaine-Chaalis, France | 346/346 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 | 46%
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| 13 | November 28, 1979 | Mount Erebus, Antarctica | 257/257 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Air New Zealand Flight 901 | 42%
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| 11 | April 26, 1994 | Nagoya, Japan | 264/271 | Airbus A300B4-622R | China Airlines Flight 140 | 40%
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| 37/37 | Illyushin Il-76TD | Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 | 27%
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| 12 | July 11, 1991 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 261/261 | Douglas DC-8-61 | Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 | Charter flight operated by Nationair | 24%
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| 14 | December 12, 1985 | Gander, Newfoundland, Canada | 256/256 | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF | Arrow Air Flight 1285 | 19%
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