Thursday, December 25, 2014

TOP 10 DEADLIEST AIRLINE DISASTERS IN AVIATION HISTORY

THESE ARE THE TOP 10 DEADLIEST AIR CRASH ACCIDENT IN AVIATION HISTORY 2014



10. AIR AFRICA AIRCRASH


                                     
                                                   Air Africa Antonov An-32B

 this incident happens  on (8th January, 1996) overshot the runway having failed to takeoff at N'DOLO AIRPORT, crashing into kinshasa's simbazikita street market killing 237 people on the ground.

9. KOREAN AIR LINES FLIGHT 007


                                                   Korean airlines Boeing 747
                                             
this incident takes place on (1st September, (1983) inadvertently trespassed into soviet airspace due to pilot error, and was struck by 2 missiles fired from a soviet fighter jet shortly afterwards fatally crippling the Boeing 747, killing 269 passengers and crew members onboard.

8. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 191

                                                       American airlines DC-10

 this happens on the (25 may,1979) left engine detached during takeoff due to improper maintenance causing the pilots to loss control over their aircraft, crashing into an open field 1.4 km from the end of the runway killing 2 on the ground along with all 271 people onboard the aircraft.

7. IRAN ILYUSHIN IL-76 CRASH
                                                 IRAN ILYUSHIN  IL-76

this takes place on the (19 February, 2003) commenced its descent in poor weather conditions slamming into mountainous terrain due to pilot error killing all 275 people onboard.

6. IRAN AIR FLIGHT 655

                                                                     IRAN AIR

 this incident happens on the (3rd July,1988) shot down by U.S. NAVY having been mistaken for an Iranian F-14 fighter jet, killing all 290 innocent people onboard.

5. SAUDIA FLIGHT 163
                                                                Saudia flight 163

 this takes place on the (19 August, 1980) an inflight fire in the cargo hold caused thick smoke to pour into cabin full of passengers as a result of pilot error despite the captain performing a successful emergency landing at RIYADH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, none of the 301 passengers and crew made it out alive.

4. TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHT 981

                                                Turkish airline flight 981

 this takes place on the (3rd march,1974) cargo door blew off in mid-flight taking a chunk of the cabin floor with it causing an explosive decompression in the cabin and severed all hydraulic line, which lead to a complete loss of control over the aircraft ploughing into a forest outside paris,france killing all 346 people onboard.

3. SAUDIA FLIGHT 763 AND KAZAKHSTANAIRLINES
                                                       Saudia and Kazakhstan 

this occurred on the (12 November,1996) saudi Arabian airline collided in mid-air due to pilot error on the Kazakhstan airlines aircraft causing both planes spiraling towards the ground in flames, crashing around 97 km west of NEW DELHI INDIA, a few kilometers apart from one another killing 349 people on both planes.

2. JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 123
                                                             JAL 123

the occurred on the (12th august, 1985) involved in a tail strike incident in 1978. the damage was impurely repaired, causing the bulkhead to give way 7 years later, blowing a huge section of the vertical stabilizer off, severing all hydraulic lines. making the huge Boeing 747 uncontrollable, slamming into a mountain ridge after 32 minutes of astonishing flying from the pilot, killing 520 of the 524 passengers and crew onboard leaving only 4 lucky survivors. 

1.TENERIFE AIRORT DISASTER 


                                                     PAN AM and KLM

the occurred on the (27 march,1977) PAN AM FLIGHT 1236 AND KLM 4805 collided on the runway at Los rodeos  airport due to pilot error as a result of heavy fog and communication problems between the crew and the air traffic controller. taking the lives of 585 people on both aircraft 




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