| Top 10 Deadliest World Aviation Crashes |
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| Rank |
Date |
Location |
Country |
Operator |
Fatalities |
| 1 |
Mar. 27, 1977 |
Tenerife |
Spain |
Pan Am, KLM |
583 |
| 2 |
Aug. 12, 1985 |
Mt. Osutaka |
Japan |
JAL |
520 |
| 3 |
Mar. 3, 1974 |
Ermenonville |
France |
Turkish Airlines |
346 |
| 4 |
Jun. 23, 1985 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Air India |
329 |
| 5 |
Nov. 12, 1996 |
New Delhi |
India |
Saudi Arabian Airlines, Kazakhstan Airlines |
312 |
| 6 |
Aug. 19, 1980 |
Riyahd |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabian Airlines |
301 |
| 7 |
Jul. 17, 2014 |
Shakhtarsk |
Ukraine |
Malaysia Airlines |
298 |
| 8 |
Jul. 3, 1988 |
Persian Gulf |
Iran |
Iran Air |
290 |
| 9 |
Feb. 19, 2003 |
Kerman |
Iran |
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
275 |
| 10 |
May 25, 1979 |
Chicago |
U.S. |
American Airlines |
273 |
Source: Copyright B3A – Ronan HUBERT – Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. |
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