Top 5 worst air disasters in history

These are the top 5 worst plane wrecks of all time.

#1? well you may have guessed this one.

#1 9/11 terrorist hijacking. The known casualty count is at almost 3000 people here that were killed either in the plane or on the ground – 2907 dead from known reports

Date:	September 11, 2001
Location:	New York, NY New York, NY Arlington, Virginia Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Aircraft:	Boeing 767-223ER Boeing B-767-222 Boeing B-757-223 Boeing B-757-222
Reg:	N334AA N612UA N644AA N591UA
Airline:	American Airlines United Airlines American Airlines United Airlines
Flight No:	11 175 77 93
Fatalities:	265 : 265 +2583

American Airlines, Flight 11, a Boeing 767, Boston to Los Angeles, hits the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th.

United Airlines, Flight 175, a Boeing 767, on a scheduled flight from Boston to Los Angeles, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

American Airlines, Flight 77, a Boeing 757, Washington D.C. to Los Angeles, moments after crashing into the Pentagon.

Wreckage of United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757, Newark to San Francisco, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

#2 Pan Am B747 in 1977 Tenerife, Canary Islands – 583 dead

The remains of a Pan Am B747 (top) and KLM B747 (bottom) in Tenerife, Canary Islands in the second worst aviation disaster in history, which killed a total of 583 people. The KLM 747 collided with a Pan Am 747 after the captain of the KLM plane started his takeoff roll without clearance.

#3

Date:	August 12, 1985
Location:	Mt. Osutaka, near Ueno Village, Japan
Aircraft:	Boeing B-747-SR46
Reg:	JA8119
Airline:	Japan Air Lines
Flight No:	123
Fatalities:	524 : 520

The wreckage of a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 that crashed on Mt. Osutaka, Japan. Five-hundred twenty people out of 524 aboard were killed. Improper repairs by Boeing after a tail strike 7 years earlier, led to a rupture of the pressure bulkhead and loss of all controls.

#4

Date:	November 12, 1996
Location:	Near Charkhidadri, India
Aircraft:	Boeing B-747-168B / Ilyushin IL-76TD
Reg:	HZ-AIH / UN-76435
Airline:	Saudi Arabian Airlines / Kazastan Airlines
Flight No:	763 / 1907
Fatalities:	349 : 349

The remains of a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 after a midair collision with a Kazastan Airlines Ilyushin 76 over New Delhi, India resulting in the loss of 349 lives. Reports vary but a misunderstanding of directions between the ATC and the Ilyushin 76 plane seems to have led to the accident.

#5

Date:	March 03, 1974
Location:	Near Ermenonville, France
Aircraft:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Reg:	TC-JAV
Airline:	Turkish Airlines
Flight No:	981
Fatalities:	346 : 346

Not many pieces of wreckage larger than 3 feet long could be found after a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed into a forest at a high rate of speed at Ermenonville, France. A defective latching mechanism on the cargo door caused it to fail in flight resulting in decompression and loss of all hydraulic control

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