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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