Air India plane crashes, killing at least 160 peopleBy Mark MagnierLos Angeles Times
NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Indian Navy plane crashed soon after taking off from a naval airport in the southern Indian state of Kerala Tuesday. The incident took place in Willingdon Island near the city of Kochi this morning. "A remotely piloted aircraft Searcher on a routine surve...
29 August 1970; Indian Airlines F27; near Silchar, India:The aircraft crashed into high ground shortly after takeoff. All five crew members and 34 passengers were killed. 9 December 1971; Indian Airlines HS748; near Chinnamanur, India:The aircraft was on descent into Madurai when it crashed...
Other Ethiopian Airlines crashes 19 October 1988; Indian Airlines 737-200; Ahmedabad, India: The aircraft hit an electric mast five miles (eight km)out on approach in poor visibility. All six crew members and 124 of 129 passengers were killed. 8 January 1989; British Midland Airways 737-400...
Private Plane Crashes in Crowded Mumbai Area; 5 People Dead More The Associated Press Rescuers stand amid the wreckage of a private chartered plane that crashed in Ghatkopar area, Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 28, 2018. The plane hit an open area at a construction site for a multistory...
A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed 40 kilometers from the city of Kavala in northern Greece late on Saturday, killing the crew members on board and spreading "dangerous materials" across the crash site. ...
"I saw that, and I was shocked," Diwas Bohora told The Associated Press. "I thought that today everything will be finished here after it crashes, I will also be dead." He said the ground shook violently and flames shot up from the scene of the crash not far from where he stood. ...
Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2017 shows the site of an army plane crash in Wanna district of northwest Pakistan's South Waziristan, on Oct. 13, 2017. One pilot and two officers were injured when a trainer plane of the Pakistani army crashed in the country's northwestern tribal area of Sout...
Having said all that, here are the 25 worst aviation disasters and plane crashes in history. 25 Lauda Air Flight 004 - 223 dead On 26 May 1991 flight 004 from Bangkok to Vienna broke up in the air near the Burma-Thailand border after the thrust reverser on the left wing fired. ...
El AL plane crashes 1 January 1978; Air India 747-200; Bombay, India: The plane crashed in the sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 190 passengers and 23 crew. Flight International magazine states that this accident was due to a failure of an attitude detector. Air India plane crashes ...