Every 2-3 seconds, someone lands or takes off. Some are happy about this, others are afraid. Is it worth giving in to fear? The answer will be provided by statistics: how often planes fall, where it happens and how likely it is to fall.
Every day about 100 thousand planes soar into the sky, and, oddly enough, the same number successfully land. Aircraft carry about 4.5 billion people annually, which is more than half of the world's population. How many of them do you think contribute to the statistics of fatalities in plane crashes? No more than 1000 per year. The ratio is impressive, isn't it?
For all the time of existence civil aviation(almost 100 years), less than 150 thousand people died. This is less than the deaths in a month in road accidents around the world.
How many planes fall per year
According to Wikipedia, over the past 6 years, 107 fatal plane crashes have occurred in the world, in which 3,245 people died. This is about 540 victims per year. It is important to clarify that the statistics take into account both commercial airliners and private small planes, and the number of victims is indicated taking into account those who died on the ground. That is, if a falling plane rammed a bus with 10 passengers, then they are also taken into account in the statistics. Therefore, the real numbers of plane crashes of passenger planes are much less.
2010 year: 14 accidents in which 792 people died. The largest tragedy was the unsuccessful landing of an Indian low-cost airline on a Boeing 737 (158 victims) and the fall of the Polish Tu-154 near Smolensk (96 victims).
2011 passed without loud aircraft crashes. The largest number of victims (77 people) was in the Iranian Boeing 727, which failed to land due to poor weather conditions. In total, 45 plane crashes were recorded, in which 552 people died. As is clear from the statistics, these were mainly light aircraft with no more than 10 people on board.
year 2012: 23 accidents, 315 dead. The worst case is the fall of the Pakistani Boeing 737, which killed all on board (127 people).
year 2013 was relatively calm: only 5 aircraft accidents, the total number of victims - 128 people. 50 of them were killed in a Boeing 737 that crashed near Kazan.
year 2014 badly spoiled the statistics for airlines: 15 accidents, with a total number of victims - 980 people. The most large-scale incident was the Boeing 777 shot down over Ukraine, with 298 people on board.
2015 year claimed 478 lives in just 5 plane crashes. The loudest is the Russian Airbus A321 that fell over as a result of the terrorist attack, which killed 224 people.
2016 year I remember the crash of the TU-154 of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which killed 100 people (92 passengers and 8 crew members. In total, over 12 months, air transport caused the death of 389 people.
2017 year went down in history as the safest in the history of civil aviation. In just 12 months, 67 people died.
2018 year started with a crash passenger aircraft An-148 in the suburbs. 71 people died. In the following months, there were a number of major passenger accidents. Over the past 10 years, 2018 has become the most massive year in terms of the number of victims - 773 people are listed among the dead.
2019 year I remember the unsuccessful landing at Sheremetyevo of the Sukhoi Superjet aircraft, as a result of the fire 41 passengers died. And in the largest plane crash of this year near Addis Ababa, 157 people died. The problem arose on board 6 minutes after take-off. The result of 2019 was 261 victims in the plane crash.
2020 year began with a tragedy. During new year holidays the plane crashed immediately after takeoff en route from Tehran to Kiev. The reason for the fall was called an Iranian air defense missile accidentally fired at the plane. All passengers and crew members were killed - 176 people.
In which country do planes crash more often?
If we take into account exclusively passenger air transportation, then the pronounced “ Bermuda Triangle", In which planes fall most often, no. But if you take the statistics for all air transport, the result will be somewhat unexpected.
For the same 6 years, most of the plane crashes happened ... in Russia - 41, the number of deaths - 559 people. During the same period, 11 aircraft accidents occurred in the United States. It is interesting to note that the latter was back in 2013. Next comes Ukraine (7 disasters), Congo (6) and Germany (4, all in 2010).
Overall, the numbers are very encouraging. Having learned how often planes crash according to statistics, we hope you will feel more confident in flight.
The history of air travel has more than one hundred major disasters. Such accidents, although rare, are usually fatal. The most terrible plane crash to date claimed the lives of almost six hundred people.
The most famous plane crashes
As you know, even a minor mistake made while operating an airliner can lead to its crash. It is the human factor that often becomes the cause of most catastrophes. Today, large-capacity aircraft are flying into the sky, and because of this, catastrophes are becoming more and more large-scale. Here are some of the most famous major plane crashes. 
Japan Airlines Flight 123
Five hundred and twenty people were killed in the 1985 crash of a Boeing 747 belonging to Japan Airlines. He was supposed to fly from Tokyo to Osaka. After twelve minutes of the flight, technical problems made themselves felt. 
After the Boeing's keel came off, the team continued to fly the plane for thirty-two minutes, trying to stabilize the condition of the airliner. However, it got out of control and crashed into mountain range... It is known that four passengers survived.
Catastrophe over India (Charkhi-Dadri)
Three hundred forty-nine casualties - this is the result of a collision in the air between a Boeing 747-100V and an Il-76 aircraft. The disaster took place just sixty kilometers from Delhi. The Il-76, owned by Kazakh Airlines, dropped from fifteen to fourteen thousand feet without receiving permission. As a result, he rammed the stabilizer and the Boeing's left wing. 
No one survived this terrible accident. Boeing disintegrated in the air after the collision, Il remained "whole", but lost control.
Plane crash in Ermenonville
In France, the largest is considered to be the plane crash that occurred in 1974. Flight 981 Turkish Airlines... The plane was supposed to fly from Istanbul to Paris, and then fly to London. After taking off from the airport in Paris, there was a sharp decompression of the cabin. This happened due to a poorly fixed cargo hatch, which, unable to withstand the load, opened. The control systems were damaged. 
Just seventy-two seconds after the incident, the plane crashed. Three hundred and forty-six people fell victim to the Ermenonville disaster.
Accident of L-1011
The Saudi plane, which stopped in Riyadh, was heading for its destination - Jeddah. After seven minutes of flight, a fire broke out in the cargo hold. The team decided to return to Riyadh. 
The airliner managed to land, but for unknown reasons did not turn off the engines, but continued moving, stopping much further than the firefighters who were waiting for him. They did not dare to approach the board. Twenty-three minutes later, the plane was completely engulfed in fire. All those inside, and this is three hundred and one people, were burned or died from suffocation.
Flight IR655
In the summer of 1988, over the Persian Gulf in airspace Iran was shot down by an Airbus A300. He flew from Tehran to Dubai. The American military cruiser Vincennes incorrectly identified him, which is why he shot him down using surface-to-air missiles. 
America did not admit its guilt, and no apologies were made to the families of the two hundred and ninety victims. Nevertheless, the US authorities paid compensation in the amount of nearly sixty-two million dollars.
American Airlines Flight 191
In the history of American air travel, the largest in terms of the number of victims and the most famous is the disaster that occurred in 1979. The plane flew from Chicago to Los Angeles. After takeoff, one of the engines failed, which was the result of poor maintenance of the airliner. As a result, the engine came off, damaging the wing - the airliner crashed near the runway. Two hundred seventy-three people were killed. 
Plane crash near Donetsk
On July 17, 2014 near Donetsk there was a terrible plane crash of the Malaysian Boeing - 777. The plane made a flight from Amsterdam to the city of Kuala Lumpur. 
Its crash happened over Donetsk. Almost three hundred people were killed. As you know, Boeing got into a zone of active hostilities and was shot down.
The results of the investigation are due to be released in 2018.
Accident of A321 over the Sinai Peninsula
On October 31, 2015 the airliner Airbus A321-231, which performed chartered flight en route Sharm-el-Sheikh-Saint Petersburg, disappeared from radar 23 minutes after takeoff. The wreckage of the plane was found near the city of Nehel. The tragedy claimed the lives of 224 people - 7 crew members, 192 adult passengers and 25 children were killed. 
Among those who returned after the rest was a little ten-month-old girl - Darina Gromova. A photograph of her at the Pulkovo airport, which her mother posted in social network with the inscription "Main Passenger", became a symbol of the plane crash and was replicated by many media. The A321 crash became the most massive death of Russian citizens in the entire history of world aviation.
The worst plane crash to date The most terrible, unexpected and even ridiculous plane crash that occurred in 1977 is considered. She claimed the lives of nearly six hundred people.
At the airport in Tenerife in 1977, two large airliners collided during takeoff. We are talking about Boeing - 747, owned by the Dutch and American airlines. They ended up in Tenerife by accident. Airports were redirected there because of the terrorist attack on the eve of the terrorist attack in Gran Canaria.
The Boeings were moving along the taxiway towards each other and did not manage to get away from the collision. Five hundred and eighty-three people died in that disaster. Only sixty-one passengers managed to survive.
According to the website, the fastest planes in the world were taken out of service precisely because of the frequent emergency situations with them.
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About a year ago I wrote a post on my Facebook on this topic (www.facebook.com), I will copy it here:
When discussing the topic of plane crashes or air accidents, I periodically hear the opinion that in Soviet times, passenger air travel was extremely safe, and then the USSR collapsed, chaos began in aviation, and flight safety dropped sharply. Since I am very interested in aviation, I have long wanted to test this hypothesis and compare the safety of air transportation in the USSR / Russia in different years, and take the United States as a starting point. Now hands have finally gotten to this lesson.
For this exercise we need: datasets (two pieces); time (120 min.); Stat (1 pc.); Excel (1 pc.); and most importantly, sleight of hand (dexterity - 1 piece, hands - preferably 2 pieces) and no fraud. So, we do the following:
We take here (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR/countries/US?display=default) data on the number of passengers in the United States in 1971 - 2014 and Russia in 1991 - 2014. https://skorobutov.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/history-airoflot-part-2-3-1973-1983/) data for the USSR for 1976 and from here (https://skorobutov.wordpress.com/ 2013/10/21 / history-aeroflot-part-5-1983-1993 /) - for 1990; using two points, we construct a linear interpolation for the USSR since 1971 (not an ideal assumption, of course, but I could not find better data for the USSR).
We take here (http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/) data on all aircraft accidents for Russia / USSR and the USA since 1971.
Note: unfortunately there is sorting by countries goes based on where the plane crash occurred, not based on which country the plane belongs to. So, for example, there is no Tu-154 crash over Donetsk in 2006. But, again, I have no other data, and manually sorting crashes is too long and boring.
Note 2 (I will take it from the comments): data on plane crashes in Russia / USSR from this site include only accidents in the territory modern Russia... At first I did not take this into account, and then I did not have time to redo all the data, but the largest (from about 20 dead) air crashes in the territory of the Union republics I took into account manually. Remaining plane crashes with relatively few fatalities are unlikely to change the big picture; in addition, the underestimation of catastrophes leads to an overestimation, not an underestimation, of the level of security in the USSR.
We clean the data. Will take into account only those killed on board the aircraft, but not on the ground (you can take into account all of them; I do not think that this will greatly change anything); remove all missing and zero victim values; delete the "criminal" categories (H1 and H2, C1 and C2 - terrorist attacks, hijackings, seizures, etc., since they have nothing to do directly with flight safety); if possible, we remove private and military (for the USSR / Russia: Soviet AF, Polish AF, Russian AF, Soviet Navy; for the USA: USMC, US Army, US Coast Guard, USAF, US Navy, Mexican AF, Mali AF ) operators. For the USSR, I also deleted the plane crash of the Japanese JALs for the sake of clarity; for the United States, I did not begin to clean further, since there are a lot of airlines.
Since there are still many light aircraft crashes (not private, but some kind of "Horns and Hooves"), we delete all plane crashes with the number of victims less than 5 (again, not ideal, but at least this way).
We group the data by five-year intervals: 1971 - 1975, 1976 - 1980, ..., 2006 - 2010, 2011 - 2014 (there is no data on the number of passengers for 2015).
Divide the number of fatalities in plane crashes by the number of passengers (in millions). We draw the whole thing on a graph (at the same time we add separate graphs with the number of passengers and the number of deaths).
Now some observations:
a) While the air transportation industry was growing in the United States and in the world, in Russia after the collapse of the USSR it collapsed and never recovered to the Soviet level (and this decline cannot be explained simply by a decrease in territory or population decline caused by the collapse of the USSR).
b) Soviet aviation was not distinguished by any exceptional safety: on average, it was almost four times less safe than the American one.
c) There has been tremendous progress in the safety of air travel in the United States. Modern aviation in developed countries is phenomenally safe.
d) Looking at the absolute death toll, the overall trend for Russia / USSR looks even better than for the United States, but the situation changes dramatically as soon as we take into account changes in the number of passengers.
And finally, to the answer to main question: what happens to the safety of transportation in Russia? In my opinion, the answer to this question depends on how you look at the situation from what angle. I will rely on a relative, not an absolute, death toll, as it, in my opinion, better reflects flight safety.
Note: The change in the number of passengers does not take into account the change in the seating capacity of the aircraft. Modern aircraft much more than their 40-year-old cousins, so fewer flights are required to carry the same number of passengers on the same route today. And the fewer flights, the fewer accidents, all other things being equal. At the same time, one plane crash is causing more fatalities today than in the past. In theory, these two effects more or less compensate for each other. But in any case, since route network is constantly changing, I cannot estimate the number of flights performed from my data, but I don’t have exact data on the number of flights, so I work with what I have.
On the one hand, there really was a failure in the safety of transportation in Russia in 1991 - 2010 (1996 - 2000 were a pleasant exception); the country fell back to the level of security characteristic of the USSR in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the same time, it is not entirely clear what exactly caused this failure: a sharp deterioration in the situation after the collapse of the USSR or an unexpected positive jump in security in 1986-1990 (most likely, both).
Moreover, the situation with the safety of air transportation in Russia today, although it is inferior to the USSR in the period 1986 - 1990, looks much better than in any other Soviet period.
Still, we must admit that everything looks very bad with respect to the United States: in Soviet times, the gap between the USSR and the United States was much smaller than it is now; while air travel has become much safer in the United States, nothing like this has happened in our country.
In other words, in post-Soviet Russia there was no progress in the field of aviation security, which is characteristic of developed countries, and there was even a significant deterioration in the situation compared to the late USSR, but at the same time, even the worst Russian times are comparable to individual Soviet periods. That is, it cannot be said that aviation in the USSR was very safe, and after the collapse of the USSR, something unprecedented began to happen.
Bottom line: in my opinion, the question should be raised not about how to return to the times of the USSR (because then we flew a lot and also crashed a lot), but about how to get closer to the modern USA (because there are very, very many and almost completely safe).
P.S. It would be very interesting to look at these data in the context of individual airlines, but, unfortunately, there is no such detailed data on the number of passengers. For example, Aeroflot has not had fatal accidents on passenger flights since 1994; Transaero has never had such accidents in its 24 years of existence; Siberia / S7 had only one such case (not counting the terrorist attack and the plane, which seemed to be shot down by a Ukrainian missile). There is a feeling that the leading Russian companies are now not inferior to Western ones in terms of security, but in small companies it is not clear what is happening. Only now you shouldn't take it as a call to nationalize and unite everything: it's not about the size itself, and even less about who is the owner, but about the level of training (and salary) of the pilots, what is the safety culture in the company. etc.
Undoubtedly, the conquest of airspace by man can be attributed to one of the greatest events. But to our great regret, it was during this process that many courageous testers died, who needed to test the work of the first aircraft in airspace.
Currently, air Transport is the most convenient, fast and comfortable. After all, it is on an airplane that you can quickly overcome a huge distance. But air transport, which seems so large and reliable both on the surface of the earth and in the sky, can still face numerous problems that lead to accidents. What were the most terrible plane crashes in the world, we will consider in this article, and it would be useful to give a rating. After all, a variety of factors are the cause of accidents. We will consider the largest plane crashes in the form of the TOP-10.
The number of casualties is 290. In early July 1988, an airbus belonging to the Iranian State was shot down by a cruiser of the United States of America. The tragedy took place in the Persian Gulf region. According to statistics, there were 290 people killed, including 65 minors. As the authorities of the United States of America reported, the crew of the naval vessel mistook the airbus for a military fighter, so they opened fire to kill.
Location # 9: 1980, disaster near Riyadh
In the summer of 1980, a terrible tragedy occurred in the area of the city of Riyadh. In the plane crash, neither the passengers of the plane, nor the crew members could survive. In total, she took the lives of 301 people. These people had a chance to be rescued, but the Riyadh airport service did not show dexterity and resourcefulness, which did not allow timely opening of the emergency exit from the air transport. The doors were opened, but, unfortunately, too late, since more than 20 minutes passed after landing, and this provoked an instant ignition of the cabin. The fire prevented anyone from leaving the air transport, so all people died a terrible death. Why the door did not open for so long, it was not possible to find out.
Being in the sky aboard this aircraft, a special device announced the beginning of a fire in the compartment carrying passengers' cargo. The captain of the plane made a decision to deploy air transport and land at the airport near the city of Riyadh, since the team, which did not speak a foreign language, could not independently figure out the available instructions on firefighting.
Place number 8: 1996, crash of An-32B air transport
The number of victims - 298. The Russian air transport was supposed to carry the cargo, there were crew members on board and the person responsible for transporting the goods, a citizen of Zaire. The takeoff was supposed to take place from the capital of the Congo, but during it the aircraft could not get off the ground. The runway had no fences, so the plane ended up in a market located near the runway. The damage led to a fire, followed by an explosion that killed 297 people, including everyone on board. The reason for the crash was the overloading of goods for transportation.
Place number 7: July 2014, the crash of the Boeing 777
The number of victims - 298. In the summer of 2014, a Boeing 777, owned by a Malaysian airline, flew from Amsterdam, the landing site was supposed to be - Kuala Lumpur. A downed plane was found near Donetsk, in Ukraine, where there was a confrontation. Neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian side took the blame for this crime.
Airplane with a burning engine
Place number 6: summer 1980, Boeing 747 plane crash
The number of victims - 329. The largest plane crash in the world over water occurred in the summer of 1980. Unfortunately, no one was able to escape. Both passengers and crew were victims of the crash. The tragedy befell a Boeing 747, which belonged to an Indian airline over the water Atlantic Ocean that are considered neutral. The airliner was flying "Montreal-Bombay", unexpectedly for everyone on board there was a terrible explosion. Everything happened so quickly that the team did not even have time to send a distress signal to Earth. As a result of the explosion, the air vehicle was destroyed in the sky. After the flight recorder was found, experts were able to establish that the accident was organized by terrorists. Sikh extremists claimed responsibility for the attack.
Location # 5: March 1974, DC-10 plane crash
The number of victims - 346. In the spring of 1974, a Turkish airliner, taking off from Paris airport, crashed after 6 minutes of flight. Air transport was found in the Ermenonville forest, no survivors could be found. The cause of the plane crash was the breakage of the lock in the door leading to the cargo compartment. At the time of climb, the faulty lock could not withstand the overload, during which the door opened wide open. As a result, decompression was formed, which, under the action of the blast wave, damaged the system responsible for the control of air transport. The airliner that lost control entered the so-called "dive", the fall of the plane lasted 1.5 minutes until the transport reached the surface of the earth. Unfortunately, after this tragedy, the largest plane crashes were replenished with another tragedy.
Place number 4: November 1996, the crash of two airliners - Boeing-747 and Il-76
The number of victims - 349. Air transport crashes for many reasons:
- due to technical problems;
- due to terrorist attacks;
- in case of unforeseen situations;
- due to the fault of the crew.
It was the irresponsibility of people that led to another terrible tragedy that happened in 1996, in the fall. In the area of the city of Charkhi Dadri, the Il-76 and Boeing-747 aircraft crashed, the pilots of which could not cope with the control of the airliners in the sky, due to a lack of understanding of a foreign language by the pilot who was in charge of the Il-76. A misunderstanding caused the plane to descend to an unacceptable level, leading to an inevitable collision. This largest plane crash in the world occurred due to the human factor, 349 people died during the crash. At the crash site, 4 survivors were found, but, unfortunately, they were not provided with timely assistance, so they died before reaching the nearest hospital.
Place number 3: August 1985, tragedy aboard a Boeing 747
In the summer of 1985, a tragic fate befell an airplane flying on the Tokyo-Osaka route. The air transport stayed in the sky for only 12 minutes, when the hydraulic system began to work intermittently, after the command heard a soft bang. For more than half an hour, the air crew tried to turn the airliner around and land at the nearest airport. To do this, the team tried to use all the thrust produced by the engine, as the steering system completely refused to work. But despite the tremendous efforts of the entire crew, the airliner could not be delivered to the airport, the ship crashed, crashing into a mountain called Otsutaka. The crash occurred at an altitude of 1.7 kilometers. It took the rescue teams more than 12 hours to arrive at the scene of the tragedy, but despite such a long time, they managed to find 4 surviving passengers, including two children. The death toll in this accident is 520 people.
Airliner crash site
Place number 2: March 1977, the crash of two Boeing-747
In the spring of 1977, another terrible tragedy took place, killing 583 people. It happened due to the human factor, which led to the collision of two Boeing 747s. The planes collided with each other, taking off near the airport located in the city of Los Rodeos, due to the incorrect command, which was announced by the controller of one of the airlines. This tragedy made world aviation very carefully review previously used security measures.
Place number 1: autumn 2001, a terrorist attack on board an aircraft
The largest plane crash in the world was caused by a terrorist organization that called itself "Al-Qaeda" on September 11, 2001. On a terrible September day, terrorists seized 4 air vehicles at once, with only civilians and crew on board. 2 airliners were redirected by terrorists to the world famous American towers in order to ram them. The third plane was forced to ram the Pentagon building. The terrorist organization rerouted the fourth air transport to Pennsylvania. In this state, the crash of the last civil aircraft... These major plane crashes took the lives of 2,977 people in total, and became victims of disasters.
Air transport is much safer than other modes of travel. However, the number of air crashes in the world, although less than the number of road traffic accidents, but many air incidents are much larger. Any accident can lead to both the catastrophe itself and an increase in the number of victims, if the tragedy has already happened. Incorrect actions of the crew, malfunctions on board, terrorism, adverse weather- all this can cause the accident to be included in the list of "The largest plane crashes in the world." Many of them distinguished themselves by a huge number of victims.
World plane crash statistics
Every 2-3 seconds a plane takes off or lands. Over the year, air transport carries about 4.5 billion people, and only about 1000 of them become victims of tragic accidents. The statistics of plane crashes in the world claims that in 2014, for example, there were 15 accidents in which 980 people died, in 2015 the number of accidents was only 5, accidents claimed the lives of 478 passengers and crew members.
Boeing captured by terrorists 09/11/01
In the coordinated terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, two aircraft were hijacked on domestic flights. In terms of the number of victims of the plane crash, it is precisely the flights Logan - Los Angeles and Boston - Los Angeles, which on the unfortunate day ended up in the hands of terrorists, are ahead of the world.
In total, the terrorists hijacked four planes, but another Boeing crashed into a field in Pennsylvania without reaching its target, and another crashed into the Pentagon building. The plane, which attacked the military department, caused the death of approximately 64 people from among the passengers and crew members, and another 106 people were injured on the ground. Another flight crashed into a field as a result of a fight between terrorists and crew members, together with passengers, there were 44 deaths. The target of this liner was the White House.
Flight Logan - Los Angeles terrorists sent to the south tower of the World Trade Center. Events developed in the following sequence:
- The hijackers boarded the flight at about 7:30 a.m. and was scheduled to take off at 8:00 a.m. Two terrorists were accommodated in the first class, two more took seats in the business class.
- The flight was hijacked half an hour after takeoff. The hijackers killed the commander and co-pilot, and drove the flight attendants into the front of the ship.
- The plane deviated from the course, air traffic controllers noticed the change and made an attempt to contact the pilots.
- Several passengers were able to make a call from the hijacked aircraft, providing information about the hijackers and the situation on board.
At a speed of almost 1000 km / h, the plane crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. There were 65 people on board, all of them died. About 637 more people died in the attack, from an explosion, tower collapse or fire, and were also trapped on the upper floors.
The second Boeing attacking the WTC towers
The plane en route from Boston to Los Angeles had crashed into the WTC tower fifteen minutes earlier. This is the largest plane crash in the world. After seizing control and killing the pilots, the terrorist tried to make an announcement to the passengers of the aircraft, but by mistake contacted the Boston Center. He said that this and several other planes were hijacked, and the terrorist himself plans to return to the airport. The military department received information from air traffic controllers about the hijacking of the aircraft just nine minutes before the crash, the fighters planning to intercept the plane took to the skies seven minutes after the WTC attack. All 92 people on board were killed, and about 1000 people on the ground were also victims of the terrorist attack.
Runway collision
The largest plane crashes in the world include the incident that occurred on March 27, 1977. On Canary Islands two planes collided - flights from Los Angeles and Amsterdam. The number of casualties in both aircraft amounted to 583 people, more than fifty were injured.
Shortly before the accident in largest airport a terrorist attack was committed in the Canary Islands. A bomb exploded in the airport waiting room, the accident did not cause casualties, but some passengers who were waiting to board the flights, who arrived and met, were injured. The airport authorities decided to temporarily stop accepting aircraft, so that all flights were now directed to Los Rodeos.
The small airport was overloaded. In addition to the unfavorable situation, weather conditions were added, as well as inoperative lights marking the boundaries of the runway. In addition, communication problems arose - the air traffic controller spoke with a strong Spanish accent, the pilots interrupted each other. The collision occurred nose to nose.
As a result of the accident, one of the main reasons for which was a misunderstanding between the controller and the pilots, the International Civil Aviation Organization has developed a single standard for phrases so that the number of plane crashes in the world does not increase due to incorrect interpretation of the words of the crew.
Plane crash near Tokyo
The largest single plane crash occurred in 1985, 112 kilometers from Tokyo. This and others are very famous plane crashes in the world. The list was expanded, and this incident was placed in fourth place after the attack on the WTC towers by two planes, as well as the incident in the Canary Islands. The plane crash killed 520 people, but such a large number of victims could have been avoided.
Twelve minutes after takeoff, the tail stabilizer came off, for half an hour the crew kept the aircraft in the air, but then the plane crashed into the mountain. It is not known how many passengers and crew members were killed directly when falling and hitting the ground. With the timely start of the rescue operation, it would have survived more people... This established an investigation.
The start of the search for survivors was delayed due to the competition between the numerous rescue services in Japan. The rescue team arrived at the crash site only half a day after the accident. Only two women and two girls were found alive, who were immediately taken to the hospital. In addition, doctors found that some of the passengers remained alive for 10 hours after the plane crash.
Air crash over Charkhi Dadri
The terrible plane crashes in the world were replenished with another incident on November 12, 1996. Then in the air over the Indian city two planes collided, the total death toll was 349 people. The reasons for the disaster (and this is the largest plane crash in the world among collisions in the air), were recognized as poor knowledge of the English language by the crew members, which created difficulties in communicating with the dispatcher, incorrect understanding of commands, lack of standard phraseology, unsatisfactory performance by the crew of their duties, and insufficient professionalism. In addition, among the reasons for the tragedy are the presence of only one air corridor on this section of the route, the absence of a navigation system on both aircraft and a radar at the Delhi airport.
Turkish Airlines crash near Paris
The worst plane crashes in the world include a plane crash turkish airlines near Paris. The airliner, flying from Istanbul to London via Paris, a few minutes after takeoff switched to a dive due to the opening of the cargo hold and decompression. The cause of the disaster was technical malfunction aircraft.
As a result of the incident, 346 people died. There was not even a fire in the crash. The plane literally cut through the forest belt, collapsed into small fragments. Of all the victims, only 40 people were visually identified.
Terrorist attack 176 km from Cork
The world's largest plane crashes are often the result of terrorist attacks. The crash under Cork (in fact, in the neutral waters of the world's oceans) became such a case. In 1985, on an airplane en route Montreal - Bombay via London, an explosion thundered in the cargo hold. The pilots did not even have time to send a distress signal, as the plane was destroyed. All on board were killed, i.e. 307 people.
The catastrophe was preceded by another terrorist attack, which can be considered invalid. An explosion occurred on the plane that landed in Tokyo, when passengers had already entered the airport building, and loaders were working in the cargo hold. Two people from the airport staff were killed. If the explosion took place an hour earlier, all 390 people flying from Vancouver to Tokyo could have died.
Fire aboard L-1011 in Riyadh
The worst disasters in the world include the 1980 accident at Riyadh, the largest airport Saudi Arabia... A few minutes after takeoff, a fire broke out, and the pilots requested emergency landing... The crew received clearance and the plane successfully landed at the airport of departure.
However, the ground rescue services were in no hurry to start the rescue operation. Airport employees were unable to quickly open emergency and main exits, because it took them time to understand the instructions for English language... After opening the exits, the flame spread throughout the cabin, and five minutes later the fire was extinguished. All passengers and crew members of the plane were killed.
The crash of the Malaysian "Boeing" over Donetsk
Plane accidents in recent years in the world were marked by an exceptional incident that happened in 2014 over the war zone between Ukraine and the DPR / LPR. The Malaysian Boeing flying over the so-called gray zone - the area between the two fronts - was allegedly shot down from the Buk SZK. The plane crashes of the world, which have taken place since 2001, have replenished with the largest accident in terms of the number of victims.
The liner crashed near Torez, Donetsk region. The arrival of the expert group to investigate the crash was delayed, and even after the arrival of international experts, their work was complicated by the incessant hostilities. The results of the investigation revealed that the plane was indeed shot down by a missile. The crash killed 298 people.
Accident of cargo AN-32B in Zaire
Russian cargo plane making domestic flight in Zaire in 1996, was unable to take off and rolled off the runway. There was a market very close to the runway, into which the plane crashed. The accident occurred due to an overload of the aircraft, as well as due to a crew error. As a result of the incident, 298 people died on the ground, one of whom was on the plane - the incident was included in the list of "The worst plane crashes in the world." The victims are predominantly women and children. The massacre of the crowd over the crew of the plane was avoided only due to the coordinated actions of the police.
