Airplanes are not only the fastest, but also the safest means of transportation, with the lowest accident rate of all modes of transportation. However, in the event of an accident, the death rate is also the highest, and there is almost no possibility of survival. Today, Xiaobian has taken stock of the world's top ten air accidents.
- In the evening of March 27, 1977, two KLM and Pan Am Boeing 747s laden with fuel and passengers collided on the runway of Los Rodeo Airport in the Canary Islands, an autonomous territory off Spain's North African coast. A total of 583 people on board the two planes died in the flames.
- Japan Airlines Flight 123, 520 killed: On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747-100SR was carrying 509 passengers and 15 crew members from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, bound for Itami Airport in Osaka.
- Saudia Flight 763, 349 killed: SAUDIa Flight 763 occurred on November 12, 1996. Air Arabia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collided in midair near Chakidari, New Delhi, killing all 349 people on both flights in the worst mid-air collision of the world's top 10 air accidents.
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On March 3, 1974, en route from Paris to London, Flight 981 exploded at high altitude and crashed into a forest at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, killing all 346 people on board.
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On August 19, 1980, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 reported a fire in the cargo hold after takeoff from Riyadh International Airport. Although the plane successfully turned back, none of the 301 people on board survived.
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American Airlines Flight 191 crash, 273 killed: May 25, 1979 is the traditional American holiday Memorial Day, as one of the busiest airports in the world O 'Hare International Airport, the day is actively transporting tourists to Los Angeles for vacation, but it is that day, American Airlines flight 191 took off after the engine fell off a major accident.
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American Airlines Flight 587, 265 dead: The disaster occurred on November 12, 2001, two months after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The crash was initially thought to be a continuation of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and was eventually ruled out as a terrorist attack by an accident investigation team.
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Nagoya crash, 264 killed: China Airlines Flight CI140 on April 26, 1994, killed 264 of the 271 passengers and crew on board, with only seven survivors.
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Nigeria Airlines Flight 2120, 261 dead: On July 11, 1991, Flight 2020 took off from King Abdulaziz International Airport. During the taxiing process, the tires overheated and spontaneously burned due to insufficient air pressure, and the crew did not realize the seriousness of the problem, they did not interrupt the takeoff but continued to fly into the sky. As the fire spread, the plane's central mailbox was set on fire, and the plane broke apart in mid-air and crashed, killing all 261 people on board, 247 passengers and 14 crew members.
