This accident occurred on the runway at Tenerife's Los Rodeos Airport, now called as Tenerife North Airport, in the Canary Islands, between two Boeing 747s, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736. 583 persons were killed in all.
Due to technical problems, a Boeing 747SR crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Japan. 520 of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed.
A mid-air collision occurred near Charkhi Dadri, India, between Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 (Boeing 747) and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 (Ilyushin Il-76). Both flights' 349 passengers and crew members were slain.
A cargo door malfunction caused a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 to crash in France's Ermenonville Forest. All 346 passengers and crew members were killed.
A terrorist attack off the coast of Ireland destroyed a Boeing 747 in mid-flight. The plane's 329 passengers and crew members were all killed.
Shortly after takeoff from Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar caught fire. The plane returned to the airport, but all 301 passengers and crew members died before being able to exit.
The USS Vincennes shot down a civilian Airbus A300 over the Strait of Hormuz after mistaking it for a hostile aircraft. The plane's 290 passengers and crew members were all slain.
A terrorist attack over Lockerbie, Scotland, damaged a Boeing 747. All 259 passengers and staff members on board, as well as 11 people on the ground, were killed in the explosion.
Due to an engine detachment, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. All 271 passengers and crew members were killed, as well as two civilians on the ground.