On March 27, 1977, Tenerife's Los Rodeos Airport witnessed the deadliest aviation disaster in history when two Boeing 747s, operated by KLM and Pan American Airways, collided on the runway. Caused due to dense fog and miscommunication between the air traffic control tower and the flight crew, the tragic accident claimed 583 lives.
Japan Airlines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashed into Mount Takamagahara in 1985, resulting in 520 fatalities. A structural failure caused by improper repairs done seven years back was identified as the primary cause.
Pan American World Airways Flight 103, a Boeing 747, was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. The attack claimed 270 lives.
MH370, a Boeing 777, disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people aboard. To date, there is no information about the plane that vanished almost a decade ago.
On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashed shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of 157 people. Investigations revealed a flaw in the aircraft's Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
In India's Charkhi Dadri, a village to the west of New Delhi, a mid-air collision on 12 November 1996 claimed 349 lives. The collision between a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B en route from Delhi to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi, killed all people on board both planes.