7 Most Tragic Plane Crash

Accident is a very mysterious thing, why? this is because every accident almost 80% casualties and led to the death. following the accident will be presented on 7 Most Tragic Plane Crash


1. Korean Airlines Flight 007, 1983

7 Most Tragic Plane CrashAircraft Korean Airlines Flight 007 was en route from New York to Seoul with a transit in Anchorage, Alaska. Due to a system error navigation, flight from Anchorage to Seoul deviated slightly to the north, shortly after takeoff. After realizing through the wrong lane, the crew tried to return to the correct path. At that time, the plane was on a military base of the Soviet Union. Korean Airlines 007 was not supposed to pass through Soviet bases, but passed the Pacific and Japan.

Tragically relations between the two superpowers (the U.S. and the Soviet Union) was not good. Radar Soviet Union thought that the Korean Airlines 007 is spy planes the United States. Soviet and post some Sukhoi Su-15 to shoot. After the shot, the fire burning in the back of the plane. Then, the plane was out of balance and into two parts. The plane then crashed into the sea Okhatsk 12 minutes later. This event menewaaskan 240 passengers and 29 crew. This accident is the largest in the history of South Korea.


Location: Sea near the island Okhatsk Moneron, USSR
Died: 269 people
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2. American Airlines Flight 191, 1979

American-Airlines-Flight-191American Airlines Flight 191 was an aircraft Mcdounnall Douglas DC-10 that crashed in Chicago complex. llinois, USA while trying to take off from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. This crash killed all 258 people on board, amounting to plus 2 crew and 13 people on the ground, and until now the biggest crash in the history of the United States.

The plane was en route from Chicago to Los Angeles and was preparing to take off. When taking off (exactly when rotate - raised nose), the engine left the aircraft and detached swinging. When released, the engine on the front wing and damaging the hydraulic system of the aircraft as a whole. When he realized what had happened, the pilot slows the speed of the aircraft. The plane had to be tilted to the left and crashed in an empty field near the trailer park at the end of the runway. Debris left engine plane was found scattered on the runway shortly after the plane crashed.

Location: O'Hare Airport, Des Plaines, USA
Died: 273 people, including 2 life on land

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3. Iran Airlines Flight 655, 1988

7 Kecelakaan Pesawat Terbang Paling TragisIran Airlines Flight 655 (IR655) was a commercial Airbus A300 aircraft missile shot down by the U.S. warship USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, at the end of the Iran-Iraq war. This aircraft was flying from the airport Abbas Iran to Dubai United Arab Emirates when it was destroyed by a U.S. missile. This incident killed all 290 passengers and crew, including 66 children. It's an highest mortality rate of all aviation incident in the Indian Ocean and all incidents involving A300 Airbuss world.

At that Vincennes was going through the Strait of Hormuz, inside Iranian territorial waters, and the time of the attack, IR655 was also in the Iranian airspace. According to the U.S. government, the crew identified as plane tempurF IR655-14 Tomcat. Meanwhile, according to the Iranian government, Vincennes accidentally shot down civilian aircraft. In 1996, the United States and Iran reached an agreement in a settlement related to the incident at the International Court of Justice. The U.S. agreed to pay U.S. $ 61.8 million to the families of the victims as kompensansi Iran. But officially, the U.S. did not have pleaded guilty or apologize to Iran.
Area: Persian Gulf
Died: about 300 people, including two crew members
Serious injury: 253 people


4. African Air Crash

Air Afrika CrashIt was the deadliest plane crash for the people on the ground. Not much information tentagn these accidents, possibly because of the location and illegality. Cargo planes leased from Russia is in an overload condition may bring weapons to the Angolan military. When tingal landing, the plane does not reach the right speed, namuntetap berusasha to fly. Finally, the plane hit the market nearby and exploded in a fireball, killing about 300 people, including two crew members and 253 seriously injured.


5. Saudi Flight 163, 1980

7 Most Tragic Plane Crash
Six minutes after Saudia Airlines 163 takes off from Riyadh, sounded a warning about the smoke in the cargo compartment. The crew spent four minutes to figure out what to do, and then finally back to the airport.

Damage caused by a fire forced them to shut down the center engine. The plane landed safely, but the aircraft continued to roll down the runway, away from the emergency vehicle was waiting. As a result, the rescue was too late. Plus, the doors can not be opened by rescuers until fifteen minutes after landing. As a result, all passengers and crew members died of smoke inhalation during the initial evacuation. After this incident, the source of the fire was not yet known.
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Died: 301 people
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6. Mandala Air

Mandala Air is a plane crash that occurred in Medan, North Sumatra. Death Toll Granted not many, but the death toll is in it is the leaders in the field that included at that time the Governor of North Sumatra.
Survivor: -
Number of victims: 9 People


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