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March 6, 2003 |
An Algerian Boeing 737-200 crashes shortly after
takeoff from Tamanrasset airport, killing all but one of
the 97 passengers and six crew members on board. |
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July 8 |
A Sudanese airliner bound for Khartoum goes down
with the loss of all but one of the 105 passengers
and 11 crew members aboard. |
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Dec. 25 |
A plane owned by the Guinean-based airline UTA
crashes into the sea off the West African country of Benin,
killing 139 of the 151 passengers and 10 crew members on board.
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Jan. 3, 2004 |
An Egyptian charter plane belonging to Flash
Airlines crashes into the Red Sea, killing at least
148 people. |
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Feb. 10 |
An Iranian passenger plane crashes and bursts into
flames near Sharjah International Airport in the United
Arab Emirates, killing 43 of the 40 passengers and six crew
members on board. |
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Aug. 24 |
Two Russian planes departing from a Moscow airport
crash within minutes of each other, killing at least
89 people in a terror attack. Explosives were found
on both aircraft. |
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Nov. 30 |
A Lion Air passenger plane skids off the runway and
crashes during heavy rains in central Indonesia,
killing at least 31 people and injuring 75, with 47
others missing. |
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Feb. 3, 2005 |
An Afghan airliner crashes into a mountain near
Kabul, killing all the 104 people on board. The
Boeing 737 was operated by Afghanistan's only
private airline, Kam Air. |
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March 16 |
An An-24 two-engine turboprop aircraft crashes and
catches fire while trying to reach an airport near
the oil port of Varandei in the Nenets autonomous region on Russia's
Pechora Sea, killing 28 of the 53 people on board. |
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May 26: |
An An-28 passenger plane crashes in the eastern
mountain area of the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC), killing all the 32 passengers and crew
members on board. |
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Aug. 6 |
A Tunisian ATR-42 plane crashes into the sea off
Palermo in Sicily, Italy, killing 13 of the 39
passengers and crewmembers on board, with three
others missing. |
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Aug. 14 |
A Cypriot Boeing 737 operated by the private Helios
Airways crashes in north Athens, killing all the 121
passengers and crew members on board. |
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Aug. 17 |
A jet carrying French tourists crashes in the
mountains of western Venezuela, killing all the 160
people on board. |
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Aug. 24 |
A Peruvian Boeing 737-200 crashes in the Amazon jungle, killing at least 48 of the 100 people aboard.
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Sept. 5 |
An Indonesian Boeing 737-200 with 117 on board crashes into a residential area in the city of Medan, Indonesia's
third-largest city, killing more than 130 people aboard and on
the ground. |
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Oct. 22 |
A Boeing 737-200 operated by Nigeria's Bellview
Airlines crashes on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial
capital, killing 117 people on board. |
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Dec. 10 |
A plane with 103 passengers and seven crew members
on board crashes in the southern Nigerian oil city
of Port Harcourt, killing 103 people. |
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Dec. 24 |
An Azerbaijani plane with 23 people onboard crashes
soon after taking off from Baku, killing all the
people aboard the plane. |
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Jan. 19, 2006 |
A Slovak An-24 military aircraft, bound from Kosovo to Slovakia with Slovak peacekeeping troops, crashes in east
Hungary, killing 42 people aboard. Only one survived. |
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May 03, 2006 |
A320-211 of Armavia crashed into the ocean near
Sochi (Adler-Sochi Airport Russia) during a missed
approach killing 113. |
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Jul 09, 2006 |
A310 of Sibir (now S7) at Irkutsk, Russia. Pilot
managed to mishandle throttles with one reverser
deactivated and a/c crashed into off airport
buildings killing 125/203 onboard. |
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Jul 10, 2006 |
F-27-200 at Multan Airport Pakistan. Struck power
lines on takeoff after experiencing engine problems,
killing all 45 occupants. |
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Aug 22, 2006 |
TU-154M of Pulkovo. Spun in 45 kms NW of
Donetsk after trying to outclimb a thunderstorm and
entering a T-tail deepstall, crashed and killed all
170 occupants. |
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Aug 27, 2006 |
CRJ-100ER at Lexington Kentucky. Mistakenly took off
on short 3500ft runway in dawn's half-light and
crashed killing 49/50 onboard. |
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Sep 01, 2006 |
TU-154M of Iran Airtours at Mashad Iran. Blew tires
on landing 14L, swerved and caught fire, killing
28/148 onboard |
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Sep 29, 2006 |
737-800 of GOL collided with an Embraer Legacy 600
bizjet due to an ATC error, killing all 154 onboard
the 737. |
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Oct 29, 2006 |
737-200 of ADC airlines crashed on takeoff Abuja
killing 97. |
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Nov 27, 2006 |
AN-74T-200 Crashed on take-off
from runway 29R Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR)
(Iran) killing 39 |
