World’s Deadliest Air Disaster
July 1, 2009 by Medan Indonesia
Filed under Medan Flights, Travel
A look at world’s deadliest air crash & disasters
With the recent TWO air disasters this year in 2009, we take a look at some of the world’s deadliest air disasters as listed by the Associated Press, sadly there was one that happened in Medan Indonesia in 1997.
- June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 enroute to the Comoros Islands crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board.
- June 1, 2009: Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms and crashes into Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing 228 people on board.
- Feb. 19, 2003: Iranian Revolutionary Guard military plane crashes into a mountain. 275 dead.
- May 25, 2002: China Airlines Boeing 747 breaks apart midair and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. 225 dead.
- Nov. 12, 2001: American Airlines Airbus A300 crashes after takeoff from JFK Airport into the New York City borough of Queens. 265 dead, including people on the ground.
- Oct. 31, 1999: Egypt Air Boeing 767 crashes off Nantucket; the NTSB blames actions by the co-pilot. 217 dead.
- Sept. 2, 1998: Swiss Air MD-11 crashes off Nova Scotia. 229 dead.
- Feb. 16, 1998: China Airlines Airbus A300 crashes on landing at airport in Taipei, Taiwan. 203 dead.
- Sept. 26, 1997: Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near airport in Medan, Indonesia. 234 dead.
- Aug. 6, 1997: Korean Air Boeing 747-300 crashes on landing in Guam. 228 dead.
- Nov. 12, 1996: Saudi Boeing 747 collides with Kazakh cargo plane near New Delhi. 349 dead.
- July 17, 1996: TWA Boeing 747 explodes and crashes into the Atlantic off Long Island, New York. 230 dead.
- April 26, 1994: China Airlines Airbus A300 crashes on landing at Nagoya Airport in Japan. 264 dead.
- Dec. 12, 1985: Arrow Air DC-8 crashes after takeoff from Newfoundland, Canada. 256 dead.
- Aug. 12, 1985: Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashes into a mountainside after losing part of its tail fin. 520 dead in the world’s worst single-plane disaster.
- Aug. 19, 1980: Saudi Tristar makes emergency landing in Riyadh and bursts into flames. 301 dead.
- May 25, 1979: American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. 275 dead.
- Jan. 1, 1978: Air India 747 crashes into the ocean after takeoff from Mumbai. 213 dead.
- March 27, 1977: KLM 474, Pan American 747 collide on runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands. 583 dead in world’s worst airline disaster.
Source: World Almanac, Associated Press.
Garuda Indonesia 1997 Crash
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152, GIA152) was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan Sumatra operated by state owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. On September 26, 1997, the Airbus A300 flying this route, registered PK-GAI, crashed into woodlands 18 miles from Medan in low visibility. All 235 passengers and crew were killed in the disaster. The crash site was at an altitude of 3,000 feet (915 m) above sea level, near the village of Pancur Batu, Desa Buah Nabar.
It remains the worst single-aircraft disaster in Indonesian history, and was the most deadly air disaster of 1997. It was the fourth highest death toll of any aviation accident involving an Airbus A300 after the crash of American Airlines Flight 587. source Wikipedia. More about Garuda Indonesia 1997 Crash
Mandala Airline Crash 2005
One other fatal air crash in Medan was the Mandala Airline crash back in 2005 during take off which killed 104 passengers on board and 39 on ground including the Governor of North Sumatra province, Rizal Nurdin and former North Sumatra Governor Raja Inal Siregar.
There are many other air crash disaster around the world, the list of 19 above are the deadliest in terms of number of death. Air Disaster can happen anywhere around the world as shown in the list above, it can be scary to think of these disasters while traveling but statistics have shown that air travel is still one of the safest transport in the world with the least amount of accidents.
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Sad to know of such cases.My deepest sympathy and condolences to those in these mishaps and their love one .
But I feel that there are some cases that I have heard of but was not reported here.
One i remember was a passenger plane KORXXX AIR reported to be shot down by the SOVIXX who claim it was a spy plane.
Another SIXX AIR that made me aware of one Musi River in Indonesia.There are few more.
The ones listed here are the 19 Deadliest Air Disaster with the most deaths. There are many other smaller scale air disasters around the world that are not quoted here.