extreme plane crashes in history
- Tenerife Airport Disaster (1977): Two Boeing 747s collided on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people.

- Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision (1996): Two passenger jets collided over India, killing 349 people.

Japan Airlines Flight 123 (1985): A Boeing 747 crashed into a mountain in Japan due to a mechanical failure, killing 520 people.
American Airlines Flight 191 (1979): The left engine of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 detached from the aircraft and caused it to crash into a field in Illinois, killing all 271 people on board.
Air India Flight 182 (1985): A bomb detonated on board the flight over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 people on board.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (2014): A Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 (1980): A fire broke out on board the flight, killing all 301 people on board.
Iran Air Flight 655 (1988): The aircraft was shot down by a US Navy warship in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people on board.
Aeroflot Flight 593 (1994): The aircraft crashed due to pilot error, killing all 75 people on board.
China Airlines Flight 140 (1994): The aircraft crashed due to pilot error, killing 264 people on board.
