5 Deadliest Air Disasters The World Has Ever Seen

Charkhi Dadri Collision in 1996:

Location: Charkhi Dadri, India
Fatalities: 349
Survivors: 0

In the November of 1996, a Kazakhstan Airlines KZK 1907 carrying 27 passengers and 10 crew were descending to land at a Delhi airport. The plane was cleared to descend to 4600 feet but the Kazakhstan’s radio operator had failed to inform the crew that they had to stay at that altitude but they continued descending. Meanwhile, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 (SVA 763) carrying 312 people took off from Delhi flying directly towards KZK 1907 and was cleared to 4300 feet. The Kazakhstani flight was descending through 4300 feet and it would actually have passed under the Saudi Arabian jet but just then the radio operator remembered to convey the message that they should remain at 4600 feet.

They began to climb again and the planes saw each other too late and the tail section KZK 1907 cut through the Boeing’s wing and the Boeing lost control and crashed killing everyone onboard. The Kazakhstani plane soon crash-landed. Four people were rescued but everyone was critically injured and died soon later.

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 in 1974:

Location: Ermenonville, near Senlis, France
Fatalities: 346
Survivors: 0

Turkish Airlines Flight 981, which was flying from Paris to London, the plane had an unusually large number of people onboard for this flight because of a British strike. As they flew over the town of Meaux (France), there was the sound of a muffled explosion and loud rush of air as the cargo hatch blew off. The cabin floor above the cargo hold collapsed, destroying the lines that connected the flight controls to the actual parts they were controlling.

The pilots fought for control for 72 seconds before the aircraft crashed into a forest. The airplane disintegrated to such an extent that a bomb was temporarily considered as a possible cause. The cargo hatch that had blown off was found in a field along with part of the cabin floor and six seats still holding their dead passengers.

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