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7). MH 17: One of the deadliest airline crashes in recent times happened on July 17, 2014, when a Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17, was shot down in Eastern Ukraine, while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur. All 298 people on board, which included 3 infants and 15 crew members, died. According to German and American intelligence reports, the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile, mistakenly fired by pro-Russian insurgents. But this theory was refuted by Russian authorities.
8). Iran Air Flight 655: In another deadly crash induced by an attack, on 3 July, 1988, an Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by two surface-to-air missiles from the U.S. Navy’s guided missile cruiser, USS Vincennes, over the Strait of Hormuz. This happened when the USS Vincennes was exchanging fire with small Iranian ships in a stand off in the Persian Gulf. The Iran Air Flight 655 took off from the nearby Bandar Abbas International Airport, around the same time. Mistaking it to be a fighter aircraft, the USS Vincennes fired two shots at it, bringing the craft down. There were 290 people on board the flight – all died
9 ). American Airlines Flight 191: In the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the US history, an American Airlines Flight 191 lost control and crashed near the O’Hare Airport in Des Plaines, Illinois, on May 25, 1979. The reason for the crash was improper maintenance, because of which the number one engine and pylon on the left wing separated and flipped over the top of the wing. All 271 passengers and crew on board the aircraft died, along with two people on the ground.
10). American Airlines Flight 587: Just two months after the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks, an American Airlines Flight 587 departing from John F Kennedy airport, crashed in the Belle Harbour neighbourhood in Queens, New York. All 265 passengers and crew members, and five people on the ground, were killed in the crash.
Source: Daily musings
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