Flight 752 adds to tragic toll
Wednesday’s crash of a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger jet was one of the deadliest for Canadians. A look at some of the worst civil aviation disasters involving Canadian casualties:
Jan. 8, 2020: Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 bound for Kyiv crashes shortly after takeoff in Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 on board, including 63 Canadians.
March 10, 2019: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 157 on board, including 18 Canadians.
May 19, 2016: EgyptAir Flight 804 en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, leaving two Canadians dead.
March 8, 2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with two Canadians among 239 people presumed dead.
July 24, 2014: Air Algerie Flight 5017 en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers crashes in Mali, killing 116 people, including five Canadian citizens and six permanent residents.
July 17, 2014: One Canadian is among 283 passengers and 15 crew who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine.
June 1, 2009: Air France Flight 443 heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 occupants, including one Canadian.
Oct. 31, 1999: EgyptAir Flight 990 from Los Angeles to Cairo with a stop in New York City crashes south of Nantucket, Mass., killing all 217 aboard, including 22 Canadians.
Sept. 2, 1998: Swissair Flight 111 crashes off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 aboard, including four Canadians.
Dec. 21, 1988: Pan-Am Flight 103, travelling from Frankfurt to Detroit with stops in London and New York City, crashes in Lockerbie, Scotland, after a bomb explodes, killing 259 people on board, including three Canadians, and 11 people on the ground.
June 23, 1985: Air India Flight 182, going to London from Toronto after a stop in Montreal, crashes off Ireland after a bomb explodes, killing all 329 people on board, including 268 Canadian citizens.