The 10 worst plane disasters in history

583 dead Tenerife, Canary Islands March 27 1977

Pan Am and KLM Boeing 747s collide in heavy fog on the ground. There are 61 survivors, all from the Pan Am plane.

520 dead Mount Osutaka, Japan August 12 1985

Japan Airlines B747 crashes into a mountain after an explosive decompression wrecks its control surfaces. Miraculously, four passengers survive.

349 dead Near New Delhi, India November 12 1996

A Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin pilot ignores air traffic control instructions and collides in midair with a Saudi Arabian Airlines 747. No survivors.

346 dead Bois d’Ermenonville, France March 3 1974

Turkish Airlines DC10 crashes after an improperly closed cargo door bursts open and causes an explosive decompression. No survivors.

329 dead Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland June 23 1985

Air India 747 destroyed in flight by a bomb in a bag belonging to a Sikh extremist. No survivors.

301 dead Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 19 1980

Saudi Arabian Airlines Lockheed Tristar makes an emergency landing with a fire on board but for unknown reasons the crew fail to deploy the escape slides after landing safely. No survivors.

298 dead Hrabove, Ukraine July 17 2014

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 shot down by anti-aircraft missile allegedly fired by Ukrainian separatists. No survivors.

290 dead Arabian Gulf July 3 1988

An Iran Air A300 Airbus is shot down by a missile fired from the USS Vincennes. No survivors.

275 dead Shahdad, Iran February 19 2003

An Ilyushin carrying members of the Revolutionary Guard crashes in bad weather. No survivors.

273 dead Chicago, Illinois June 25 1979

American Airlines DC10 crashes after its port engine falls off the wing during takeoff at O’Hare Airport. No survivors.