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| Date: March 27, 1977 Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands Aircraft: Boeing B-747-121 / Boeing B-747-206B Reg: N736PA/PH-BUF Airline: Pan American World Airways / KLM Flight No: 1736 / 4805 Fatalities: 644 : 583 |
| Date: August 19, 1980 Location: Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aircraft: Lockheed 1011-200 TriStar Reg: HZ-AHK Airline: Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight No: 163 Fatalities: 301 : 301 |
| The burned out hull of a Saudi Arabian Lockheed L-1011. Although the plane landed safely, all 301 aboard died before rescue crews could reach them. The fire started in the aft cargo compartment and the crew failed to take immediate steps to evacuate the plane after landing. |
| The remains of a Pan Am B747 (top) and KLM B747 (bottom) in Tenerife, Canary Islands in the second worst aviation disaster in history, which killed a total of 583 people. The KLM 747 collided with a Pan Am 747 after the captain of the KLM plane started his takeoff roll without clearance. |
| Date: May 25, 1979 Location: Chicago O'Hare, Illinois Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Reg: N110AA Airline: American Airlines Flight No: 191 Fatalities: 271 : 271 +2 |
| These pictures was taken by an amateur photographer seconds before an American Airlines DC-10 crashed at Chicago O'Hare Airport, after losing an engine during takeoff. Improper maintenance procedures was to blame. |
| United Airlines, Flight 175, a Boeing 767, on a scheduled flight from Boston to Los Angeles, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York. |