| In every field there are various mysteries & disasters that gets people thinking; How did that ever happen? In this section of our web page we've gotten all the intriguing information and pictures on all the bizarre events. These are all true and should be taken seriously. If your not sure what the plane abbreviations stand for just go to the ( ) section |
Major Disasters & Mysteries
Airships (Hindenburg, Shenandoah, and others)
Minor Disasters & Mysteries
| Date | Location | Description | Deaths |
| March 16, 1989 | Maracaibo, Venezuela. | DC-9 on takeoff | approx. 155 |
| July 30, 1971 | Morioka, Japan | Boeing 727 and Japan Air Force F-86 in midair collision | 162 |
| August 14,1972 | Near East Berlin, East Germany | Ilyushin-62 on takeoff | 156 |
| Oct. 13, 1972 | Krasnaya Polyana, U.S.S.R | Ilyushin-62 during landing approach | 176 |
| Dec. 3, 1972 | Canary Islands | Convair-99O on takeoff | 155 |
| Jan. 22, 1973 | Kano, Nigeria | Boeing 707 in airport approach in fog | 176 + Muslim Pilgrims |
| March 3, 1974 | Paris | DC-10 after takeoff | 346 |
| Dec. 4, 1974 | Colombo. Sri Lanka | DC-8 in airport approach in rain storm | 191 + Muslim pilgrims |
| April 4, 1975 | Saigon, South Vietnam | Galaxy C-58 in emergency landing | 72 + 100 war orphans |
| August 3, 1975 | Near Imzizen, Morocco | Boeing 707 in mountain crash | 188 |
| Sept. 10, 1976 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Trident and DC-9 in midair collision | 176 |
| Sept. 19, 1976 | Near Isparta, Turkey | Boeing 727 in mountain crash | 155 |
| March 21, 1977 | Canary Islands | Two Boeing 747's in runway collision | 582 |
| January 1, 1978 | Arabian Sea | Boeing 747 after takeoff from Bombay | 2l3 |
| Sept. 25, 1978 | San Diego. California | Boeing 727 and Cessna in midair collision | 147 |
| Nov. 15, 1978 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | DC-8 in airport approach in a thunderstorm | 183 + Muslim pilgrims |
| May 25, 1979 | Chicago | DC-10 on takeoff | 274 dead |
| August 11, 1979 | Ukrainian S.S.R. | Two Soviet Tupolev-134s in midair collision | 173 |
| Nov. 26, 1979 | Near Jidda. Saudi Arabia | Boeing 707 on take off | 156 |
| Nov. 28, 1979 | Antarctica | DC-l0 volcano crash, on sight-seeing flight | 257 |
| August 19, 1980 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | L-1011 in emergency landing | 301 |
| Dec. 1, 1981 | Ajaccio, Corsica | DC-9 in mountain crash | 178 |
| July 9, 1982 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Boeing 727 on takeoff in thunderstorm | 153 |
| Sept. 1, 1983 | Sea of Japan | Boeing 747 Shot down by Soviet fighter after violating Soviet airspace | 269 |
| Nov. 27,1983 | Near Madrid, Spain | Boeing 747 after mechanical problems | 183 |
| June 23, 1985 | Atlantic Ocean, near Iceland | Boeing 747, apparently after a bomb exploded on board | 329 |
| August 12, 1985 | Mount Osutaka, Japan | Boeing 747 in mountain crash. Worst single-plane disaster to date. | 520 |
| Dec. 12, 1985 | Gander, Newf | DC-8 after takeoff. 256 including | 248 members of US military |
| March 31, 1986 | Near Mexico City, Mexico | Boeing 727 in mountain crash | 166 |
| May 13, 1987 | Near Dobrowka, Poland | Polish jetliner after problems | 183 |
| August 16, 1987 | Detroit, Michigan | MD-80 on takeoff | 156 |
| July 3, 1988 | Persian Gulf | Airbus A-300 shot down by United States Navy warship Vincennes after being misidentified as a hostile warplane | 290 |
| Dec. 21, 1988 | Lockerbie, Scotland | Boeing 747 in midair explosion caused by a bomb hidden in a cassette recorder | 270 |
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