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[ Airplane Accidents ] Airplane AccidentsAirplane accidents since 1990 *1990 January 25th.
USA, New York, close to JFK Airport,
Avianca Boeing 707, ran out of fuel and crashed during
landing approach, 73 people died, 74 survived 1990 February 2nd. or 14th. India, Bangalore, Indian Airlines, Airbus A-320, caught fire and crashed before landing, 90 people died, 56 survived 2001 March 29th. USA, Colorado, Aspen-Pitkin County Airport: an Airborne Charter Gulfstream III enroute from Los Angeles, CA crashed into a hillside during an instrument landing approach, only 500 yards short of the runway. All 18 people aboard (3 crew and 15 passengers) died. 1990 May India, New Delhi, Air India Boeing 747 caught fire minutes before landing, all 235 people survived. 1990 May 5th. Guatemala, Guatemala-City: Cargo DC-6 crashed into the city, 24 people died *1990 October 2nd. China, Baiyun Airport, Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737, during emergency landing a hijacker struggled with the pilot and the aircraft went out-of-control, struck a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 and slammed into a China Southern Airlines Boeing 757, 132 people died, 141 survived (20 in the 737, 71 in the 757) 1990 October 14th. Turkey, Eastanbol Airport, Pegasus Boeing 737, while re-fueling, host seperated and started fire, this wa quickly extinguished by fire service which was on stand-by 1990 November 14th. Switzerland, Zuerich Airport, Alitalia DC-9 crashed during landing approach, 46 people died *1990 December 3rd. USA, Michigan, Detroit Airport, Northwest Airlines DC-9, collided on the ground with a Northwest Boeing 727, 8 people in the DC-9 died, 190 survived *1991 January 25th. USA, New York, Avianca Boeing 707 run out of fuel during landing approach at JFK Airport, 83 people died, 85 survived >*1991 February 1st. Los Angeles Airport, USAir Boeing 737, collided with an Airwest Metroliner, 36 people died, 67 people survived 1991 February Chile, Antarctica, Puerto Williams, BAE 146-200 overrun the runway and ended in the ocean 1991 March 3rd. Colorado Springs, United Boeing 737, 25 people died *1991 May 26th. Thailand, near Bangkok, Lauda Air Boeing 767, mid-air break up, all 223 people died 1991 July 11th. Saudi-Arabia, Jedda, DC-8 carrying pilgrims returning to Nigeria, crashed after takeoff, 261 people died 1991 December
27th. Sweden, Stockholm, Scandinavian Airlines MD-80, three minutes
after take-off, mid-air break up, 1992 January 20th. France, Strasbourg, Airbus A 320, crashed during landing approach, 87 people died, 9 survived *1992 March 2nd. or 22nd. New York, La Guardia Airport , Fokker 28, 27 people died 1992 June 6th. Panama, Capa Airlines Boeing 737, all 47 people died *1992 July 30th. USA, New York, JFK Airport, TWA Tristar, crashed during takeoff, all 292 people survived 1992 July 31st. China, Nanjing: Chinese Yakovlev YAK-42 crashed on takeoff 2,000 feet from the runway, 100 people died, 26 survived 1992 July 31st. Nepal, Kathmandu Airport: Thai Airways Airbus A 310, all 113 people aboard died 1992 September 27th. Nigeria, Lagos, Nigerian military transport plane crashed on takeoff, all 163 people died 1992 September
28th. Nepal, Kathmandu Airport, Pakistan International Airlines
Airbus A-300, crashed into hill south of *1992 October 4th. Netherlands, Amsterdam, El-Al Airline Cargo Boeing 747, crashed in residential area, 43 people died 1992 November 24th. China, near Guilin, Chinese airliner crashed into mountain, all 141 people died 1992 December. Portugal, Faro Airport, Martinair DC-10 crashed while trying to land, 54 people died, 286 survived 1992 December 22nd. Libya, Tripoli, Libyan jet crashed, 157 people died 1993 February
8th. Iran, Teheran; mid-air collision between Iran Air passenger
jet and military aircraft after takeoff in 1993 April 14th. USA, Texas, Dallas, American DC-10 1993 May 19th. Colombia, Colombian jet crashed in mountains of northwest Colombia; all 132 people died 1993 July 31st. Nepal, Devghat: Everest Air Dornier 228 crashed into high ground, all 19 people aboard died 1993 August
28th. Siberia, Tajikistan, Khorog, Tajikistan Airlines Yak-40 crashed,
hijacker forced the pilots to take off the 1993 September
14th. Poland, Warsaw Airport, Lufthansa Airbus A 320, crashed and
burned after landing, 2 people 1993 November 4th. Hong Kong Airport, China Airlines Boeing 747, crashed into water after landing, all 293 survived 1993 November 24th. Danmark, Copenhagen airport: SAS MD-87 developed smoke in the cabin from the aft toilet section after landing from Stuttgart, Germany. Passengers and crew were able to leave the aircraft. 1994 January
3rd. South-Siberia, Irkutsk, Russian Airline Baikal Air Tupolew
154 crashed shortly after takeoff, all 125 1994 March 8th. India, Delhi, Sahara Airlines Boeing 737, all 9 people died 1994 March 23rd. Russia, Meshdurechensk Aeroflot Airbus A310-300 , 75 people died 1994 March
24th. USA, Florida, Pope Air Force Base; collision between two planes,
15 people died, more than 80 1994 April
4th. Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport, city hopper airplane crashed
during an emergency landing, 3 people *1994 April
26th./27th. Japan, Nagoya Airport, China Airlines Airbus A-300
, crashed on the runway, 279 people died, 7 1994 June 6th. China, Xian, China Northwest Airlines Tupolev-154 crashed 10 minutes after takeoff, all 160 people died 1994 July 1st. Mauritania, Tidjikja Airport: Air Mauretanie Fokker F-28 crash-landed, veered off the runway and burst into flames; 80 people died, 13 persons survived with severe injuries *1994 July 2nd. , North Carolina,
Charlotte, US-Air DC-9, wind shear and go-around resulted in crash off
airport 1994 July 10th. Cheju Island, Korean
Airlines Airbus 300, pilot communication error during landing procedures,
*1994 September 8th. USA, Pittsburgh, US-Air Boeing 737, crashed during landing approach, all 132 people died < *1994 October 31st. USA, Indiana, Roselawn, American Airlines ATR F2 crashed, all 68 people died 1994 November 12th. USA, Missouri, St. Louis, Trans World Airlines-80 collision with Cessna 441 after take-off 1995 January. Colombia, Cartagena, DC-9, 51 people died, 1 survived 1995 March. Romania Bucharest, Airbus A-310, 60 people died 1995 April 10th. Egypt, Cairo, PanAm 747, terrorist bomb on aircraft
1995 July 8th. Atlanta Airport, Valujet DC-9, fire during takeoff, all passengers survived *1995 August 21st. USA, Georgia, Carrollton, Atlantic Southeast turboprop commuter flight 529 crashed after an propeller, 8 people died, 21 survived *1995 September 22nd. USA, Alaska,
Anchorage; Airborne Warning and Control System Boeing 707 crashed after
*1995 November 12th. USA, Connecticut,
East Grandby, American Airlines Flight on route from Chicago-O’Hara
Airport *1995 December 20th. Colombia, Cali,
American Airlines, Boeing 757, crashed during landing approach, 160
people 1995. USA, Atlanta, Metroliner crash, 10 people died 1996 January 8th. Congo, Kinshasa Zairian Airline Antonov-32 crashed into a city market est. 350 died *1996 February 6th. Dom. Rep.,
Birgenair Boeing 757 en route to Frankfurt, Germany, crashed in the
sea after take off,
1996 March Germany, Munich Airport: a hijacker armed with a bomb and handgun seized a Turkish Cypriot airliner taking off from northern Cyprus for Istanbul, Turkey. He surrendered to German authorities at Munich airport, freeing more than 100 hostages.
1996 April. Croatia, Dubrovnik, US
military Boeing 737 (with Commerce secretary Ron Brown) crashed into mountain
*1996 May 11th. USA, Florida, Everglades, Valujet DC-9, all 110 people died 1996 July 15th. Netherlands, Eindhoven Airport, C-130 Hercules, crashed on landing and caught fire, 34 people died, 7 survived
*1996 July 17th. USA, New York, mid-air explosion and break up , TWA Flight 800, Boeing 747, all 230 people died 
1996 August 15th. Egypt, Cairo Airport, Air Maroc Boeing 747, engine burst into flames after takeoff, all 237 survived 1996 August 21st. Turkey, Istanbul Airport, Egypt Air jet, crashed upon landing, and caught on fire, all 120 survived *1996 August 29th.Norway, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyens: Russian Tupolew 154 crashed during landing approach into a mountain, 141 people died 1996 September 13th. Japan, Tokyo
Airport, Japan Airlines Boeing, malfunctions and smoke during takeoff,
all 353 *1996 October 2nd. Peru, Lima, AeroPeru
Boeing 757 crashed into the sea after taking-off from Lima International
airport, 1996 November 7th. Africa, Lagos Nigerian Airline Aviation Development, Boeing 727, crashed, 143 people died 1996 November 12th. India, Idia
Charkhi, Dadri, Mid Air collision between Saudi Arabian Airways Boeing
747 and Kazak 1996 November 19th. USA, Illinois,
Quincy Airport, United Express B-1900, one-way collision occupants trapped
inside, 1996 November 23rd. Africa, Comoros
Islands, Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 hijacked over East Africa, then
runs out of fuel and crashed 
1996 USA, Northern CA, Air Force plan crashed into pacific ocean off Cape Mendocino, 10 people died, 1 survived 1996 Peru, Pacific Ocean off Lima,
AeroPeru Boeing 757, static ports taped over resulted in loss of control
and water 1996 December 24th. India: Indian Air Force plane crashed, 20 people died *1997 January 9th. USA, Detroit,
Comair Embraer 120 crashed during emergency landing approach, due to
a snowstorm, 1997 February 4th. Israel, mid-air collision between two army helicopters, all 73 people died *1997 March 18th. Russia, mid-air break up, 50 people died *1997 May 8th.China, Boeing 737, crashed during landing approach, 35 people died, 39 survivors 1997 May 24th USA, Illinois, Quincy
Trans State Cargo, Regional aircraft with emergency deverts to Quincy
airport. ATC
1997 June Germany, Cologne Airport: two men hijacked an Air Malta airliner en route for Istanbul, with 90 people on board. The men gave themselves up three hours after the plane landed in Cologne, Germany. No explosives were found on the aircraft. 1997 June 6th. Africa,Zaire, crashed after take off, 27 people died 1997 July 15th. USA, Boston, US-Airways DC-9, caught fire before takeoff, all passengers survived *1997 July 17th. Indonesia, Town
of Bandung 80 miles southeast of Jakarta, Fokker 27 aircraft headed
for Jakarta, 1997 July 31st. New Jersey, Newark International Airport:: A FedEx Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11, crashed while landing on a runway. All five people aboard escaped through a cockpit window, receiving minor injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire. 1997 August 5th. Guam, Korean Air
Boeing 747, crashed during landing approach 3 miles from the airport,
Air Traffic 1997 August 13th. USA, Washington, Seattle, Ameri Flight B-1900, loss of control on landing 1997 September 3rd. Kambodscha,
near Phnom Penh’s airport, Vietnam Airlines, Tupolew TU-134, 65 people
died, 1 1997 September 15th. South Africa,
mid-air collision between German and US military planes over the Atlantic
ocean, all 1997 September 26th. Sumatra, near Medan, Airline Garuda Indonesia, Airbus A-300, all 234 people died 1997 October 11th.Uruguay, DC-9, mid-air break up, all 75 people died 1997 December 6th. Siberia, Irkutsk: Russian cargo plane crashed into apartment building, 85 people died 1997 December 15th. Arabian Emirates, Sharjah airport: Tupolew Tu-154 from Tajikistan crashed, 85 people died 1997 December 16th.Canada, New Brunswick, Fredericton, Air Canada plane hit runway and veered off the edge into deep snow and trees as it attempted a-go-around while landing in heavy fog, it took 15 minutes to realize that the crash had occurred, but all 42 people survived 1997 December 17th. Greece, Jakowlew Jak-42 , 70 people died 1997 December 19th. Sumatra, Silk Air Boeing 737, mid-air break up, 104 people died
1998 February Turkey, Adana Airport: a Turkish Airlines plane was hijacked shortly after takeoff from the southern city of Adana in February 1998. The hijacker, claiming to be carrying a bomb inside a teddy bear, said he was on a mission from God. Security forces disguised as caterers boarded the plane and captured the hijacker. Forty-one passengers and five crew members were still on board when he was captured. The bomb turned out to be a dummy. 1998 February 2nd. Mindanao Island, Philippine Cebu Pacific Airlines, DC-9 crashed into mountain during landing approach, 104 people died 1998 February 9th. USA, Chicago, American Boeing 727 undershot runway and crashed, other planes continued to land for several minutes 1998 February 17th. Taiwan, China-Airlines Airbus A-300, tried to land in fog and missed the runway, 205 people died 1998 March 31st. UK, London, plane engine caught fire, no fatalities 1998 May 8th. Peru, Amazon jungle, Boeing 737, 74 people died, 13 survived 1998 May 28th. Mongolia, MIAT Airline, Yu-12, crashed into a mountain, all 28 people died 1998 August 29th. Ecuador, Quito, near Mariscal Sucre International Airport: Cuban Tupolev Tu-154 overshot the runway during taking-off and crashed into residential area; 72 people aboard and 10 on the ground died, 18 passengers survived. 1998 August 29 Ecuador, Quito, near Mariscal Sucre International Airport: Cuban Tupolev Tu-154 overshot the runway during taking-off and crashed into residential area; 72 people aboard and 10 on the ground died, 18 passengers survived. 1998 September 3rd. Canada, Swissair MD-11, crashed into the Atlantic ocean close to Halifax, all 229 people died
1998 October Turkey, Ankara Airport: a Turkish airliner taking off from Adana was hijacked and demanded to be flown to Switzerland. The plane landed in Ankara after the crew convinced the hijacker they would need to refuel. There, an elite Turkish anti-terrorist team stormed the plane and killed him. No passengers or crew members were injured. 1998 December 18th. Thailand, Surat
Thani Airport, Thai Airways Airbus A310 crashed on landing attempt 3km
from the 1999 February 2nd. Africa, Angola, Luanda: A Cargo Antonov-12 crashed after take-off into a residential area, 30 people died. 1999 March 7th. India, New Delhi: Military airplane crashed into shanty village in New Delhi, 21 people died. 1999 June 1st. 11:50 p.m. USA, Arkansas, Little Rock Airport, American Airlines MD-82 overshut the runway on landing in a severe thunderstorm, crashed into a steel tower and a fire started, 11 people died and more than 80 were injured. Delayed response activities due to the unknown location of the airplane. Additional info: 1999 August 22nd. Hong Kong Intern. Airport: China Airlines MD 11 flipped over on landing in tropical storm when wing struck runway, 3 people died , 312 survived 1999 August 24th. Hulian: Uni Air – MD 90 cabin fire on landing, 1 person died, 95 survived 1999 August 26th. Turtkul: Uzbekistan Airlines Yak-40 flipped over after overshooting runway on landing, 2 people died, 30 survived 1999 August 31st. Argentina, Buenos Aires, domestic Jorhe Newberry airport: an Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas Boeing 737 with nearly 100 people on board overshot the runway during takeoff , skidded across a service road and slammed into a golf driving range just outside the airport takeoff and burst into flames,80 people were killed, 26 survived with injuries. Police blocked streets all around the airport, creating huge traffic jams. 1999 September 5th.Nepal, near Katmandu: Necon Air HS-748 struck telecom tower, all 15 people on board died 1999 September 14th. Gerona: Britannia Airlines B 757, off runway on landing, 1 person died, 244 survived
1999 October Germany, Hamburg Airport: a hijacker armed with a knife seized control of an Egyptian airliner shortly after it took off from Istanbul, Turkey. He ordered the crew to take him to London but was told the plane did not have enough fuel. He surrendered to German authorities after landing in Hamburg. None of the 54 people aboard were hurt. 1999 October 16th.Kinshasa: Continental Cargo DC-8 landing accident; aircraft burnt out, all 5 people on board survived 1999 October 17th. Subic Bay: FedEx MD-11 overran into water, both crew-members survived 1999 October 31st. USA, North-Atlantic: Egypt Air Boeing 767-336ER (SU-GAP) flight 990 (New York- Cairo) crashed after departure from JFK airport, all 217 people on board died 1999, November 9th. Mexico, Uruapan: a TAESA DC-9 apparently exploded in the air shortly after takeoff from Uruapan airport 10 kilometers ( 6 miles ) southwest of the town and crashed in a mountainous region 180 miles west of Mexico-City; the plane was completely destroyed; all 18 people aboard died. 1999 November 12th. northern Kosovo: ATR-42crashed on flight from Rome 1999 December 5th. Moscow-Domodedovo: Ilyushinn 114 (UK-91004) crashed on takeoff from, 5 people on board died ; 2 crewmembers survived. 1999 December 5th. Manila-Cauayan: Ilyushinn 114 (RP-C3880) crashed, 17 people died 1999 December 10th. USA, Missouri, Branson: college-owned Cessna Citation in foggy conditions only a few miles short of the school's airfield, 6 people on board died. 1999 December 10 th.USA, New Jersey, Hasbrouck Heights: a twin-engine Beech Baron 58 on approach to Teterboro Airport,"rolling out of control" crashed in flames in a neighborhood about two miles from the airport, all 4 aboard died. 1999 December 10th. USA, Illinois, Vermilion County Airport: twin-engine plane crashed in rainy and foggy conditions, broke apart and burned in a field about one-half mile from Airport, the 2 people aboard died. 1999 December 11th. Portugal, Azores Island: Azorean SATA-Airline ATP turboprop plane crashed on Sao Jorge, one of the Portuguese archipelago's nine islands. The 64-seat aircraft was carrying 31 passengers and 4 crew members on a local inter-island flight.The plane left Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island at 8:30 a.m. en route to Horta, on the island of Faial, about 190 miles to the west. The Ponta Delgada control tower lost contact with the plane after 30 minutes, the report said, and a rescue operation was launched. No emergency call was received from the aircraft before it went down, and there were reportedly high winds and rain. All 35 aboard were killed. 1999 December 21st. Guatemala, Guatemala City Airport: A Cubana de Aviacion DC-10 overshot the runway while landing and crashed into residential area, 26 people died. 2000 January 13th. Lybia, off the shore of Marsa el Brega: Avisto Shorts 360-3000 aircraft ditched into water during final approach at El-Brega airport after pilots reported the failure of both engines; 23 people died, 19 survived. 2000 January 31st. USA, Los Angeles/Ventura County: Alaska Airlines MD-83, Flight 261, en-route from Mexico to San Francisco, CA, plunged into the Pacific Ocean about 10 miles offshore Ventura due to a mechanical failure; all 88 people aboard died. 2000 March 5th. USA, Los Angeles, Burbank-Airport:: Southwest Boeing 737 skidded after landing off the 6,000-foot runway and onto the street Hollywood Way. The jet hit a car and came to a stop a few yards before a fuel station. Of the 142 people aboard only four suffered minor injuries. 2000 April 19th. Zaire, Pepa: Centrafrican Airlines Antonov-8 bound for Kigali, Rwanda is reported to have sustained a birdstrike shortly after take-off and crashed; all 24 people aboard died. 2000 April 19th. Philippines, Samal Island: an Air Philippines Boeing 737 crashed during landing approach about 4 miles from the runway threshold; all 131 people aboard died. 2000 June 22nd. China, near Wuhan regional airport: Wuhan Airlines Xian Yun 7 crashed on final approach into the Han River in heavy rain and poor visibility. All 42 people aboard and 7 persons on the ground died. 2000 July 17th. India, Patna Airport: Indian Alliance Air Boeing 737 crashed during landing approach 1 mile short of the runway into residential area; six people on the ground and 51 people aboard perished, 6 passengers survived. 2000 July 25th. France, Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport: Air France Supersonic Concorde jet, chartered for a flight to New York, USA, crashed shortly after take-off in a hotel building; after V1 during the take-off roll the front right tire in the port main gear bogey exploded, causing minor damage to the two left engines, and serious damage to the undercarriage areas. One effect was a major fuel escape from the lower wing which caught fire. The crew shut down the No. 2 engine because of a fire warning, and the No. 1 engine ran down to zero thrust, leaving the aircraft behind the drag curve and unable to accelerate. The crew lost control of the aircraft and crashed. The tire explosion is believed to have been caused by a piece of metal which dropped onto the runway from a Continental Airlines MD-10 two take-offs before the Concorde flight. All 109 people aboard and 4 persons on the ground died. 2000 July 27th. Nepal, near Dhangarhi Airport: Royal Nepal airlines DHC Twin Otter 300 hit the ground during descent in poor visibility and rain; all 25 people aboard died. 2000 August 23rd. Oman, Bahrain International Airport: Gulf Air Airbus A 320 crashed during landing attempt 1.8 miles north of the airfield in shallow sea waters; all 143 people aboard died. 2000 October 31 Taiwan, Taipei, Chiang Kai-Shek Airport: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 bound for Los Angeles, California, with 179 people aboard (20 crew and 159 passengers), crashed during takeoff on the tarmac at 11.18 p.m. local time in severe weather condition. 80 people died, 99 persons survived, many of them sustaining injuries. 2000 November 15th. Angola, near Luanda: Asa Pesada Antonov-12 crashed just after take-off; all 54 people aboard died.
2001 January 14th USA, Utah, near Tooele Valley Airport: a twin-engine Beechcraft KingAir plunged into the 5 feet deep water of the Great Salt Lake; all 9 people aboard died; the plane was not missed for six hours until relatives called the airport; the pilot had not submitted a flight plan and no distress call was recieved. 2001, March 3rd. Thailand, Bangkok Airport: A Thai Airways Boeing 737 was destroyed at the gate by fire 35 minutes before it was scheduled to take off. Five members of the cabin crew were the only ones on board the aircraft at the time. Most of the 148 passengers were waiting to board. One member of the cabin crew died, seven other aviation workers were injured. The prime minister of Thailand was also scheduled to board this plane. 2001, March 4th. U.S., Georgia, Unadilla: A Florida National Guard C-23 Sherpa aircraft traveling from Florida to Virginia crashed und burst into flames around 10 a.m. near Unadilla, a town in central Georgia. All 21 military personnel aboard, including the crew of three were killed.
2001 March 15th-16th Turkey, Istanbul Airport - Saudi Arabia, Medina Airport: a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolew Tu-154 was seized by three Chechnyan hijackers shortly after it took off from Istanbul scheduled to fly to Moscow. The plane, with at least 174 people on board was flown to Medina, were about 60 passengers were released. During the hijack attempt in Istanbul 1 person was injured and taken to a hospital and the plane dropped 10,000 feet in altitude as a passenger fought with hijackers near the entrance to the cockpit. After 18 hours of unsuccessful negotiations at Medina Airport Saudi Arabian special forces stormed the plane still on the tarmac. 162 passengers and 12 crew on board were freed, but 3 people - a hijacker, a passenger and a flight attendant -- died during the combat operation.
2001 March 29th. USA, Colorado, Aspen-Pitkin County Airport: an Airborne Charter Gulfstream III enroute from Los Angeles, CA crashed into a hillside during an instrument landing approach, only 500 yards short of the runway. All 18 people aboard (3 crew and 15 passengers) died.
2001 March 24th. French Caribbean island of St. Barthelemy (125 miles east of Puerto Rico): an Air Caraibes commuter plane, flight 1501, struck a house and crashed on landing approach on a runway that is only 2,000 feet long; all 19 people aboard and 1 resident died
2001 March 29th. USA, Colorado, Aspen-Pitkin County Airport: an Airborne Charter Gulfstream III enroute from Los Angeles, CA crashed into a hillside during an instrument landing approach, only 500 yards short of the runway. All 18 people aboard (3 crew and 15 passengers) died. 2001 July 3rd. Russia, Siberia, Irkutsk Airport: A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev Tu-154, built in 1986, Flight 352, crashed on landing approach. Two previous approaches were aborted. During the next attempt to land the aircraft plunges into the ground from an altitude of 2,800feet. All 145 people aboard died.
2001 August 29th Spain, Malaga Airport: Spanish regional airline Binter Mediterraneo aircraft crashed on approach. Of the 47 people aboard (44 passengers and 3 crew), 4 passengers died and were 27 injured.  2001 October 4th. Ukraine, over the Black Sea: A Sibir Tupolev Tu-154 en-route from Israel to the Ukraine was accidentally shot-down by a stray missile fired in military exercises; all 78 people aboard died.
2001 October 8th. Italy, Milan, Linate Airport: A SAS MD 87, flight SK 686 en route to Copenhagen, DK, collided during take-off with a German Cessna Citation II business jet, which had mistakenly entered the runway in heavy fog. Both airplanes were immediately engulfed in flames, the MD crashed into a baggage hangar, which partially collapsed. All 118 people aboard both planes and 4 workers on the ground died.
 2001 November 12th. US, New York City: An American Airlines Airbus A 300, built in 1988, flight 587 en route to Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, crashed less than 3 minutes after departure from JFK into a residential area. While climbing through 2,800 feet and executing the left turn on the standard departure procedure away from Brooklyn, radar contact was lost with the aircraft. Witnesses reported seeing an engine fire develop on the aircraft's no.1 engine, followed by small pieces of debris breaking away from the left wing, and shortly afterward, a complete separation of the left engine from the aircraft's wing. The aircraft then reportedly entered a steep nose-down attitude and crashed into the borough of Queens near Rockaway Beach, destroying four residential structures, and severely damaging eight others. Separation of the vertical stabilizer, which was found over two miles away from the main impact site in Jamaica Bay, is suspected as the precipitating event, leading to an in-flight breakup of the aircraft. All 260 people aboard the plane together with 6 people on the ground died.
 2001 November 19th. Russia, Kalyazin: a Irs-AeroAirline turboprop Ilyushin-18 en route from Siberia to Moscow crashed near a village, about 150 miles northeast of Moscow; all 27 people (9 crew, 18 passengers) aboard died.
2001 November 24th. Switzerland, Bassersdorf, Zurich International Airport: A Cossair Avro RJ100 (a 4-engine, 97-passenger plane, manufactured in 1996 by Britain's BEA Service Group), flight enroute from Berlin, Germany crashed during landing approach in bad weather about 3 miles away from the airport; 24 of the 33 people (5 crew, 28 passengers) died; 5 were hospitalized with severe injuries.
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