Airplane Accidents 1969-1979

1970 February 15th. Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo: Dominicana DC-9 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff; all 102 people aboard died

1970 February 21st. Switzerland: SwissAir plane CV-990, crashed due to a bomb explosion, 47 people died

1970 May 2nd. US Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Pacific Ocean: Antillian Airlines DC-9 flight was en route from New York to St. Maarten. Due to poor visibility, the aircraft was diverted to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Five minutes later the crew was told the weather had improved at St. Maarten and were directed back. After 3 missed landing attempts at St. Maarten, the crew asked to be diverted to St. Thomas. By this time the plane was low on fuel and ran dry during the flight. The plane was ditched into the ocean. 23 people died, 40 survived

1970 July 3rd. Spain, Barcelona: Dan-Air British Comet disappeared into the Mediterranean Sea; no wreckage or bodies were ever found; all 112 people died

1970 July 5th. Canada, Toronto: Air Canada DC-8 crashes, 108 people died

1970 August 9th. Peru, Cuzco: Peruvian Lockheed L-188A aircraft crashed on takeoff after a failure of the no.3 engine; 99 of the 100 people aboard and 2 persons on the ground died.

1970 November 27th. USA, Anchorage Airport: Capitol International Airway DC-8 with military personnel failed to lift off during takeoff and overran the end of the runway, 46 people died, 170 survived

1970 December 31st. USSR, Leningrad: Soviet Aeroflot Ilyushin-18 crashed on take-off; all 93 people aboard died

1971 January 2nd - Lybia, Tripoli: an EgyptAir Comet 4 went crashed on landing approach into the desert four miles short of the runway; 16 people (8 crew & 8 passengers) died.

1971 January 23rd. South Korea: Korean Air Lines Fokker F-27, hijacked and ordered to fly to North Korea. South Korean military aircraft forced the turboprop to crash-land before the border, assailant then killed himself with a hand grenade, 2 people died, 58 survived

1971 June 7th. - USA, Connecticut, New Haven: Allegheny Airlines Convair CV-580 crashed one mile short of the runway in adverse weather condition; 28 of the 31 people aboard died

1971 July 30th. Japan, Morioka: Japanese Boeing 727 and F-86 fighter collided in mid-air, 162 people died

1971 August 21th.Danmark, Copenhagen airport: Malev Illushyn II-18 crashed into the sea during landing approach, 3 survired, 28 people died

1971 September 4th. USA, Alaska, Juneau: Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 crashed into Mount Fair-weather while attempting an instrument landing at Juneau airport during a heavy snowstorm, all 109 people died

1971 September 6th. Germany, Hasloh: a Pan International BAC One-Eleven 515FB aircraft collided with a bridge shearing off both wings after a double engine failure during takeoff. The water-injection system to cool the engines was inadvertently filled with kerosene instead of water; 22 of the 121 people aboard died.

1971 October 2nd. Belgium, West Flanders, near Kanegam: BEA (British European Airways) Vickers Vanguard, flight 703 from London to Salzburg/Austria, crashed into the ground after a technical failure caused by undetected corrosion; all 63 people aboard (55 passengers, 8 crew) died on impact

1971 December 3rd. Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Spantax Airlines Coonvair 990-A

1971 December 24th. - Peru, Puerta Inca: A Lineas Aereas Nacionales Lockheed L-188 was hit by lightning which led to a fire and a subsequent crash; 91 of the 92 people aboard died.

1972 January 7th. Spain, Ibiza: Iberia Airlines Caravelle crashed into surrounding mountains about 10 minutes after take-off from Ibiza airport

1972 March 3rd - USA, New York, Albany Airport: A Mohawk Airlines Fairchild FH-227 experienced an engine failure and crashed on landing approach into a building 4 miles short of the runway; 16 of the 48 people aboard and 1 person on the ground died

1972 March 14th - United Arab Emirates, Al Fujayrah: A Sterling Airways Aerospatiale Caravelle crashed into terrain; all 112 people aboard died.

1972 March 18th USSR, Kharkov: Soviet Aeroflot Tupolev-104

1972 March 19th - South Vietnam, Shamsam Airport: An Egypt Air DC-9 crashed 4miles short of the runway; all 30 people aboard died

1972 May 5th. Italy, Palermo: Alitalia DC-8 crashed into a mountain during landing approach at Palermo airport, all 115 people died

1972 May 18th. USA, Florida, Ft. Lauderdale Airport: Eastern DC-9, hard landing resulted in failure of fuselage and subsequent fire

1972 May 30th. USA Dallas/ Fort Worth Graeter Southwest Airport: Delta Air Lines DC-9, due to the weight of heavy jet crashed during landing on the runway and exploded. The loss of control was the result of flying into an extremely powerful but totally invisible vortex generated by a DC-10 during its approach about a minute earlier all 4 people died

1972 June 14th. India, New Delhi: Japan Airlines DC-8, mid-air collision while landing at New Delhi’s airport, 87 people died, 6 survived

1972 June 18th. UK, London: BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident, crashed 5 minutes after takeoff, all 121 people died

1972 August 14th. East Germany, Konigs Wusterausen near Berlin: An Interflug
Ilyushin Il-62 crashed after hot air, leaking from an air conditioning system in a cargo bay, melted insulation off cabling causing a short circuit in the stabilizing system. Melting insulation ignited flammable fluid which led to an uncontrollable fire that eventually weakened the structure until the tail fell off. All 156 people aboard died.

1972 October 13th. USSR, Moscow: Aeroflot Ilyushin-62 crashed, 176 people died

1972 December 3rd. Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Spantax Airlines Convair 990-A jet carying West German tourists crashed on takeoff, all 155 people died

1972 December 8th. - USA, Illinois, Chicago: United Airlines flight 533 en route from Washington D.C. crashed on landing approach 1.5 miles short of the runway at Midway Airport; 43 people aboard the plane and 2 people on the ground died, 18 passengers survived.

1972 December 29th. USA, Florida, Miami/Everglades: Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011 Tristar with 176 occupants crashed during landing approach into the swamp 14 miles west of the Miami International airport; despite a tremendous, non-survivable impact, 77 people survived, 60 of them with severe injuries, 99 persons died.

1973 January 22nd. Nigeria, Kano: Nigerian Airlines Boeing 70, pilgrims returning from Mecca, all 176 people died

1973 January 29th - Cyprus, Nicosia: an EgyptAir Ilyushin crashed on landing approach into a mountain; 37 people died (7 crew & 30 passengers).

1973 April 10th. Switzerland, Basel: BEA Vanguard Turboprop crashed into a wooded hillside during landing approach at Basel airport, 107 people died, 39 survived

1973 July 11th. France, Paris: Brazilian Varig Boeing 707(727) enroute from Rio de Janeiro crash-landed 3 miles short of Orly airport after a cabin fire, that started had in a lavatory: 122 people died (most of them due to smoke inhalation), 10 crewmembers and 1 passenger survived

1973 July 22nd. Tahiti, Papeete: a PanAm Boeing 707 crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after take-off; 78 people died, 1 passenger survived

1973 July 31st. USA, Massachusetts, Boston: Delta Airlines DC-9 crashed on landing at Logan Airport, 88 people died, 1 survived

1973 November 3rd.USA, Massachusetts, Boston: PanAm Cargo Boeing 707 crashed landed short of the runway after an in-flight fire. All 4 crew members died.

1973 December 23rd. Morocco, Mt. Mallaytine: Sabena Caravelle

1973 France, Paris Airport: Boeing 727 landed 8 minutes after fire broke out in laboratory, 124 people died, 2 survived

1974 January 30th. Pan American Boeing 707

1974 March 3rd. 12:40h, France, Paris: THY Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed in forest shortly after takeoff due to separation of cargo door, all 360 (347?) people died

1974 April 22nd. Indonesia, Island of Bali, Tinga-Tinga: A PanAm Boeing 707 crashed on landing approach into a mountain about forty miles northwest of the airport;

1974 December 1st. Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727

1974 December 4th. Sri Lanka, Colombo: Dutch DC-8 carrying Indonesian Muslims pilgrims to Mecca crashed, 191 people died

1974 December . USA, Dulles Airport near Washington D.C.: TWA Boeing 724 slammed into a hill, all 92 people died

1974 . Kenya, Lufthansa

1975 April 4th.. Vietnam, near Saigon: Air Force Galaxy C-58A crashed after take-off, 172 people, mostly Vietnamese

children, died

1975 June 24th. USA, New York, JFK airport: Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727, flight 66 from New Orleans struck approach lights during a runway 22L ILS approach. The aircraft broke up and caught fire; 115 of the 124 people aboard died.

1975 July 31st. Taiwan, Taipei: Far East Air Transport Vickers 837 Viscount crashed during a thunderstorm, 27 people died, 48 survived.

1975 August 3rd. Morocco, Agadir: chartered Alia Boeing 707, returning Moroccan workers home after vacation in France, plunged into mountainside, all 188 people died

1975 September 1st. East Germany, Leipzig-Halle: A Interflug Tupolev TU-134 descended below the glide path and struck a radio tower short of the runway. 26 of the 34 people aboard died.

1975 October 23rd. Australia, Queensland, Cairnes Airport: Connair Ply de Havilland DH-114 Heron crashed while attempting to land in a thunderstorm; all 11 people aboard died

1975 November 12th. USA, New York, JFK Airport: overseas national DC-10, engine explosion and fire during take-off

1976 February 8th.USA, California, Los Angeles, Van Nuys: A chartered DC-6 crash-landed on a golf course near Van Nuys Airport; while using a rotary saw to free trapped occupants leaking fuel ignited and injured 10 firefighters. Three flight crew members died on impact, while the three members of the cabin crew escaped with only minor injuries.

1976 April 17th. USA, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas Airport: American Airlines Boeing 727 from JFK landed on St. Thomas Airport, overshoot the runway and crashed into a gasoline station; 37 people died, 51 survived, only a few of them sustained severe burn injuries.

1976 May 23rd. Philippines, Mindanao, Zamboanga Airport, Philippine Airline BAC 1-11, hijacker hold aircraft on the ground hostage, after initial successful negotiation the situation escalated in gunfire and hand-grenade explosions, 13 people died

1976 August 6th. USA, Illinois, Chicago: Air Chicago Freight Aircraft, a converted B25 bomber crashed during an emergency landing at Midway airport; 2 pilots and 1 person on the ground died.

1976 September 10th. Yugoslavia, Zagreb: Mid-air collision between British Airways Trident and Yugoslav charter DC-9, all 176 people died

1976 December 25. Thailand, Bangkok: Egyptair Boeing 707 crashed on landing approach into a industrial area 1.5 miles short of the runway. All 53 people aboard and 19 on the ground died.

1977 January 13. USSR, Kazakh Republic, Alma-Ata Airport: Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 crashed on landing approach 2 miles short of the runway after experiencing an engine fire; all 90 people aboard

1977 March 27th.Tenerife, Los Rodeos Airport: Pan American Boeing 747 (394 people on board) landing and KLM Boeing 747 (249 people on board) take-off collided on the runway at 17:10 during fog, 583 people died, 61 survived

1977 April 4th. USA, Georgia, Hope: a Southern Airways DC-9 with 85 people aboard experienced the failure of both engines during a severe hailstorm and attempted an emergency landing on a two-lane highway;70 people (62 occupants and 8 on the ground) died

1977 November 21st. Argentina, Bariloche: an Austral Lineas Aeras Tupolev TU-134 with 79 people aboard crashed after executing a missed approach; 46 people died.

1977 December 4th. Malaysia, Joho Bahrain, Malaysian Airline System Boeing 737, mid-air explosion due to a hijacking attempt, all 100 people died

1977 December 18th. Madeira Island, Fantail Airport, Sata-Airlines Caravelle crashed into the sea during landing approach, 36 people died

1978 January 1st. India, Bombay, Air India Boeing 747, exploded and plunged into sea minutes after takeoff, all 213 people died

1978 March 1st. USA, Los Angeles Airport, Continental DC-10 to Honolulu during liftoff tires blew apart, plane overshot runway, and was immediately engulfed in flames, due to the quick response of LA airport fire service only 3 people died, 195 survived

1978 April 20th. USSR, Korean Airlines Boeing 707 was shot and forced to crash landing on a frozen lake by soviet air fighters, 2 people died, 107 survived

*1978 May 8th. USA, Florida, Pennsicola, National Boeing 727 on approach landing short in 12 feet of water, 3 people died

1978 June 26th. Canada, Toronto Airport: An Air Canada DC-9 overran the runway on takeoff which was aborted due to a gear unsafe warning caused by a blown tire; 2 of the 107 people aboard died.

*1978 September 25th. 9:02 AM, USA, San Diego, Pacific Southwest Boeing 727-214, mid air collision with Cessna over the city , all 137 people and 7 residents died

1978 November 15th. Sri Lanka, Colombo, Bandaranaike Airport: chartered Icelandic Airlines DC-8, carrying pilgrims from Mecca, crashed in thunderstorm during landing approach 1 mile short of the runway, 183 people died, 66 survived.

1978 December 23rd. Italy, Sicily, Palermo Airport: 4 miles short of the runway an Alitalia DC-9 crashed on landing approach into the Mediterranean Sea; 21 people survived, rescued by fishing boats, 108 people died

1978 December 28th. Parbados, Bridgetown Airport, British Airways Boeing 747, during re-fueling, host seperated from cuopling

*1978 December 28th. USA, Oregon, Portland United Airlines DC-8 run out of fuel and charted short of the runway, 10 people died, 179 survived

1979 February 9th - USA, Florida, Miami: An Eastern Airlines DC-9 crashed on a training flight when the crew simulated an engine failure; all 5 people aboard died.

*1979 May 25th. USA, Chicago Internat. Airport, American Airlines DC-10, crashed 30 seconds after takeoff, all 281 people and 2 residents died

1979 July 31st. UK, Shetlands, near Sumburgh: Dan Air Hawker Siddeley H-748-1 overran a runway and crashed into the ocean; 17 people died, 30 survived.

1979 October 7th. Greece, Athens Airport, SwissAir DC-8 overran the runway after landing because of rainy and slippery conditions, 14 people died

1979 October 31, Mexico, Mexico-City, Benito Juarez Airport: Western Air Lines DC-10 collided with a dumpster truck while landing on a closed runway, crashed into airport buildings and caught fire. 72 people died, 17 survived, 15 of them with injuries.

1979 November 26th. Saudi Arabia, Jidda, Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 707, carrying pilgrims returning from Mecca crashed on take-off, all 156 people died

1979 November 28th. Antarctica, Mount Erebus, New Zealand DC-10 crashes in the mountain, all 257 people died

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