World's worst plane accident in which hundreds of lives were lost, some crashed from thousands of feet and some hit the runway

Posted on 17th Jan 2023 by rohit kumar

70 people have lost their lives in a plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. 5 Indians are also included in those who lost their lives. The plane crashed minutes before landing on its way from the capital Kathmandu to the tourist city of Pokhara. Such an incident has happened in Nepal after almost 30 years. This accident is also considered gruesome because the people of the township were narrowly saved at the accident site. Let us inform you that even before this there have been many such plane accidents in which hundreds of people lost their lives.

 

Plane crash in India's Charkhi-Dadri

On November 12, 1996, the collision of two foreign aircraft in Haryana, India is the worst plane accident in Indian history date. A Saudi Arabian airline plane collided mid-air with a Kazakhstan airline plane, in which both planes were destroyed. This accident which happened at a distance of 100 km from Delhi scared everyone. 349 people lost their lives in the accident.

 

Boeing plane crash in China

The Boeing plane crash that happened on March 21 last year in China was also quite horrific. This is considered the biggest plane crash in Chinese history. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft that departed from Kunming, China suddenly crashed at an altitude of 29,100 feet. All 132 people on board the flight were killed in this accident.

 

Tenerife Airport Disaster Spain's most painful accident

In the year 1977, on March 27, two Boeing aircraft collided on the runway of Tenerife Airport in Spain, and the whole of Spain was shaken. American aircraft 1736 and KLM aircraft 4805 suddenly came face to face, causing a fierce collision between the two, and 583 people lost their lives in this accident.

 

176 passengers were killed on a Ukrainian plane

January 8, 2020, is the date when Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing 176 passengers and crew members. The incident happened amid rising tensions between the US and Iran. After which the Iranian government admitted that it had unintentionally shot down the plane.

 

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