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China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303: A Tragic Tale of Aviation

On June 6, 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303, a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft operating a domestic flight from Xi’an to

Aeroflot Flight 3352 was a regularly scheduled Aeroflot flight from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk, with an intermediate landing in Omsk. On

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was a chartered flight flown by Vnukovo Airlines on behalf of Arktikugol, a Russian coal mining

On October 31, 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (100 km) south of Nantucket,

Gulf Air Flight 072 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Bahrain International Airport

Yemenia Flight 626 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Yemenia Airways that crashed into the Indian Ocean on

On November 27, 1983, Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747-200B, crashed near Madrid, Spain, killing 181 people, including 169 passengers

Airblue Flight 202 was an Airbus A321-231 jet airliner that crashed into the Margalla Hills, north of Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto

On September 28, 1992, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 crashed on approach to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport, killing all 167

On January 1, 1978, Air India Flight 855 crashed into the Arabian Sea just two minutes after taking off from