Top 10 deadliest airline disasters
Updated: 2014-03-14 08:05 By Sun Chengdong (chinadaily.com.cn)No.5 Air India Flight 182 Year:1985
Fatalities: 329 Survivors: 0
Air India Flight 182 was flying on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On June 23, 1985, the aircraft operating on the route – Boeing 747-237B - was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of 9,400 m. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in Irish airspace. A total of 329 people were killed, including 268 Canadians, 27 British citizens and 24 Indians. The incident was the largest s murder in Canadian history, and the deadliest aviation disaster to occur over a body of water. It is also the worst disaster in Indian aviation history, and worst aviation disaster in Irish territory.
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