Major Commerical Airline Disasters
1970 - 1979

DC-10-10 American Airlines 25th May 1979

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- Listing of Major Commerical Air Disasters 1970 - 1979

Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
04/02/1970	Corrientes, Argenitna	BAe 748	Aerolineas Aergentinas	Crashed at take-off	37
06/02/1970	Samarkand, USSR	Ilyushin 18	Aeroflot	Hit a Mountain	92
15/02/1970	Santo Domingo	DC-9-32	Dominicana	Engine Failure	101
21/02/1970	Wuerenling, Sw.	Convair 990	Swissair	Bomb	47	Report
21/04/1970	Manila, Philippines	BAe 748	Philippine Airlines	Explosion	36
02/05/1970	Virgin Islands	DC9-33CF	Antillian Airlines	Ran out of Fuel	22
03/07/1970	Sierra Montensy	de Havilland Comet 4	Dan-Air Services	Hit a Mountin	112
05/07/1970	Toronto	DC8-8-63	Air Canada	Crashed at Take-off	109	Report
05/08/1970	Islamabad, Pakistan	F27	Pakistan Int. Airlines	At take-off	30
09/08/1970	Cuzco	Lockheed Electra 188A	LANSA	Engine Failure	100	Report
12/08/1970	Taipei, Taiwan	Ys11	China Airlines	Struck a ridge	14
14/11/1970	Huntington West Virginia	DC-9	Southern Airways	Mountain Side Collision	75
28/12/1970	Virgin Islands	727-200	American Airlines	On landing	2	Report
31/12/1970	Leningrad	Ilyushin 18	Aeroflot	Not Available	93
31/12/1970	East Pakistan	F27	Pakistan Int. Airlines	On landing	7
09/01/1971	Newark, NJ	707-323	American Airlines	Collision with Cessna 150	2
23/05/1971	Rijeka, Yougslavia	Tupolev 134A	Aviogenex	Crashed During Landing	78
06/06/1971	Duarte, California, USA	DC-9-31	Hughes Airwest	Mid Air Collision	50
07/06/1971	New Haven, USA	Convair 580	Allegheny Airlines	Crashed on approach	28
03/07/1971	Hokkaido, Japan	NAMC YS-11A	Toa (Japan)	Hit a Mountain	68
25/07/1971	Irkutsk, USSR	Tupolev 104B	Aeroflot	Crashed on landing	97
31/07/1971	Morika, Japan	727-200	All Nippon Airways	Mid Air Collision	163
04/09/1971	Juneau	727-193	Alaska Airlines	Hit a mountain	111	Report
02/10/1971	Aarsele	Vanguard	BEA	Structural Failure	55
21/11/1971	Penghu Islands	Caravelle	China Airlines	Mid-Air Bomb	25
24/12/1971	Puerto Inca	Locheed Electra 188A	LANSA	Structural Failure	91	Report
07/01/1972	Sierra de Atalayasa	Caravelle SE-210	Iberia	Hit a mountain	104
26/01/1972	Hamsdorf, Czechoslovakia	DC9-32	JAT	Bomb	27
14/03/1972	Dubay	Caravelle	Sterling Airways	Hit a Mountain	112	Report
19/03/1972	Mt. Shamsen, South Yemen	DC9-32	Egyptair	Hit a Mountain	30
13/04/1972	Rio de Janerio	YS11	VASP	Hit high ground	25
18/04/1972	Ethiopia	VC-10-1154	East African Airways	Mechanical failure	43	Report
05/05/1972	Mt. Lunga	DC-8-43	Alitalia	Ground collision	115
18/05/1972	Charkov	Antonov 10	Aeroflot	Not Available	108
30/05/1972	Forth Worth, Texas	DC-9-14	Delta Airlines	Crashed on landing	4	Report
12/06/1972	Ontario, Canada	DC-10	American Airlines	Loss of cargo door	none	Report
14/06/1972	New Delhi, India	DC8-50	Japan Air Lines	Crashed on landing	86	Report
15/06/1972	Pleiku, South Vietnam	Convair 880	Cathay Pacific	Mid-Air Bomb	81
18/06/1972	Khakov, USSR	Antanov 10A	Aeroflot	Structural Failure	122
18/06/1972	Staines	Hawker Siddeley Trident	British European Airways	Ground Collision	118	Report
14/08/1972	Berlin	Iiyshin 62	Eastern Germany Airlines	Onboard Fire	156
31/08/1972	Magnitogorsk	Ilyushin 18	Aeroflot	Onboard Fire	101
01/10/1972	Sochi	Ilyushin 18B	Aeroflot	Crashed after take-off	109
13/10/1972	San Fernando, Chile	Fairchild 227D	TAMU	Hit a Mountain	29
13/10/1972	Krasnaya, USSR	Ilyushin 62	Aeroflot	Crashed During Landing	174
21/10/1972	Athens	YS11	Olympic	Crashed into sea	37
27/10/1972	Massif, France	Viscount	Air Inter	Instrument Failure	55
28/11/1972	Moscow, Soviet Union	DC8-60	Japan Air Lines	Stalled	61
03/12/1972	Tenerife	Convair 990	Spantax	Groung Collision	155
08/12/1972	Chicago	737-222	United Airlines	Crashed on landing	61	Report
08/12/1972	Jalot, Pakistan	F27	Pakistan Int. Airlines	Ground collision	33
13/12/1972	Moscow	Ilyushin 62	Aeroflot	Not Available	174
20/12/1972	Chicargo	Convair 880	Delta Airlines	Collision with Below	0	Report
20/12/1972	Chicargo	DC9-31	North Central Airlines	Collision with above	9	Report
23/12/1972	Skaugum, Norway	F28-1000	Braathens SAFE	Hit high ground	40
29/12/1972	Miami, Florida	Lochheed L-1011	Eastern Airlines	Crashed on landing	101	Report
22/01/1973	Kano	707	Royal Jordanian Airlines	Crashed on landing	176
21/02/1973	Sinai	727	Liban Airlines	Shot Down	104
05/03/1973	Nantes, France	DC9-32	Iberia	Mid air collision	68
10/04/1973	Basle-Mulhouse	Vickers Vanguard 952	Invicta International Airways	Instrument Failure	108
18/05/1973	Siberia, USSR	Tupolev 104A	Aeroflot	Bomb	81
31/05/1973	New Dehli, India	737-200	Indian Airlines	Crashed during landing	48
03/06/1973	Goussainville, France	Tupolev 144	Aeroflot	Crashed during Air Show	6
21/06/1973	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	DC9-15	Aeromexico	During landing	27
11/07/1973	Orly, France	707	Varig	Fire	123	Report
22/07/1973	Papeete, Tahiti	737-321B	Pan American World Airways	Crashed after Take-off	78
31/07/1973	Boston	DC9-31	Delta Airlines	On landing	89	Report
13/08/1973	La Corunda, Spain	Caravelle 10-R	AVIACO	Crashed during landing	85
27/08/1973	Bogota, Columbia	Lockheed 188A	Aerovias	Not Available	43
28/08/1973	Los Angeles, California	707-331B	Transworld Airlines	Design Tolerances	1	Report
30/09/1973	Sverdlovsk	Tupolev 104B	Aeroflot	Instrument Failure	108
03/10/1973	Domodedovo, USSR	Tupolev 104B	Aeroflot	Electrical Failure	119
23/10/1973	Rio de Janerio	YS11	VASP	Rejected take-off	8
03/11/1973	Albuquerque, New Mexico	National Airlines	DC10-10	Engine Failure	1
03/11/1973	Boston, MA	707-321C	Pan American World Airways	Onboard Fire	3	Report
20/12/1973	New Delhi, India	707-330B	Lufhansa	Crashed on approach	none
22/12/1973	Tetuan, Morocco	Caravellevi-n	Sobelair (Belgium)	Hit a Mountain	106
01/04/1974	Turin, Italy	Fokker 28	Aerolineeitavia	Crashed during Take-off	38
26/01/1974	Izmir, Turkey	F28-1000	THY	During take-off	68
30/01/1974	Pago	707-321B	Pan American World Airways	Crashed during landing	97	Report
03/03/1974	Orly	DC-10	Turkish Airlines	Loss of cargo door	346	Report
03/04/1974	Francistown, Botswana	DC-4	Werenla Air Services	Crashed on take-off	77
13/03/1974	Bishop California	Convair 340/440	Sierra Pacific Airlines	Hit a Mountain	36
22/04/1974	Denpasar Bali	707-321-B	Pan American World Airways	Hit a Monntain	107
27/04/1974	Leningrad	Ilyushin 18	Aeroflot	Engine Failure, Fire	118
08/06/1974	Monte San Isidoro, Colombia	Viscount 785D	Aerolineas	Not Available	44
07/09/1974	Telukbetung, Indonesia	F27	Garuda Indonesian Airlines	Crashed on landing	31
08/09/1974	Ionian Sea, Greece	707	TWA	Bomb	88
11/09/1974	Charlotte, USA	DC9-31	Eastern Airlines	Crashed during Approach	72
15/09/1974	Phan Rang	727	Air Vietnam	Hi Jacked	76
20/11/1974	Nairobi, Kenya	747	Lufthansa	Crashed at Take-off	59	New
01/12/1974	Berryville, Virginia	727-231	Transworld Airlines	While Landing in Bad Weather	92	Report
04/12/1974	Laxabana Hill, Holland	DC-8-55F	Martimair	Not Available	191
22/12/1974	Maturin, Venezuela	DC9-14	Aerovias	Crashed after take-off	75
30/01/1975	Instanbul	F28-1000	THY	Crashed during landing	41
03/02/1975	Manila, Philippines	BAe 748	Philippine Airlines	Engine Failure	32
27/02/1975	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bandeirante	VASP	On take-off	15
24/06/1975	JFK Airport	727-225	Eastern Airlines	Wind Sheer	113	Report
03/08/1975	Agadir	707-321C	Royal Jordanian Airlines	Hit a Mountain	188
07/08/1975	Denver, Colarado	727-224	Continental Airlines	Crashed at Take-off	15 Seriously injured	Report
20/08/1975	Damascus	Ilysuhin 62	Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Crashed during Approach	126
24/08/1975	Palenbang, Indonesia	F28-1000	Garuda Indoneasian Airways	Crashed on landing	25
30/10/1975	Prague, Czechoslovakia	DC9-32	Inex Adria Aviopromet	Crashed during Approach	75
12/11/1975	Raleigh, North Carolina	727	Eastern Airlines	On ILS Landing	9 Seriously Injured	Report
12/11/1975	JFK, New York	DC-10-30	Overseas National Airways	Struck by Birds at Take-off	2 Seriously Injured	Report
16/12/1975	Anchorage, Alaska	747-246	Japan Airlines	Skidded off Taxiway	2 Seriously Injured	Report
01/01/1976	Northeastern Saudi Arabi	727	Middle East Airlines	Bomb	81
22/01/1976	Chapeco, Brazil	Banderante	Transbrasil	During take-off	7
06/03/1976	Yerevan	Ilyushin 18D	Aeroflot	Electrical failure	127
05/04/1976	Ketchikan	727	Alaska Airlines	Runway overrun	1
27/04/1976	St Thomas, Virgin Islands	727-95	American Airlines	Crashed on landing	37	Report
09/09/1976	Off Adler, USSR	Antonov 24	Aeroflot	Collision with Below	(64)
09/09/1976	Off Adler, USSR	Yakovlev 40	Aeroflot	Collision with Above	(64)
10/09/1976	Zagreb, Yugoslavia(Croatia)	Trident	British Airlines	Collision with Below	63	Report
10/09/1976	Zagreb, Yugoslavia(Croatia)	DC-9	Yogoslav	Collision with Above	113	Report
19/09/1976	Karatepe Mts, turkey	727-2F2	Turk Hava Yollari	Hit a mountain	154
06/10/1976	Barbados	DC8-40	Cubana	Bomb on board	73
12/10/1976	Bombay	Carvelle SE-210	Indian Airlines	Engine failure	95
13/10/1976	Santa Cruz	707-131F	Aereo Boliviano	Hit a Building	91
16/11/1976	Denver, Colorado	DC-9-14	Texas Int. Airlines	Crashed on Take-off	0	Report
31/11/1976	Kozani, Greece	YS11	Olympic Airways	Crashed during approach	50
25/12/1976	Bangkok, Tyailand	707-366C	Egyptair	Crashed on landing	62
13/01/1977	Alma Ata	Tupolev 104A	Aeroflot	Engine fire	96
15/02/1977	Mineralnye, USSR	Ilyushin 18V	Aeroflot	Crashed on landing	77
27/03/1977	Tenerif	747	Pan Am	Collision with Below	335	Report
27/03/1977	Tenerif	747	KLM	Collision with Above	248	Report
04/04/1977	New Hope, Georgia	DC-9-31	Southern Airways	Engine Failure	9	Report
16/05/1977	Pan-AM Building New York	Sikorsky S-61L	New York Airways	Landing Gear Failure	5	Report
27/05/1977	Havana, Cuba	Ilyushin 62	Aeroflot	Not Available	62
27/09/1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	DC8-60	Japan Air Lines	Crashed on landing	34
03/11/1977	Belgrade, Yogoslovia	747	El Al	Decompression	1
19/11/1977	Funchal	727-282	Air Portugal	Crashed on landing	131
04/12/1977	Johore Strait	737-2H6	Malaysian Airlines System	Explosion	100
13/12/1977	Evansville, IN	DC-3	National Jet Services	Crashed during take-off	29
01/01/1978	Bandra, India	747-237B	Air India	Instrument Failure	213
11/02/1978	Cranbrook, Canada	737-275	Pacific Western Airlines	Reverse Thrusters Failed	42
01/03/1978	Los Angeles	DC10	Continental Airlines	Tyre burst	2
01/03/1978	Kano, Nigeria	F28-1000	Nigeria Airways	Mid air collision	18
02/03/1978	Bombay India	747-200	Air India	Instrument failure	213
20/04/1978	Kem, Soviet Union	707-300	Korean Air Lines	Forced landing	2
08/05/1978	Pensacola, FL	727-235	National Airlines	Crashed on landing	3	Report
26/06/1978	Toronto, Canada	DC9-32	Air Canada	Tyre Burst	2
18/08/1978	Manila, Philippines	BAC 111	Philippine Airlines	Bomb	1
03/09/1978	Zimbabwe	Viscount	Air Rhodesia	Shot Down	38
25/09/1978	San Diego, California	727	Pacific Southwest Airlines	Collision with Cessnia 172	144	Report
15/11/1978	Colombo, Sri Lanka	DC-8	Icelandic Airways	Crashed on landing	183
23/12/1978	Palermo	DC-9-32	Alitalia	Crashed into sea	115
28/12/1978	Portland Oregon	DC-8-61	United airlines	No Fuel During Approach	18	Report
12/02/1979	Kariba Corge, Rhodesia	VC-7	Air Rhodesia	Shot Down	59
12/02/1979	Clarksburg, USA	Mohawk 299	Allegheny Airlines	During take-off	2
14/03/1979	Doha Airport, Qatar	727-2D3	Royan Jordanian Airlines	On Landing	44
17/03/1979	Moscow-Vnukovo	Tupolev	Aeroflot	Not Available	90
25/05/1979	Chicago - O'Hare	DC-10-10	American Airlines	Engine fell off	273	Report
30/05/1979	Rockland, Maine	DeHavilland	Downeast Airlines	On approach	17
11/07/1979	Medan Airfield, Indonesia	F28-1000	Garuda Indonesian Airways	Hit a mountain	61
11/08/1979	Donetsk	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	Collision with Below	(178)
11/08/1979	Donetsk	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	Collision with Above	(178)
14/09/1979	Sarroch, Italy	DC9-32	Aerotransporti	Hit a Mountain	31
07/10/1979	Athens, Greece	DC8-60	Swissair	On landing	14
31/10/1979	Mexico City	DC10-10	Western Airlines	Struck Vechicle	72
26/11/1979	Jeddah	707-340C	Pakistan Int. Airlines	On board fire	156
28/11/1979	Mount Erebus, Antarctica	DC-10	Air New Zealand	Hit a Mountain	257
23/12/1979	Ankara, Turkey	F28-1000	THY	Structural failure	39

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