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    Which aeroplane disaster had the greatest death toll?

    Question #42925. Asked by gmackematix. (Jan 02 04 1:39 AM)


    McGruff

    		On March 27, 1977, the most deadly airplane accident in history occurred at Tenerife airport. Two Boeing 747s, one from Pan American airlines, the other from the KLM Royal Dutch airlines, collided, destroying both planes. Everyone aboard the KLM plane perished, 14 crewmembers and 234 passengers. On the Pan Am flight, nine of the 16 crewmembers died along with 326 of the 380 passengers. In total, 583 people died out of the 644 people on the two planes, making it the deadliest airplane disaster in history. Only 15 of the survivors walked away from the accident. http://www.tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2001/mar27.htm


    Jan 02 04, 2:47 AM
    Hamlet.

    		On September 11, 2001, in a well planned terrorist attack, 4 US passenger planes were hijacked and then crashed into specific targets causing the estimated death of 3,380 people.

    http://people.howstuffworks.com/sept-eleven3.htm

    Jan 02 04, 4:31 AM

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