Backgrounder: Major air incidents killing over 100 in decade

Source: Xinhua    2018-05-21 14:16:37

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Cuba confirmed on Saturday that 110 people were dead from Friday's Boeing 737 crash close to Havana's Jose Marti International Airport.

The worst air disaster in Cuba in decades only left three survivors out of 113 people, including six Mexican crew members. The survivors are still in serious condition, according to local authorities.

The following is a list of major aircraft incidents with a death toll exceeding 100 that happened worldwide in a decade:

On April 11, 2018, a total of 257 people were killed in a military plane crash in Algeria, the worst air disaster in the county's history.

On Oct. 31, 2015, an Airbus A321 plane crashed over the Sinai Peninsula en route from Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh to St. Petersburg in Russia, killing all 224 people on board.

On June 30, 2015, a military cargo plane crashed near Medan, the capital city of Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, killing over 100 people on board and on the ground.

On March 24, 2015, an Airbus 320 plane of German budget airline Germanwings with 150 people on board crashed in southern France while en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. No survivors were reported.

On Dec. 28, 2014, an Airbus A320-200 of the budget carrier AirAsia with 162 people on board vanished from radar screens en route from Indonesia's second biggest city Surabaya to Singapore. Victims' bodies and the jet's black box were retrieved over a week later in the Java Sea.

On July 24, 2014, an Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board crashed in neighboring Mali, killing all the 110 passengers and six Spanish crew members.

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, went down in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

On June 3, 2012, a Dana Air plane from Nigeria's capital city Abuja crashed in a residential area in the Lagos metropolis, killing the 153 people on board and 40 others living inside a two-story building hit by the aircraft.

On July 28, 2010, an Airblue Flight ED-202 crashed into the Margalla Hills in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, killing all the 152 people aboard.

On May 22, 2010, at least 158 people were killed when an Air India Express plane from Dubai overshot the runway during landing and crashed near Mangalore airport in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

On May 12, 2010, a passenger plane of Libya's Afriqiyah Airways crashed on landing at Tripoli airport, killing all of the 103 people on board except an 8-year-old Dutch boy.

On July 15, 2009, an Iranian passenger plane crashed near the country's northwestern city of Gazvin, killing all 168 people on board.

On June 30, 2009, an Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian Ocean as it approached the airport on the Comoros Islands, killing 152 people on board. Only a 13-year-old French girl survived.

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, went down over the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris, killing all 228 people on board.

On Aug. 20, 2008, 154 people died and 18 others were injured when a 15-year-old plane crashed and burst into flames during takeoff in Madrid.

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Backgrounder: Major air incidents killing over 100 in decade

Source: Xinhua 2018-05-21 14:16:37

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Cuba confirmed on Saturday that 110 people were dead from Friday's Boeing 737 crash close to Havana's Jose Marti International Airport.

The worst air disaster in Cuba in decades only left three survivors out of 113 people, including six Mexican crew members. The survivors are still in serious condition, according to local authorities.

The following is a list of major aircraft incidents with a death toll exceeding 100 that happened worldwide in a decade:

On April 11, 2018, a total of 257 people were killed in a military plane crash in Algeria, the worst air disaster in the county's history.

On Oct. 31, 2015, an Airbus A321 plane crashed over the Sinai Peninsula en route from Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh to St. Petersburg in Russia, killing all 224 people on board.

On June 30, 2015, a military cargo plane crashed near Medan, the capital city of Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, killing over 100 people on board and on the ground.

On March 24, 2015, an Airbus 320 plane of German budget airline Germanwings with 150 people on board crashed in southern France while en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. No survivors were reported.

On Dec. 28, 2014, an Airbus A320-200 of the budget carrier AirAsia with 162 people on board vanished from radar screens en route from Indonesia's second biggest city Surabaya to Singapore. Victims' bodies and the jet's black box were retrieved over a week later in the Java Sea.

On July 24, 2014, an Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board crashed in neighboring Mali, killing all the 110 passengers and six Spanish crew members.

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, went down in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

On June 3, 2012, a Dana Air plane from Nigeria's capital city Abuja crashed in a residential area in the Lagos metropolis, killing the 153 people on board and 40 others living inside a two-story building hit by the aircraft.

On July 28, 2010, an Airblue Flight ED-202 crashed into the Margalla Hills in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, killing all the 152 people aboard.

On May 22, 2010, at least 158 people were killed when an Air India Express plane from Dubai overshot the runway during landing and crashed near Mangalore airport in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

On May 12, 2010, a passenger plane of Libya's Afriqiyah Airways crashed on landing at Tripoli airport, killing all of the 103 people on board except an 8-year-old Dutch boy.

On July 15, 2009, an Iranian passenger plane crashed near the country's northwestern city of Gazvin, killing all 168 people on board.

On June 30, 2009, an Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian Ocean as it approached the airport on the Comoros Islands, killing 152 people on board. Only a 13-year-old French girl survived.

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, went down over the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris, killing all 228 people on board.

On Aug. 20, 2008, 154 people died and 18 others were injured when a 15-year-old plane crashed and burst into flames during takeoff in Madrid.

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