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This crash remains the deadliest in African history, and the deadliest in terms of ground fatalities, superseded only by the intentional crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11 attacks, and thus the deadliest accident in terms of ground fatalities.
Air Africa was an airline based in Kahemba Airport, Zaire. The airline started flights in 1991 with a few destinations, operated by Moscow Airways , but closed in 1996 after the 1996 Air Africa crash .
March 12 – The Llandow air disaster: An Airflight Avro 689 Tudor V stalled and crashed on approach to Llandow Aewrodrome due to improper loading, resulting in a center of gravity exceeding the aft limit; 80 out of the 83 people on board die, at the time the worst air disaster in history. 1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents: June ...
This crash is the world's deadliest mid-air collision, and was also the deadliest of the 1990s decade. The deadliest single-aircraft crash was the relatively little-known 1996 Air Africa crash , when on 8 January an overloaded Antonov An-32 overran the runway at Kinshasa , Zaire ; two of the six people aboard were killed, however an estimated ...
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Douglas C-54 Skymaster 41-32929 broke-up in mid-air for reasons unknown and crashed near Bakkie, Reynsdorp, Suriname, killing all 35 on board in the first loss as well as the first fatal crash of the DC-4/C-54. The aircraft was operating for TWA on behalf of the USAAC's Air Transport Command. [9] June 20, 1944
A. 1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash; Air France Flight 007; Air France Flight 358; Air India Express Flight 812; Air India Express Flight 1344; Allied Air Flight 111