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The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision [1] [2] and the deadliest aviation accident ever in India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The final report from the investigation revealed that the Kazakh crew's failure to maintain the correct altitude led to the collision. [ 5 ]
Accident / Incident Description Casualties Survivors June 3, 2019 ... November 12, 1996 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 ...
This includes the deadliest accident of the year, the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision of 12 November, over Charkhi Dadri, India, in which all 349 people were killed aboard both aircraft involved. This crash is the world's deadliest mid-air collision, and was also the deadliest of the 1990s decade.
Charkhi Dadri came to media attention when, on 12 November 1996, a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 struck a Saudia Boeing 747 in the sky above the village, causing both aircraft to crash into the fields below. The collision resulted in the deaths of all 349 people on board both aircraft.
In 1996, Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 was carrying 230 people when it exploded minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. The plane’s wreckage fell into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island.
The Black Hawk involved in the crash was from the Army’s Bravo Company, of the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, officials said. The unit is tasked with flying senior government ...
November 12, 1996: 349: 0 Saudia Flight 763 / Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907: Climb/descent India Charkhi Dadri: July 30, 1998: 15: 0 Proteus Airlines Flight 706 / Private flight: Low level Quiberon Bay, France February 8, 2000: 3: 0 Zlin 242L / Cessna 172: Descent United States Zion, Illinois: July 1, 2002: 71: 0 Bashkirian Airlines Flight ...
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