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Top 10 deadliest airline disasters

Updated: 2014-03-14 08:05 By Sun Chengdong (chinadaily.com.cn)
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No.5 Air India Flight 182 Year:1985

Fatalities: 329 Survivors: 0

Air India Flight 182 was flying on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On June 23, 1985, the aircraft operating on the route – Boeing 747-237B - was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of 9,400 m. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in Irish airspace. A total of 329 people were killed, including 268 Canadians, 27 British citizens and 24 Indians. The incident was the largest mass murder in Canadian history, and the deadliest aviation disaster to occur over a body of water. It is also the worst disaster in Indian aviation history, and worst aviation disaster in Irish territory.

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The memorial site of Air India Flight 183. [Photo/dfic.cn]

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