1977 ⟶ Tenerife Airport Disaster
March 27: The Tenerife disaster in the Canary Islands, with ...
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✈️ Tenerife Airport Disaster
March 27: The Tenerife disaster in the Canary Islands, with 583 fatalities, marks the deadliest accident in aviation history.⟶
AviationAccidentDisasterAviation SafetyAir TravelFatalities
Spain
Netherlands
United States✈️ El Al Flight 1862 Crash in Amsterdam
October 4: El Al Flight 1862, in which a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the then state-owned Israeli airline El Al crashes into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer neighbourhood of Amsterdam, resulting in 43 deaths.⟶
AviationAir DisasterAccident Investigation
Netherlands
Israel✈️ ValuJet Flight 592 Crash in Florida Everglades
May 11: After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.⟶
AviationAviation SafetyAir CrashFloridaDisasterTransportation
United States💥 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
February 1: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board.⟶
Space ExplorationSpace Shuttle ProgramNASADisasterAviationSpace RaceTechnological FailureAstronauts
United States💥 Madrid Train Bombings
March 11: Madrid train bombings killed 193 people and injured around 2,000, Europe's deadliest attack since Pan Am Flight 103.⟶
TerrorismIslamismAl-QaedaBombingCivilian CasualtiesEuropean UnionPolitical Violence
Spain🚢 Migrant Boat Sinks Off Senegal, Killing Over 140
October 29: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands.⟶
MigrationRefugeesMaritime DisasterHumanitarian CrisisImmigration
SenegalSpain