Aircraft Crashes (part 1 of 2): Find a list of the worst aircraft crashes in the world, including theHindenburgdisaster and the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. (See also Terrorist Attacks.) 1921 Aug. 24, England:British dirigibleAR-2broke in two on trial trip near Hull; 62 died. 1925 Sept. 3, Caldwell, Ohio:U.S. dirigibleShenandoahbroke apart; 14 dead. 1930 Oct. 5, Beauvais, France:British dirigibleR 101crashed, killing 47. 1933 April 4, N.J.:U.S. dirigibleAkroncrashed; 73 died. 1937 May 6, Lakehurst, N.J.:German zeppelin Hindenburgdestroyed by fire at tower mooring; 36 killed. 1945 July 28, New York City:U.S. Army bomber B-25 crashed into Empire State Building; 13 dead. 1953 June 18, near Tokyo:Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster killed 129 servicemen. 1956 June 30, Grand Canyon, Ariz.:TWA Super Constellation and United Airlines DC-7 collided over the Painted Desert, killing a total of 128 passengers and crew from both aircraft. 1960 Dec. 16, New York City:United DC-8 and Trans World Super Constellation collided and crashed, killing 134 in air and on ground. 1961 Feb. 15, nr. Brussels, Belgium:72 on board and farmer on ground killed in crash of Sabena plane; U.S. figure skating team wiped out. 1962 March 4, Douala, Cameroon:Trans-African DC-7 crashed on takeoff, killing all 111 people aboard. June 3, Paris:Chartered Air France Boeing 707 crashed after takeoff at Orly Airport, killing 130. June 22, Grande-Teree Island, Guadeloupe:Air France Boeing 707 crashed, killing all 113 aboard. 1963 Nov. 29, Montreal:Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8F crashed after taking off. All 118 aboard died. 1965 May 20, Cairo:Pakistan International Airways 707 crashed on landing at airport; 124 killed. 1966 Jan. 24, Mont Blanc:Air India Boeing 707 crashed into a mountain in a fog; 117 dead. Feb. 4, Tokyo:All-Nippon 727 jet crashed into Tokyo Bay as it approached airport, killing all 133 aboard. March 5, near Gotemba City, Japan:BOAC Boeing 707 broke apart in flight and crashed into Mount Fuji; 124 dead. Dec. 24, Binh Thai, South Vietnam:crash of military-chartered CL-44 into village killed 129. 1967 April 20, Nicosia, Cyprus:Chartered Swiss Globe Britannia Turboprop crashed while landing, killing 126. 1970 Feb. 15, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:Dominican DC-9 plunged into Caribbean on takeoff; 102 dead. July 3, near Barcelona, Spain:British charter Dan-Air Comet jet crashed into the sea while coming in for a landing at Barcelona; 112 dead. July 5, Toronto:Air Canada DC-8 crashed on landing approach; 109 dead. Nov. 14, Huntington, W.Va.:Chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed and burned on approach to Tri-State Airport; 75 dead, including entire Marshall University football team. 1971 July 30, Morioka, Japan:Japanese Boeing 727 and F-86 fighter collided in midair; 162 died. Sept. 4, near Juneau, Alaska:Alaskan Airlines Boeing 727 crashed into Chilkoot Mountains; 109 killed. 1972 May 5, Palermo, Sicily:Alitalia DC-8 hit mountain, killing 115. June 18, London:BEA Trident jetliner crashed after takeoff from Heathrow Airport. All 118 aboard were killed. Aug. 14, East Berlin, East Germany:Soviet-built East German Ilyushin Il-62 plane crashed, killing 156. Oct. 13, Moscow, Russia:Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-14 crashed during landing due to pilot fatigue and 176 people perish. Dec. 3, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands:Spanish charter jet Convair 990-A jet carrying West German tourists crashed on takeoff; all 155 aboard killed. Dec. 30, Miami, Fla.:Eastern Airlines Lockheed 1011 TriStar jumbo jet, Flight 401, crashed into Everglades; 101 killed, 75 survived. 1973 Jan. 22, Kano, Nigeria:171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and 5 crewmen died in crash. Feb. 21, Sinai:civilian Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 shot down by Israeli fighters after it had strayed off course; 108 died, 5 survived. Officials claimed that the pilot had ignored fighters' warnings to land. April 10, Hochwald, Switzerland:British airliner carrying tourists to Swiss fair crashed in blizzard; 106 dead. July 11, Paris:Boeing 707 of Varig Airlines, en route to Rio de Janeiro, crashed near airport, killing 122 of 134 passengers. 1974 March 3, Paris:Turkish DC-10 jumbo jet crashed in forest shortly after takeoff; all 346 killed. Dec. 4, Colombo, Sri Lanka:Dutch DC-8 carrying Muslims to Meccakilled all 191 when it crashed on landing approach. 1975 April 4, nr. Saigon, Vietnam:Air Force Galaxy C-5A crashed after takeoff, killing 172, mostly Vietnamese children. Aug. 3, Agadir, Morocco:chartered Boeing 707, returning Moroccan workers home after vacation in France, plunged into mountainside; all 188 killed.