Aircraft Crashes (part 2 of 2): 1976 Sept. 10, Zagreb, Yugoslavia:midair collision between British Airways Trident and Yugoslav charter DC-9 fatal to all 176 people aboard. Sept. 19, Karatepe, Turkey:Turkish Airlines 727 crashes into mountainous terrain killing 154 people. 1977 March 27, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands:Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on runway. All 249 on KLM plane and 333 of 394 aboard Pan Am jet killed. Total of 582 is highest for any type of aviation disaster. 1978 Jan. 1, Bombay:Air India 747 with 213 aboard exploded and plunged into sea minutes after takeoff. Sept. 25, San Diego, Calif.:Pacific Southwest plane collided in midair with Cessna. All 135 on airliner, 2 in Cessna, and 7 on ground killed for total of 144. Nov. 15, Colombo, Sri Lanka:chartered Icelandic Airlines DC-8, carrying 249 Muslim pilgrims from Mecca, crashed in thunderstorm during landing approach; 183 killed. 1979 May 25, Chicago:American Airlines DC-10 lost left engine upon takeoff and crashed seconds later, killing all 272 people aboard and 3 on the ground in worst U.S. air disaster. Nov. 26, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:Pakistan International Airlines 707 carrying pilgrims returning from Mecca crashed on takeoff; all 156 aboard killed. Nov. 28, Mt. Erebus, Antarctica:Air New Zealand DC-10 crashed on sightseeing flight; 257 killed. 1980 Aug. 19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:all 301 aboard Saudi Arabian jet killed when burning plane made safe landing but passengers were unable to escape. 1981 Dec. 1, Ajaccio, Corsica:Yugoslav DC-9 Super 80 carrying tourists crashed into mountain on landing approach, killing all 178 aboard. 1983 June 28, near Cuenca, Ecuador:Ecuadorian jetliner crashed in mountains, killing 119. Aug. 30, nr. island of Sakhalin off Siberia:Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 shot down by Soviet fighter after it strayed off course into Soviet airspace. All 269 aboard killed. Secret Soviet documents released in Oct. 1992 reveal that the plane was flying a straight course for two hours with its navigational lights on and did not take evasive action. Crew was unaware of its location and never saw the Soviet fighter that downed them. The Soviet fighter did not give a warning by firing tracer bullets as originally claimed. Nov. 27, Madrid:Colombian Avianca Boeing 747 crashed near Mejorada del Campó Airport, killing 181 people aboard. Eleven people survived. 1985 June 23, Atlantic Ocean:Air India 747 exploded over the ocean killing 329. The probable cause was a Sikh terrorist bomb. Aug. 12, Japan:Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into a mountain, killing 520 of the 524 aboard. Highest death toll in a single-plane crash in aviation history. Dec. 12, Gander, Newfoundland:a chartered Arrow Air DC-8 bringing American soldiers home for Christmas crashed on takeoff. All 256 aboard died. 1987 May 9, Poland:Polish airliner Ilyushin 62M, on charter flight to N.Y., crashed after takeoff from Warsaw, killing 183. Aug. 16, Romulus, Mich.:Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 crashed into a highway shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 156 (including 2 on the ground). Girl, 4, only survivor. Nov. 26, south of Mauritius:South African Airways Boeing 747 went down in rough seas; 160 died. Nov. 29, Burma:Korean Air Boeing 747 jetliner exploded from bomb planted by North Korean agents and crashed into sea, killing all 115 aboard. 1988 July 3, Persian Gulf:U.S. Navy cruiserVincennesshot down Iran Air Airbus A-300 after mistaking it for an attacking jet fighter; 290 killed. Aug. 28, Ramstein Air Force Base, West Germany:3 jets from Italian Air Force acrobatic team collided in midair during air show and crashed, killing 70 people, including the pilots and spectators on the ground. Dec. 21, Lockerbie, Scotland:N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground.See Terrorist Attacks. 1989 June 7, Paramaribo, Suriname:a Surinam Airways DC-8 carrying 174 passengers crashed into the jungle while making a third attempt to land in a thick fog, killing 168 aboard. July 19, Sioux City, Iowa:United Airlines DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing. Out of a total of 296 aboard, 111 were killed, 172 were injured, and 13 escaped unharmed. 1991 May 26, nr. Bangkok, Thailand:Austrian Lauda Air Boeing 767, en route to Vienna, crashed into jungle hilltop shortly after takeoff from Bangkok airport, killing all 223 aboard. Thailand's worst air disaster. July 11, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:Canadian-chartered DC-8 carrying pilgrims returning to Nigeria crashed after takeoff, killing 261 people. 1994 Jan. 3, Irkutsk, Russia:Russian Tupolev-154 crashes after taking off, killing all 124 people. April 14, northern Iraq:two American F-15C fighter aircraft mistook two U.S. Army blackhawk helicopters for Russian-made Iraqi MI-24 helicopters and shot them down over no-fly zone, killing all 26 on board.