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06 Sep
1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
10 Jan
1954: Comet jet crashes with 35 on board
19 Oct
1954: 'Metal fatigue' caused Comet crashes
17 Mar
1957: BEA withdraws Viscount aircraft
06 Feb
1958: United players killed in air disaster
03 Feb
1959: Buddy Holly killed in air crash
17 Feb
1959: Turkish leader involved in fatal crash
15 Feb
1961: Belgian jet crashes seconds before landing
03 Jun
1962: 130 die in Paris air crash
29 Nov
1963: Canadian air disaster kills 118
24 Jan
1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy
05 Mar
1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji
28 Jan
1968: Radiation alert following B-52 crash
03 Jul
1970: Holiday jet goes missing over Spain
08 Mar
1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
18 Jun
1972: UK's worst air crash kills 118
22 Dec
1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash
05 Mar
1973: Mid-air collision kills 68
03 Mar
1974: Turkish jet crashes killing 345
13 Oct
1976: Bolivian plane crashes in Santa Cruz
27 Mar
1977: Hundreds dead in Tenerife plane crash
21 Sep
1979: Harrier crash kills three
01 Sep
1983: Korean airliner 'shot down'
23 Jun
1985: Air India jet crashes killing 329
24 Nov
1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
28 Jan
1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster
02 Apr
1986: Bomb tears hole in airliner over Greece
06 Nov
1986: Oil workers die in helicopter crash
03 Jul
1988: US warship shoots down Iranian airliner
10 Sep
1988: BBC presenters in helicopter crash
21 Dec
1988: Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie
26 Dec
1988: First clue to Lockerbie crash found
08 Jan
1989: Dozens die as plane crashes on motorway
04 Oct
1992: El Al jumbo crashes in Amsterdam
02 Jun
1994: MI5 officers killed in helicopter crash
23 Nov
1996: Hijacked jet crashes into sea
03 Feb
1998: Military jet causes cable car tragedy
03 Sep
1998: All feared dead in Swissair crash
25 Jul
2000: Concorde crash kills 113
01 Feb
2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven
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