From the New York City plane crash that happened shortly after 9/11 to the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision in India, these aviation accidents shocked and horrified the world.

Ever since the Wright brothers first propelled an airplane into the sky, planes have accidentally fallen to the Earth. Sometimes these crashes involve small planes, with just a few passengers. But the worst plane crashes in history have had far more fatalities. In the deadliest accidental plane crash, the Tenerife Airport Disaster, 583 people perished.

Chillingly, many of the world’s deadliest plane crashes were completely preventable. They were caused by human error, miscommunications, or faulty equipment on the aircraft. And most are fatal for everyone on board — though some, like Japan Air Lines Flight 123, did h

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