From Tenerife to MH17 – The seven most tragic plane disasters

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Airplanes are considered one of the safest means of transportation. Accidents are rare, but when they do happen, they often end in disaster. More than 360 people aboard an Airbus A350 in Tokyo narrowly escaped death after colliding with a smaller plane during landing. Krone+ uses the dramatic incident as an opportunity to look back on the seven most dramatic aircraft disasters.

Frightening seconds for 367 passengers and 12 crew members of a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 en route to Tokyo: Flames burst from the plane and it hurtles across the tarmac, burning ablaze after colliding with a smaller plane. Photo and video recordings of the incident make it almost impossible to believe that the crew was able to successfully evacuate the plane and that all occupants survived. However, five people on board the smaller plane did not survive the incident. It wasn’t the first serious collision on a runway…

Source: Krone

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