Commercial Airliner Accidents

Commercial Airliner Accident Attorney - New York (NY)

New York (NY) Lawyer Helping Commercial Airliner Accident Victims

Although you are more likely to be involved in a car accident versus a commercial airliner crash, there is one big difference…commercial arliner crashes are almost always deadly.

Listed below are some commerical airliner crash statistics since 2000.

• Jan. 30, 2000: Kenya Airways Airbus crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 179 passengers and crew on board.
• July 25, 2000: Air France Concorde airliner crashed into a hotel after take off in Paris, killing all 113 passengers and crew on board.
• Aug. 23, 2000: Gulf Air Airbus crashed into the Persian Gulf, killing all 143 passengers and crew on board.
• July 4, 2001: Russian airliner crashed on its third approach to the runway for a refueling stop, killing all 145 people.
• Sept. 11, 2001: Commercial airliners crash into World Trade Center and the Pentagon killing more than 2,900 in the worst terrorist attack on American soil.
• Oct. 8, 2001: Scandinavian Airliner bound for Copenhagen hit a Cessna during takeoff killing 118 people. All on board both planes and four airport workers were killed. This was one of Italy's worst air disasters.
• Nov. 12, 2001: American Airlines Airbus crashed into New York residential neighborhood minutes after take off. All 260 people on board and 5 on the ground were killed.
• Feb. 12, 2002: Iranian airliner crashed into a mountain while trying to land, killing all 118 aboard.
• April 15, 2002: Boeing 767 airliner crashed into a forested hillside near China airport due to inclement weather, killing 115 people. 38 passengers miraculously survived.
• May 4, 2002: EAS airliner crashed into a heavily populated suburb of Kano shortly after takeoff, killing 148, which included victims on the ground
• May 7, 2002: China Northern airliner crashed into the bay shortly after captain reported a fire in the cabin. All 112 on board died.
• May 25, 2002: China Boeing 747 airliner bound for Hong Kong broke apart in midair and plunged into the sea 20 minutes after takeoff from Taipei. 225 passengers and crew died.
• March 6, 2003: An Algerian Boeing 737 airliner crashed after takeoff from Tamanrasset, killing 102 people.
• July 8, 2003: A Sudan Airways Boeing 737 airliner, experienced technical difficulties shortly after takeoff and crashed. One child survived and 116 died.
• Dec. 25, 2003: A chartered Boeing 727 airliner bound for Beirut, Lebanon, crashed after hitting a building on takeoff. 140 people died.
• Aug. 24, 2004: Two Russian planes, both departing from Moscow's airport, crashed within minutes of each other, killing a total of 89 people. Explosives were found on both flights.
• Feb. 3, 2005: Afghan Kam Air Boeing 737 airliner, bound to Kabul crashed in the mountains, killing 104.
• Aug. 14, 2005: A Helios Airways, Boeing 737 airliner lost cabin pressure and crashed when it ran out of fuel, killing all 121 on board.
• Aug. 16, 2005: A chartered West Caribbean Airways airliner crashed in western Venezuela, killing all 160 on board.
• Sept. 5, 2005: Mandala Airlines, Boeing 737 airliner, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 104 on board and 39 on the ground; 13 passengers survived.
• May 3, 2006: Armenin Airbus crashed in the Black Sea due to bad weather, killing all 113 aboard.
• July 9, 2006: A Russian Airbus slid off the end of the runway just after landing due to brake failure, killing 127.

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