Man is busy in making up new designs and showing his creativity in aircraft designing. Like every picture has two sides, technology advancements has curse on the other hand too. Here is the list of 10 worst aircraft accidents ever in the history. Note that the list is not of top 10 worst plane crashes. Here we start with number 10.
10- Korean Airlines
| Date: | August 06, 1997 |
| Location: | Agana, Guam |
| Aircraft: | Boeing B-747-300 |
| Reg: | HL-7468 |
| Airline: | Korean Airlines |
| Flight No: | 801 |
| Fatalities: | 254 : 229 |
This Korean Airlines Boeing 747 crashed while attempting to land at Guam in heavy rain. The pilot’s intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain altitude and clearance from terrain was the cause.
9- Air New Zealand
| Date: | December 28, 1979 |
| Location: | Near Mt. Erebus, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica |
| Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Reg: | ZK-NZP |
| Airline: | Air New Zealand |
| Flight No: | 901 |
| Fatalities: | 257 : 257 |
What started out as a Antarctic sightseeing tour, ended in disaster, when this Air New Zealand DC-10 crashed into Mt. Erebus killing all 257 aboard. An incorrect computer-stored flight plan led to a navigational error which brought the plane near Mt. Erebus in whiteout conditions.
The number 1 is a myth!
Very true, popo! Let’s leave hoaxes away…