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LONDON (Reuters) - An Air France Concorde carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed after taking off from Paris Tuesday bound for New York.
Following is a chronology of major airline crashes since January 1996.
Jan 8, 1996 - At least 350 people died when a Russian-built Antonov-32 cargo plane crashed into a crowded market in the center of the Zaire capital, Kinshasa.
Feb 6, 1996 - A Dominican Alas Nacionales Boeing 757 plunged into waters off the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 on board.
Feb 29, 1996 - A Boeing 737 of the Peruvian Faucett airline slammed into a mountain as it prepared to land at Arequipa, 600 miles south of Lima. All 123 aboard were killed.
May 11, 1996 - A ValuJet Airlines DC-9 jet with 110 people on board crashed in the swampy Everglades near Miami airport. There were no survivors.
July 17, 1996 - TWA Flight 800 exploded in a fireball over the Atlantic after taking off from New York's Kennedy Airport, en route for Paris. All 230 on board died.
Aug 29, 1996 - A Tupolev 154, chartered by the Russian mining company Trust Arktik Ugol and carrying 141 passengers and crew to the remote Arctic island of Spitzbergen, crashed killing all aboard.
Nov 7, 1996 - A Nigerian Boeing 727 flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos crashed, killing all 151 aboard.
Nov 12, 1996 - 349 people died when a Saudi jumbo jet and a Kazakhstan cargo plane collided in mid-air over India in the worst-ever mid-air collision.
Nov 23, 1996 - A total of 125 of the 175 on board died when a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands.
Aug 6, 1997 - Korean Air Lines flight 801 carrying 254 people from Seoul crashed into a hilly area near Guam's airport. Only 26 survived.
Sept 26, 1997 - An Indonesian Garuda Airbus A-300-B4 crashed in northern Sumatra, in a mountainous area about 30 miles south of Medan. All 222 passengers, 10 cabin crew and the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash, which was Indonesia's worst ever.
Dec 19, 1997 - All 104 people on board died when a Singapore SilkAir Boeing 737-300 airliner crashed near the Indonesian city of Palembang.
Feb 2, 1998 - Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 crashed into a mountainside 40 miles northeast of Cagayan de Oro airport, Philippines, killing all 104 on board. The crash was the worst in Philippines history.
Feb 16, 1998 - A China Airlines Airbus en route from Bali, Indonesia, crashed and disintegrated at Taipei's international airport killing 196 people on board and seven on the ground. The dead included Taiwan's central bank governor, Sheu Yuan-dong.
Sept 2, 1998 - A Swissair wide-bodied MD-11, en route from New York to Geneva, crashed off Nova Scotia as it prepared to make an emergency landing in Halifax. All 229 aboard were killed.
Dec 11, 1998 - Thai Airways Flight TG261 carrying 146 people crashed as it approached the airport in Surat Thani in southern Thailand at the end of a flight from Bangkok. A total of 101 people died.
Oct 31, 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217.
What about that Alaska Airlines jet that crashed into the Pacific..???
Jan 30, 2000 - A Kenya Airways Airbus A-130 crashed in the sea shortly after takeoff from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, killing all 179 aboard.
April 19, 2000 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashed near the southern city of Davao, killing all 131 on board.
July 25, 2000 - An Air France Concorde supersonic airliner chartered by a German tour operator crashed after taking off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport bound for New York. Early reports said more than 100 on board died along with several on the ground.
Following is a chronology of major airline crashes since January 1996.
Jan 8, 1996 - At least 350 people died when a Russian-built Antonov-32 cargo plane crashed into a crowded market in the center of the Zaire capital, Kinshasa.
Feb 6, 1996 - A Dominican Alas Nacionales Boeing 757 plunged into waters off the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 on board.
Feb 29, 1996 - A Boeing 737 of the Peruvian Faucett airline slammed into a mountain as it prepared to land at Arequipa, 600 miles south of Lima. All 123 aboard were killed.
May 11, 1996 - A ValuJet Airlines DC-9 jet with 110 people on board crashed in the swampy Everglades near Miami airport. There were no survivors.
July 17, 1996 - TWA Flight 800 exploded in a fireball over the Atlantic after taking off from New York's Kennedy Airport, en route for Paris. All 230 on board died.
Aug 29, 1996 - A Tupolev 154, chartered by the Russian mining company Trust Arktik Ugol and carrying 141 passengers and crew to the remote Arctic island of Spitzbergen, crashed killing all aboard.
Nov 7, 1996 - A Nigerian Boeing 727 flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos crashed, killing all 151 aboard.
Nov 12, 1996 - 349 people died when a Saudi jumbo jet and a Kazakhstan cargo plane collided in mid-air over India in the worst-ever mid-air collision.
Nov 23, 1996 - A total of 125 of the 175 on board died when a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands.
Aug 6, 1997 - Korean Air Lines flight 801 carrying 254 people from Seoul crashed into a hilly area near Guam's airport. Only 26 survived.
Sept 26, 1997 - An Indonesian Garuda Airbus A-300-B4 crashed in northern Sumatra, in a mountainous area about 30 miles south of Medan. All 222 passengers, 10 cabin crew and the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash, which was Indonesia's worst ever.
Dec 19, 1997 - All 104 people on board died when a Singapore SilkAir Boeing 737-300 airliner crashed near the Indonesian city of Palembang.
Feb 2, 1998 - Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 crashed into a mountainside 40 miles northeast of Cagayan de Oro airport, Philippines, killing all 104 on board. The crash was the worst in Philippines history.
Feb 16, 1998 - A China Airlines Airbus en route from Bali, Indonesia, crashed and disintegrated at Taipei's international airport killing 196 people on board and seven on the ground. The dead included Taiwan's central bank governor, Sheu Yuan-dong.
Sept 2, 1998 - A Swissair wide-bodied MD-11, en route from New York to Geneva, crashed off Nova Scotia as it prepared to make an emergency landing in Halifax. All 229 aboard were killed.
Dec 11, 1998 - Thai Airways Flight TG261 carrying 146 people crashed as it approached the airport in Surat Thani in southern Thailand at the end of a flight from Bangkok. A total of 101 people died.
Oct 31, 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217.
What about that Alaska Airlines jet that crashed into the Pacific..???
Jan 30, 2000 - A Kenya Airways Airbus A-130 crashed in the sea shortly after takeoff from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, killing all 179 aboard.
April 19, 2000 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashed near the southern city of Davao, killing all 131 on board.
July 25, 2000 - An Air France Concorde supersonic airliner chartered by a German tour operator crashed after taking off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport bound for New York. Early reports said more than 100 on board died along with several on the ground.
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