List of accidents and disasters by death toll

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Aviation accidents and incidents deaths

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583 – Tenerife airport disaster (Tenerife, Spain, 1977)
520 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
349 – Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
346 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (France, 1974)
329 – Air India Flight 182 (Atlantic Ocean, 1985)
301 – Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
300 – Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996)
290 – Iran Air Flight 655 (Persian Gulf, 1988)
275 – 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash (Kerman, Iran, 2003)
273 – American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
270 – Pan Am Flight 103, (Lockerbie, U.K., 1988)
269 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007 East Sea, 1983)
265 – American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
264 – China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
261 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
257 – Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
256 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
234 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
230 – TWA Flight 800 (near Long Island, New York, 1996)
229 – Swissair Flight 111 (off the coast of Nova Scotia, 1998)
228 – Korean Air Flight 801 (Guam, 1997)
228 – Air France Flight 447 (Atlantic Ocean, 2009)
225 – China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
223 – Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
217 – EgyptAir Flight 990 (off the coast of Nantucket, 1999)
213 – Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
202 – China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
200 – Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbekistan, USSR, 1985)
199 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
191 – Martinair Flight 138 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
189 – Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
188 – Agadir air disaster (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
183 – Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
183 – LOT Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
181 – Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
180 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
178 – 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision, (Ukraine, USSR, August 1979)
178 – Aeroflot Flight 3352, (Omsk, Russia, October 1984)
177 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
176 – Kano air disaster (Nigeria, 1973)
176 – Surinam Airways Flight 764 (Surinam, 1989)
174 – Aeroflot Flight 217 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
171 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 9646 (Havana, September 1989)
170 – Pulkovo Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
170 – UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
169 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d'Ivoire, 2000)
168 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (Tehran, Iran, 2009)
167 – Mexicana Flight 940 (Michoacan, 1986)
167 – PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
163 – Aeroflot Flight 4227, (near Alma-Ata Airport, Kazakhstan S.S.R., July 1980)
163 – Dana Air Flight 992 (Lagos, Nigeria, 2012)
162 – All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, July 1971)
160 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 (Near Xi'an, China, June 1994)
160 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Venezuela, 2005)
159 – South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
159 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, (Tripoli, Libya, December 1992)
159 – American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
158 – 1992 Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules crash (near Lagos, Nigeria, September 1992)
158 – Air India Express Flight 812 (Mangalore,India, 2010)
156 – 1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster (East Germany, August 1972)
156 – PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
156 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
155 – 1968 USAF C-130B Kham Duc crash (Kham Duc, Vietnam, May 1968)
155 – Viasa Flight 742, (Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 1969)
155 – Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, December 1972)
155 – 1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident (Saigon, April 1975)
154 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
154 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
154 – Spanair Flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain, 2008)
153 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
152 – Airblue Flight 202 (Pakistan, 2010)
152 – Yemenia Flight 626 (Indian Ocean, June 2009)
149 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 (Medan, Indonesia, September 2005)
148 – Iberia Airlines Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
148 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
146 – Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
145 – EAS Airlines Flight 4226, (Gwammaja, Nigeria, May 2002)
145 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (Budarovka, Russia, July 2001)
144 – PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, California, September 1978)
144 – Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
143 – Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
143 – Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
143 – ADC Airlines Flight 086, (outskirt of Lagos, Nigeria, November 1996)
141 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guilin, China) (24 November 1992)
141 – Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash (Cahungula, Angola, 18 December 1995)
141 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (Svalbard, Norway, August 29, 1996)
141 – UTA Flight 141 (Cotonou, Benin, December 2003)
137 – VASP Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
137 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (Dallas, Texas, 1985)
136 – 1991 Indonesian Air Force C-130H crash, (Jakarta, Indonesia, October 1991)
134 – 1960 New York air disaster (New York City, 1960)
133 – 1993 Iran Air Tours Tu-154/Iranian Air Force Su-24 mid-air collision (near Tehran, Iran, February 1993)
133 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, February 1966)
132 – USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, September 1994)
132 – SAM Colombia Flight 501, (Medelin, Colombia, May 1993)
132 – Aeroflot Flight 8641 (Mazyr, Belarus, June 1982)^[1]
131 – Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
131 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
130 – Indian Airlines Flight 113, (Ahmedabad, India, October 1988)
130 – 1983 TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crash, (near Lubango, Angola, November 1983)
130 – Air France Flight 007, (Paris, June 1962)
129 – US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, June 1953)
128 – Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
128 – Iran Air Flight 291 (Alborz Mountains, Iran, 21 January 1980)
128 – Guangzhou Baiyun aircraft collision (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
128 – 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (Arizona, June 1956)
127 – Bhoja Air Flight 213 (Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012)^[2]
127 – Tan-Sahsa Flight 414 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1989)
126 – Czech Airlines Flight 542, (Damascus, Syria, August 1975)
126 – 1967 Nicosia Britannia disaster (near Nicosia Airport, April 1967)
125 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
124 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
124 – BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
124 – Baikal Air Flight 130, (Irkutsk, Russia, January 1994)
123 – Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
123 – Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
123 – South African Airways Flight 228, (Windhoek, Namibia, April 1968)　
122 – Aeroflot Flight 1491, (Kharkov, Ukraine S.S.R., May 1972)
121 – Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
121 – PIA Flight 705 (Cairo, Egypt, May 1965)
119 – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 (Khorramabad, Iran, February 2002)
119 – TAME 737-200 crash, (Cuenca, Ecuador, July 1983)
118 – Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
118 – British European Airways Flight 548, (Staines, England, June 1972)
118 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November 1963)
117 – Air India Flight 101 (Mont Blanc, January 1966)
116 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, (Port Sudan, Sudan, July 2003)
116 – 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash (Tehran, Iran, 6 December 2005)^[3]
115 – Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
115 – Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, 5 May 1972)
114 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 (Douala, Cameroon, 5 May 2007)
113 – Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
113 – Armavia Flight 967 (Black Sea, 3 May 2006)
113 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 (Langtang National Park, Nepal, 31 July 1992)
113 – Air France Flight 117 (Guadeloupe, West Indies, June 1962)
112 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
112 – CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April 1982)
112 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (New York, 24 June 1975)
112 – Gulf Air Flight 771, (Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, September 1983)
112 – Sterling Airways Flight 296, (outskirts of Kalba, UAE, March 1972)
111 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866, (Juneau, AK, September 4, 1971)
111 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
111 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153 (Douala, Cameroon, March 1962)
110 – ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
110 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (near Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., 22 August 1981)
110 – Avianca Flight 203 (near Bogotá, Colombia, November 27, 1989)
109 – Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July 1970)
108 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, (Sinai Peninsula, 1973)
108 – China General Aviation Flight 7552, (Nanjing, China, 31 July 1992)
108 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 222, (Chongqing, China, 18 January 1988)
108 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 (Basel, Switzerland, April 1973)
107 – Aeroflot Flight 2230 (Sverdlovsk, Russia S.S.R., November 1967)
107 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (Pacific Ocean, 16 March 1962)
107 – Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December 1978)
104 – Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
104 – SilkAir Flight 185 (Sumatra, Indonesia, 1997)
104 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 (Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain, January 1972)
103 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, (Libya, 12 May 2010)
102 – Adam Air flight 574, (Indonesia, 2007)
101 – Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (Everglades, 1972)
101 – Thai Airways Flight 261 (Surat Thani, Thailand, December 1998)
100 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (Malaysia,1977)
99 – LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
99 – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
99 – KLM Flight 607-E (Atlantic Ocean, August 1958)
98 – Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130 crashed into mountain during approach to Zahedan Airport, Iran (2 November 1986)^[4]
98 – Britannia Airways Flight 105, (Slovenia, September 1966)
97 – Varig Flight 810 (outskirt of Lima, Peru, November 1962)
96 – 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash (Smolensk, Russia, April 10, 2010)
95 – American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, 1 March 1962)
95 – Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean, 1968)
94 – Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, 7 July 1962)
94 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, (Abuja, Nigeria, October 2006)
93 – Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
92 – TAME Flight 120, (Cumbal, Colombia, January 2002)
92 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, (Bangalore, India, February 1990)
92 – TWA Flight 514, (Virginia, December 1974)
91 – LANSA Flight 508, (Puerto Inca, Peru, December 1971)
90 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, (Mediterranean, 25 January 2010)
90 – Aeroflot Flight 411, (Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, July 1982)
90 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, 4 on the ground killed included (Delhi, India, June 1972)
89 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, (Phuket, Thailand, September 2007)
89 – Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E take-off crash, Medina Saudi Arabia ( 14 September 1980)^[5]
89 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (Logan Airport, Massachusetts, July 1973)
88 – Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pacific Ocean, 2000
88 – Aeroflot Flight 821 (Perm, Russia, 2008)
88 – TWA Flight 841 (Mediterranean Sea, September 1974)
87 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
87 – Air Inter Flight 148, (outskirt of Strasbourg, France, January 1992)
85 – Braniff Flight 352 (Dawson, Texas, May 1968)^{[citation needed]}
84 – Sknyliv airshow disaster (Lviv, Ukraine, 2002)
83 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
83 – Thai Airways Flight 365, (Phuket, Thailand, August 1987)
83 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, (Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1969)
82 – Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
82 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22/Cessna 310, (Hendersonville, # 82 – North Carolina, July 1967)
82 – TABSO Flight 101, (Bratislava, Slovakia, November 1966)
81 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (near Sicily, Italy, June 1980)
81 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
81 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438 (Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, January 1976)
81 – Pan Am Flight 214, (Elkton, Maryland, December 1963)
80 – Llandow air disaster, (Sigginstone, Wales, March 1950)
80 – 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, (Guelmim, Morocco, 2011)
79 – Korean Air Flight 803, (Tripoli, Libya, July 1989)
79 – Mexicana Flight 704, (near Del Norte International Airport, Apodaca, Mexico, 1969)
78 – Cubana Flight 455 (Barbados, 1976)
78 – Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, D.C., 1982)
77 – Avensa Flight 358, (Maturin, Venezuela, December 1974)
77 – Spantax Flight 995 Flight 5995 (Málaga Airport, Málaga, Spain, 1977)
77 – Iran Air Flight 277, (Urmia Airport, Urmia, Iran, January 2011)
76 – ČSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
75 – Southern Airways Flight 932, (Ceredo, West Virginia, 1970)
75 – Aeroflot Flight 593, Russia 1994
75 – Avianca Flight 52, Cove Neck, 1990
75 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
75 – Turkish Airlines Flight 634, (Diyarbakir Airport, Turkey, January 2003)
74 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553, (Fray Bentos, Uruguay, 1997)
74 – Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
74 – Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, (Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 July 2011)
73 – United States Navy airship USS Akron (1933)^[6]
73 – Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134, (Gabare, Bulgaria, 1978)
72 – Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
72 – Southern Airways Flight 242, 1977
72 – Stockport air disaster, (Stockport, Greater Manchester, 1967)
72 – Western Airlines Flight 2605, (Mexico City, 1979)
71 – Überlingen mid-air collision (Überlingen, Germany, 2002)
70 – Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
70 – Aerosvit Flight 241 (Mount Pente Pigadia, Greece, 1997)
70 – Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
69 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India, 1991
68 – American Eagle Flight 4184 (Indiana, October 1994)
68 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 (August 2008)
68 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733 (Mokpo Airport, South Korea, July 1993)
68 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883 (November 2010)
68 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 533 (near Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, July 1971)
66 – 1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash (Hawaii, March 1955)
66 – United Airlines Flight 409 (Wyoming, October 1955)
65 – LAPA Flight 3142 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999)
64 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
62 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 (British Columbia, December 1956)
62 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, (Logan Airport, Massachusetts, October 1960)
62 – Japan Airlines Flight 446 (Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, November 1972)
61 – Aer Lingus Flight 712 ORK-LHR Crashed off Tuskar Rock Co. Wexford, Ireland 24 March 1968
61 – Freckleton Air Disaster, (Freckleton, Lancashire, England, 23 August 1944)
61 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, (Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 24 February 1999)
60 – Malév Flight 240 (Mediterranean, 30 September 1975)
60 – TAROM Flight 371 (Balotesti, Romania, 1995)
60 – Alliance Air Flight 7412, (Patna, Bihar, India, 2000)
59 – Lufthansa Flight 540 (Nairobi, Kenya, 1974)
58 – Aeroflot Flight 1691 (Moscow, Russia, 1979)
58 – KLM Flight 844 (Biak Islands, Netherlands New Guinea, 1957)
58 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, (Lake Michigan, 1950)
57 – Atlasjet Flight 4203, (Turkey, November 2007)
56 – Martinair Flight 495, (Faro Airport, Portugal, 1992)
56 – British Airtours Flight 28M, (Manchester Airport, England, 1985)
56 – Indian Airlines Flight 491, (Aurangabad, India, 1993)
55 – Lionair Flight 602, Iranavitu island off the coast of Mannar, Sri Lanka (1998)
55 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 (on approach to Washington National Airport, 1949)
55 – Partnair Flight 394, Convair 580, 1989
55 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
55 – Transbrasil Flight 303, near Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1980
53 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (near Zawoja, Poland, 1969)
53 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 (Maryland, 1947)
52 – United Airlines Flight 608 (Utah, 1947)
52 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash, Munich, 1960
52 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 (British Columbia, 1965)
51 – Panair do Brasil Flight 099 (near Gravataí, Brazil, 1950)
51 – Wuhan Airlines Flight 343, (Wuhan, China, 2000)
51 – 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, (2007)
50 – Collision of J-BIDH and J-BJDO (Fokker Super Universal) (Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, August 1938)
50 – Pan Am Flight 202, Brazil, 1952
50 – Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster (near Żurrieq, Malta, 1956)
50 – TWA Flight 800 (1964), Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, 23 November 1964
50 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533, west off Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, 13 November 1966
50 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, (Gatwick Airport, England, January 1969)
50 – Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134. (Sofia, Bulgaria 1984)
50 – Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
50 – Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 (Cherkessk, Russia, 1997)
50 – Continental Airlines Flight 3407 (Buffalo, 2009)
49 – Malév Flight 110 (Kiev, Ukraine, 16 September 1971)^[7]
49 – Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
49 – United Airlines Flight 736 (Nevada, April 1958)
47 – British Midland Flight 092 (Kegworth, England, 1989)
47 – RusAir Flight 9605 (Republic of Karelia, Russia, 20 June 2011)
47 – Copa Airlines Flight 201 (Darién Gap, June 1992)
46 – TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru, 2003)
46 – Aeronor Flight 304 (La Serena, Chile, 1982)
46 – R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
45 – Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash (Mount Salak, Indonesia, 2012)
45 – PIA Flight 688 (Multan, 2006)
45 – Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
45 – 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash (Charasyab on approah to Kabul Airport, 1998)
45 – United Airlines Flight 553 (Chicago Midway International Airport, 1972)
44 – loss of the French airship Dixmude (1923)
44 – Pamir Airways Flight 112 (Afghanistan, 2010)
44 – 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster (Yaroslavl, Russia, 7 September 2011)
43 – 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru, 1987)
43 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (Cayucos, 1987)
43 – El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992)
42 – 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (Hejce, Hungary, 2006)
42 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 (Cranbrook, British Columbia 1978)
42 – Henan Airlines Flight 8387, Lindu Airport, China, 24 August 2010
41 – JAT Yugoslav Airlines Maganik Crash, Titograd, SR Montenegro, 1973
40 – TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
38 – United Airlines Flight 266 (Santa Monica Bay, California, 1969)
38 – PauknAir Flight 4101 (Boumahfouda, Morocco, 25 September 1998)
37 – Crash of N93043 (Martin 2-0-2), Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan, 9 April 1952
36 – Widerøe Flight 710 (Brønnøysund, Norway. 6 May 1988)
36 – Myanma Airways Flight 635 (Tachilek, Myanmar, 24 August 1998)
35 – Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
35 – US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
35 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (Shenzhen, China) (8 May 1997)
34 – Japan Airlines Flight 715, Kuala Lumpur Int'l Airport, Malaysia; other 45 injured. 27 September 1977
34 – Alitalia flight (Shannon, Ireland, 1960)
34 – Derby Aviation C47 crash into Canigou mountain en route London - Perpignan, 1961
34 – Olympic Aviation flight 545 (Isle of Samos, Greece, 1989)
34 – Herculesramp, C-130 Hercules crash (Eindhoven, Netherlands, 15 July 1996)
33 – LOT Polish Airlines Vickers Viscount 804 crash (Warsaw, Poland, 1962)
33 – All Nippon Airways flight 25(DC-3), off Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan, 12 August 1958
32 – Malév Ilyushin Il-18V crash (Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 August 1971)^[8]
32 – United Nations Bombardier CRJ-100 crash (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011)
32 – Douglas DC-3 PH-DDA crash (Waddenzee, Netherlands, 25 September 1996)
31 – UTair Flight 120, (Tyumen, Russia, 2012)
30 – Malév C-47A sightseeing flight crash (Budapest, Hungary, 6 August 1961)^[9]^[10]
29 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Andes flight disaster (now Cerro Seler, Andes, 1972)
29 – Malév Tupolev Tu-134 crash (Bucharest, Romania, 21 September 1977)^[11]
27 – Aeroméxico Flight 229 (near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1973)
27 – 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash (Shymkent, Kazakhstan, December 2012)
25 – Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (Off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia, 7 May 2011)
25 – United Airlines Flight 585 (Security-Widefield, El Paso County, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 3 March 1991)
23 – Air Canada Flight 797 Cincinnati, USA, 1983
22 – Tara Air Bilandu forest, Nepal, (2010)^[12]
22 – New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 (Kaimai Range, New Zealand, July 1963)
22 – TWA Flight 3 (Nevada, 1942)
21 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 (Kazakhstan, January 2013)
19 – 2013 Luxor hot-air balloon crash (Luxor, Egypt, 2013)
19 – Sita Air Flight 601 (Nepal, September 2012)
19 – Buddha Air Flight 103 (Kotdada Hill, Nepal, 2011)^[13]
18 – TAESA Flight 725 Uruapan, Mexico, (1999)
18 – Yeti Airlines Flight 103 Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, Nepal, (2008)^[14]
17 – Dan-Air Flight 0034 (Scotland, 1979)
16 – TACA Airlines, El Rancho, near (Tegucipalga, Honduras), (29 November, 1944)
16 – Aria Air Flight 1525 Mashhad, Iran, (2009)
15 – Agni Air Flight CHT Jomsom Airport, Nepal, (2012)^[15]
14 – Central American Airways Flight 731 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2011)
14 – Agni Air Flight 101 Lukla, Nepal, (2010)^[16]
13 – 1989 Alice Springs hot-air balloon crash (Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 13 August 1989)
11 – 2012 Carterton hot-air balloon crash (Carterton, New Zealand, 7 January 2012)
9 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, 25 February 2009
9 – United Airlines Flight 811, Pacific Ocean, 24 February 1989
6 – 2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot-air balloon crash, (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23 August 2012)
5 – TACA Flight 390 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2008)
5 – China Airlines Flight 358, (Taipei, Taiwan, 29 December 1991)
4 – Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 near Palmerston North, New Zealand, 9 June 1995
3 – Air France Flight 296, Mulhouse Habsheim Airport, France, 26 June 1988
3 – China Airlines Flight 642 Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, 22 August 1999
2 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, Warsaw Airport, Poland, 15 September 1993
2 – 2011 Somerset hot-air balloon crash (Westfield, Somerset, United Kingdom, 1 January 2011)
1 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (Kahului, Hawaii), (1988)
1 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 near Chicago Midway International Airport, USA, 8 December 2005

Explosions [edit]

This list does not include bombings, aviation incidents, and mine disasters.

1,950 – Halifax Explosion (Nova Scotia, Canada, 1917)^[17]
1,500 – Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
1,200 – Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship "Kuang Yuang", near Kiukiang, China, October 16, 1926^[18]
1,200 – Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
1,121 – Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbour, 1943 due to magazine explosion.
1,100 – Lagos Armoury Explosion, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic
1,007 – Ammunition transporter exploded in Hamont, Belgium, November 18, 1918
1,000+ - Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France, August 31, 1794
843 – British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard, propellant explosion, 1917
800 – Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
738 – British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark, magazine explosion, 1914
700 – Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988
621 – Explosion of a dynamite depot, Brazil, February 27, 1925^[19]
600+ – Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Naples, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured.
590 – Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, November 3, 1893, with over 2000 injured.^[20]
575 – Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Soviet Union, 1989)
568+ – Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
565 – BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
500+ – San Juanico Disaster, (Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 1984)
372 – Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood, 372 killed and 371 injured (Seeadler Harbor, 1944)
339 – Japanese battleship Mikasa, explosion in magazine (artillery) while at port; September 11, 1905
322 – Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
~300 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté, September 25, 1911
296+ – New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
246+ – Brazzaville arms dump blasts (Brazzaville, Congo, 4 March 2012)
234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, December 2003
233 – Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion, 1916
230+ – 2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
226+ – Gunpowder explosion near Valletta, Malta, July 18, 1806
217 – Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
207 – Tank car explosion at BASF, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, also 3818 injured, 28 July 1948.^[21]
206 – Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
200+ – Gotera ammunition dump exploded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 6, 1991.
200 – 1984 Tbilisi gas explosion
200 – Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S., 1900
200 – Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908
180 – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990
177 – Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
171 – A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
166 – Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China, 28 November 2004
163 – West Loch Disaster, 1944, On May 21, 1944, the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch while handling ammunition
160 – Vågen explosion, (Norway, 1944)
159 – Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000
154 – Ryongchon disaster, (North Korea, 2004)
153 – Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
151 – Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, the Netherlands, 1807)
151 – Hausdorf, Germany, currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930
150 – Gunpowder explosion (Abbeville, France, November 2, 1773)
150 – Jaʿār munitions factory explosion (Abyan Governorate, Yemen, March 28, 2011)^[22]
147 – Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
140 – Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion Kenya 31 January 2009
134 – Chilwell Munitions factory, Nottingham, England, 1918
133 – Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
130 – Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
126 – Dublin Gunpowder Disaster, (Dublin, Ireland, 1597)
121 – Road tanker explosion, (Okobie, Nigeria, 2012)
118 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Iéna, March 12, 1907
117 – 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique on March 22, 2007.^{[citation needed]}
117 – Electrical transformer explosion, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 3, 2010.
116 – Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England, 1916.
110 – A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
105 – 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
103 – USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
103 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
100 – Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
100 – Gunpowder explosion (Limerick, Ireland, February 12, 1693)
100 – Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
100 – T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).^[23]
100 – Explosion of an ammunitions dump (Chuchow, China, June 10, 1930)^[24]
100 – Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
100 – NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
98 – A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
94 – Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
94 – Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
92 – Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
90 – Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31, 1996)
90 – A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
79 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
75 – Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
74 – Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday On Ice show at the Indiana State Fair (Indianapolis, 1963)
73 – Silvertown explosion, (London, 1917)
73 – Arzamas railroad station exploded disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
70 – Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
70 – Shenzhen factory explosions (Shenzhen, China, 1993) A chain reaction of explosions ripples through factory district originating from an army owned factory.^[25]
63 – A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
60 – Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936)
60 – Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
60 – Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
57 – Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)
57 – 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, May 18, 1980
51 – 297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, USA on September 12, 1940^[26]
50 – Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, Onondaga County, New York State, (2 July 1918)
50 – Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland, (8 January 1979)
50 – Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
49 – Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
49 – Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
49 – Explosion in Powder Tower of the castle of Bredevoort Netherlands, July 12, 1646.
48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
48 – Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion, Falcon State, Venezuela, August 25, 2012
47 – USS Iowa turret explosion, 1989
45 – Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
41 – Richmond, Indiana explosion ^[27] on April 6, 1968 – More than 150 injured.
41 – Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
40 – Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands, 12 July 1646
40 – Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
39 – Hekimbasi gabage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 1993
36 – Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
35 – Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
33+ – Explosion at a naval laboratory, Brazil, April 30, 1931^[28]
33 – Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
32 – 2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion, Italy, 2009
29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
29 – Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
28 – Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England, June 1, 1974
28 – Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, 11 August 1871.
27 – LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria. 19 January 2004.
25 – 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey, September 5, 2012
24 – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium, July 30, 2004
24 – 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico, May 7, 2013
23 – Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, January 10, 1976
23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
22 – Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk Poland, 1995)
22 – Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
21 – Boston Molasses Disaster, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA. January 15, 1919)
21 – Fireworks explosion (Hallet, Oklahoma) June 25, 1985
21 – Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
21 – Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
19 – McKee refinery fire, Sunray, Texas
19 – Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, October 29, 1951. Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless.
18 – Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France, January 4, 1966
18 – Mihăileşti explosion (Romania, 2004)
16 – Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England, May 23, 1984
15 – Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, USA, March 23, 2005
15 – Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
15 – West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, USA, April 17, 2013
14 – 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States, 2008)
14 – Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA, February 2, 1973
13 – Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (Mari, Cyprus, July 11, 2011)
11 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill, (Gulf of Mexico, near the Missipippi River Delta, United States of America, May 2010)
10 – Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, ON, Canada, October 25, 1960
8 – Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland, December 7, 1983
7 – North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, NY, December 27, 1983

Industrial disasters [edit]

Maritime [edit]

Main article: List of maritime disasters

This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only. For wartime shipping disasters, see List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

1,565–4,400 – MV Doña Paz (Tablas Strait, Philippines, 1987). Casualty estimates vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers.
2,750–3,920 – SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board.
1,863 – MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
1,547 – SS Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
1,517 – RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
1,159 – Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
1,021 – SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
1,018 – MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
1,012 – RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
~1,000 – SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
894 – MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
852 – MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
844 – SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
832 – MV Princess of Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, June 21, 2008.
737 – SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
702 – Slave trade ship Leusden, (Marowijne Suriname, January 18, 1738)
~640 – SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
627 – SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
625 – 1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
608 – Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
600 – Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
587 – Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
580 – Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
570 – HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands, December 22, 1810)
558 – SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
550 – Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
546 – RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
528 – MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
500 – Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
497 – Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
496 – Saint-Philibert (off Île de Noirmoutier, France, 1931)
464 – Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
461 – MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
438 – Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
423 – Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
400 – Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
400 – PS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
400 – Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
397 – Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
392 – SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
361 – KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
358 – Drummond Castle, (off Ouessant, France, June 16, 1896)
358 – HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
357 – 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
353 – SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
350 – Annie James (off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, 1853)
340 – Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
338 – Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
325 – Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
314 – Principessa Mafalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
308 – Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
304 – Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy conditions (off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.)
300 – Steamer "Hsinwah" sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China (January 15, 1929)^[34]
300 – Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized (Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981)
300 – Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, October 11, 1968.
297 – RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
292 – A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993^[35]
289 – A boat of clandestine immigrants sank near Portopalo, Italy, 1996
288 – SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
280 – Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
280 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280 – Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279 – Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
272 – Turkish ferry SS Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
272 – Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
260 – USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
260 – Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
260 – Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
259 – Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
254 – Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, November 22, 1978
250 – Powhattan (1854) sunk off New Jersey, April 16, 1854 [6]
250 – Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
250 – Russian liner "Ogoza" sank in the Black Sea, 1928^[36]
250 – Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
250 – Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
250 – Chinese steamer "Lee Cheong" sank in a storm off Swabue (December 21, 1929)^[37]
249 – Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
240+ – MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 11, 2009)
230 – Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized (Amazon River, Pará, Brazil, 1981)
230 – Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
226 – Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
224 – Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) May 13, 1835
220 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
215 – Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
211 – SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, July 1909
210 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
209 – Naval transport ship "Angamos" sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, July 7, 1928^[38]^[39]
209 – Seven Japanese fishing boats sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
206 – Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May 1963
205 – HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
205 – SS Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada February 20, 1860
200 – Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer "Pa Shi", 1931^[40]
200 – SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
200 – Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
200 – Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December 1988.
200 – SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong — 4 February 1947^[41]
193 – Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
192 – Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
189 – MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
189 – HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
185 – Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
182 – Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
180 – Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31, 1998
177 – Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
171 – Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
170 – Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
168 – Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
167 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
167 – Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
165 – Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
161 – Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galaţi, Romania, September 10, 1989
158 – Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
158 – Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
150 – Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
150 – Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso Island, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
150 – A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965.
150 – Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September 1961.
148 – Méduse (off Senegal, 1816)
147 – Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
140 – SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
140 – Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June 1948.
140 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 1991.
140 – Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007.
140 – Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, December 2, 1994.
136 – SS Valencia wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in late January 1906.
136 – Finnish steamer SS Kuru capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, September 7, 1929
134 – SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
134 – Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
134 – RMS Quetta struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890.
131 – Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
131 – Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
130 – SS Hankow fire (Hong Kong, 14 October 1906)^[42]^[43]
130 – MV Princess Victoria (Scotland, 1953)
130 – Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September 1997
130 – Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
129 – USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
128 – Ferry SS Berlin struck the pier near Hook of Holland (the Netherlands), February 21, 1907.
128 – HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
128 – Greek cruise ship TSMS Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
125 – SS Bokhara (Formosa, 1892)
124 – SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
124 – Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
122+ – Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, July 10, 2011
120 – Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
118 – Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
117 – Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
113 – Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
105 – Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 14, 1970.
104 – Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, September 9, 1952.
102 – SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
100 – Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
99 – USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
92 – Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, October 1, 1933.
89 – SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, August 6, 1859
85 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
84 – Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
82 – STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
81 – MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
81 – Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, April 4, 1953
80 – Pamir (1957)
80 – Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, August 17, 1971.
78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
78 – MV George Prince ferry sank after colliding with the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta on the Mississippi River, October 20, 1976
70 – Ming 361 (2003)
61 – Turkish fishing boat carrying illegal migrants sank after hitting rocks (2012)
58 – Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57 – Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
54 – MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
53 – Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
53 – TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
51 – SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
51 – Marchioness disaster ( River Thames, London 1989). 131 people on board leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger "Bowbelle".
48 – Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
46 – PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette (Baengnyeong-do island, South Korea, March 26, 2010)
45 – SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
44 – British bulk carrier MV Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
42 – Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on November 4, 2008.^[44]^[45]
39 – Lamma IV, collision by Sea Smooth (Hong Kong, October 1, 2012)
36 – FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
36 – Ellan Vannin (Liverpool, United Kingdom en route from the Isle of Man), December 1909
35 – HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
32 – River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster (Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1876)
32 – Costa Concordia (cruise ship capsized off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, 13 January 2012)
31 – SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
29 – SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
28 – Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
23 – Pajtás passenger boat (Hungary, Lake Balaton, 30 May 1954, capsized by design flaws, when all passengers gathered on one side of the ship to watch a sailing competition to start)^[46]
22 – Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire (Hong Kong, 3 February 1992)^[41]
20 – Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October 2005)
18 – Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece (2012)
17 – 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
16 – MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
14 – Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, January 15, 1944
13 – Essex (South Pacific, 1819)
6 – Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Bass Strait, 1998)07)

Nuclear and radiation accidents [edit]

Main article: Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll

4,056^[47]^[48] – Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine, April 26, 1986. 56 direct deaths and 4,000 extra cancer deaths.^[49]
200 – Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.^[50]
33^[51]^[52] – Windscale Fire, United Kingdom, October 8, 1957. Fire ignites plutonium piles and contaminates surrounding dairy farms.^[51]^[52]
17 – Instituto Oncologico Nacional of Panama, August 2000 -March 2001; patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.^[53]^[54]
13 – Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica, 1996. (114 patients received an overdose of radiation).^[55]
11 – Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain, December 1990. (27 patients were injured).^[56]
10 – Soviet submarine K-431 accident, August 10, 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries).^[57]
10 – Columbus radiotherapy accident, 1974–1976, 88 injuries.^[54]^[58]
9 – Soviet submarine K-27 accident, 24 May 1968. (83 people were injured).^[54]
8 – Soviet submarine K-19 accident, July 4, 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).^[56]
8 – Radiation accident in Morocco, March 1984.^[59]
7 – Houston radiotherapy accident, 1980.^[54]^[58]
5 – Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident, August 9, 2004. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe.^[60]
5 – Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaidjan, USSR, October 5, 1982. 13 injuries.^[54]
4 – Goiânia accident, September 13, 1987 (249 people received serious radiation contamination).^[61]
4 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962.
3 – SL-1 accident (US Army) 1961.
3 – Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled, February 2000.^[62]
2 – Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, September 30, 1999).^[60]

Road [edit]

Further information: List of road accidents

Smog [edit]

4,000 – The Great Smog (London, December 5–9, 1952)
2,200 – Coal smog (London, 1880)^[63]
160 – Smog (London, December 12–15, 1991)^[64]
60 – Meuse Valley smog (Belgium, 1930)^[63]
50 – The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, October 27–31, 1948)^[63]

Space exploration [edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents.

7 – Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (over Texas/Louisiana, 2003)
7 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (over Florida, 1986)
3 – Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
3 – Apollo 1 (Kennedy Space Center, 1967) – occurred on ground before launch
1 – Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)
1 – X-15 Flight 191 (suborbital, crashed ~50 miles NE of Edwards AFB, 1967)

Sporting events [edit]

590 – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, February 26, 1918)
328 – 1964 Lima football riot tragedy, (Lima, May 24, 1964).^[65]
~200 – Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.^[66]
96 – Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
93 – Hailstorm & Stadium crush (Kathmandu, Nepal, 1988)^[67]
80+ – 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
79 – Port Said Stadium disaster (Port Said, Egypt, February 1, 2012)
71 – Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)^[68]
66 – Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
66 – Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR (October 20, 1982)^[69]
56 – Bradford City stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
43 – Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
40 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1967)
39 – Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
33 – Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)
28 – Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
26 – First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
24 – Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982^[70]
21 – Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece, February 8, 1981)^[71]
18 – Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semifinal match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, May 5, 1992.)^[72]
17 – 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
15 – 1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 1961).
13 – Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and ten spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators, killing the pair, plus 9 spectators. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia, Florence and Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, May 12, 1957)^[73]^[74]
13 – 1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 18, 1953.
13 – Democratic Republic of Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 14, 2008.
13 – Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; August 31, 1952.
12 – Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, 1969)
12 – Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, August 8, 1903
11 – Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, January 11, 1999.
11 – Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, 1911)
11 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands (Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada; September 16, 2011)
8 – 1903 Paris-Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.^[75]^[76]
8 – 2010 Off-road_racing#Desert_racingCalifornia 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off road truck rolled into the gallery.^[77]^[78]
6 – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after been caught in a large storm.
6 – Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.^[79]

Stampedes and panics [edit]

6,000 – Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto, 1809. A multitude of civilians flying from an advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river passing over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.
4,000 – mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
1,426 – stampede by pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
1,389 – Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
953 – Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)
800 – 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, India, 1954)
357 – Phnom Penh stampede (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2010)
362 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
270 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
258 – crowd crush at religious festival (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 2005)
251 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
224 – 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple (Rajasthan, India, September 30, 2008)
200 – stampede in the central place of Nagpur (Maharashtra, India, 1992)
183 – Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush (Sunderland, 1883)
173 – Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
162 – Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster (Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India, August 3, 2008)
130 – 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building (Nagpur, India, November 23, 1994)
124 – New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine (Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, January 1, 1956)
123 – Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko football match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
118 – pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
105 – Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (October 10, 1991)
102 – 2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage (Sabarimala, Kerala, India, January 14, 2011)
96 – Hillsborough disaster crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
84 – Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush (Guatemala City, October 16, 1996)
78 – PhilSports Arena stampede, (Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2006) [7]
77 – stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station (Japan, January 8, 1934)
73 – Italian Hall disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)^[80]
72 – River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)
70 – Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema, (Paisley, Scotland, 31 December 1929)
67 – 1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster, (Busan, South Korea, July 17, 1959)^{[citation needed]}
66 – Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
66 – Luzhniki disaster, football match crush (Moscow, USSR. October 20, 1982)^[69]
61 – Abidjan stampede disaster, (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, January 1, 2013)
60 – Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, (Yaoundé, Cameroon, December 6, 1988)
60 – A tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade (Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on March 3, 1989)
56 – Los Angeles de San Rafael square stampede disaster, during contest event (Segovia, Castile-León, Spain, June 15, 1969)
53 – Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 1999)
52 – Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China (February 14, 1994)
51 – Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster (Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, September 13, 2006)
50 – Mahamaham Stampede disaster (Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on February 18, 1992)^[81]
45 – Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure (Delhi, India, December 4, 1981)
44 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968)
42 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster (Johannesburg, South Africa, April 11, 2001)
39 – Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, May 29, 1985)
37 – Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster (Miyun, Beijing, China, February 5, 2004)
36 – Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster (Bamako, Mali on February 21, 2011)^{[citation needed]}, 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede at train station in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
33 – Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster (Nasik, Maharashtra, India, August 26, 2003)
29 – Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006) [8]
27 – Granadilla Civil Governor Office stapede disaster, during waiting to apply for local identify card (Granadilla, Tenerife Island, Spain, February 2, 1963)^{[citation needed]}
26 – Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster (Timbuktu, Mali, February 2010)^{[citation needed]}
25 – a stampede by building collapse, during Shiuratri festival (Patna, Bihar, India, March 6, 1989)
24 – Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster (Cali, Colombia, November 18, 1982)
23 – al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony (Omdurman, Sudan July 13, 2008)
21 – Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster (Hong Kong, December 31, 1992)
21 – Love Parade stampede (Duisburg, Germany, July 24, 2010)
20 – Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster (Maseru, Lesotho, August 29, 1980)
20 – Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, January 31, 1965)
19 – Synagogue stampede during the feast of Yom Kippur (Ostrowo, Germany, 10 October 1872)
19 – Stampede disaster after Christina Nilsson´s appearance at a window of Grand Hôtel (Stockholm, Sweden, September 23, 1885)
13 – News Divine nightclub stampede disaster (Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, June 20, 2008)
13 – Throb Nightclub stampede disaster (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, March 24, 2000)
12 – Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York, May 30, 1883) [9]
11 – Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, December 3, 1979)
11 – Eleven killed and 247 injured in a pedestrian crush after a fireworks festival (Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, July 21, 2001)^[82]
11 – Alexandria Stadium football match stampede disaster (Northern Egypt, January 1999)
10 – All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster (Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, February 10, 2008)
9 – Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival (Denmark, June 30, 2000)

Structural collapses [edit]

1,127 – Collapse of the Rana Plaza (Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, April 24, 2013).^[83]
502 – Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 1995).
~200 – Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.^[66]
140 – Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on November 19, 1974.
139 – a six-story apartment collapsed at Karachi, Pakistan on September 13, 1976.
135 – Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 13, 1993).
125 – a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, November 8, 1984.
120 – a nuns' school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on February 1, 1963.
114 – Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981).
112 – Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on August 20, 1963.^{[citation needed]}
100 – Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, June 16, 1990.
94 – Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on February 2, 2004.
94 – Pétionville school collapse, (Pétionville, Haiti, November 7, 2008).
84 – Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on December 27, 1938.
82 – Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on December 27, 1627.
75 – Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907).
74 – Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, January 1, 1938).
73 – Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on April 16, 1955.
71 – Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 16, 1985.
70 – 116 year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on March 4, 2001.
70 – A three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kasjhhimir, India on May 4, 1992.
69 – Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, February 4, 1971).
67 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
65 – Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006).
64 – Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 1996
60 – Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on September 26, 2007.
60 – Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Pashtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006.
60 – Under-construction Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on August 13, 2007.
58 – Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on September 15, 1959.^[84]
56 – Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, February 21, 2006).
51 – Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2008.
50 – Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, January 17, 1982.
49 – Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May 1963
48 – Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 11, 1993.
48 – Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20, 1971).
47 – Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938).
46 – Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967).
45 – Under-construction Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India on December 2009.^{[citation needed]}
42 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
42 – Interstate 880 (Oakland, California, Collapsed due to earthquake, October 17, 1989.)
35 – West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970).
35 – Illegally built seven-story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, December 24, 2007.
34 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, February 7, 1985
33 – Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March 1986.
32 – Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, July 31, 1988
32 – Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October, 1994.
29 – Under-construction Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 1996
28 – L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, April 23, 1987
27 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 17, 1958
26 – Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, July 26, 1985).
24 – Unlicenced construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1984
23 – Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding,May 24, 2001
20 – Cavalese cable car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20 – Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996.
20 – Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, December 25, 2007. another 15 missing.
19 – a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on July 1, 2008.
17 – Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, January 17, 1982.
14 – Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995.
13 – I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
11 – Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)
3 – Turia disco lights collapse (Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan; 5 January 1988)^[85]

Structural fires [edit]

Main article: List of fires

2000+ – Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, December 8, 1863)
1995 – Theater fire (Kamli, China, 1893)^[86]
1670 – Theater fire (Canton, China, May 25, 1845)
900 – Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
800 – Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
667 – Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
658 – Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, February 13, 1937)
602 – Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903)
600 – Theater fire (Tientsin, China, May 20, 1872)
540 – Dabwali tent fire (Haryana, India, December 23, 1995)
538 – Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, India, December 23, 1995)
530 – Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, March 17, 2000)
500 - Gran Circus Norte-Americano - Niterói circus fire - (Niterói - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, December 17, 1961)
492 – Cocoanut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
448 – Ring Theater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, December 8, 1881)
430 – Circus Ferroni fire (Berdichev, Russia, January 13, 1883)
422 – Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, August 20, 1978)
400 – Coliseo theater fire (Saragossa, Spain, December 17, 1778)
396 – Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, August 1, 2004)
360 – Comayagua prison fire (Comayagua, Honduras, February 14, 2012)
324 – Karamay theater fire (Karamay, China, December 10, 1994)
322 – Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, April 21, 1930)
322 – L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
309 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, December 25, 2000)
278+ – Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, December 5, 1876)
250 – Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909)
241 – Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, January 27, 2013)
225 – Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 14, 1960)
209 – Rhythm Night Club fire (Natchez, Mississippi, April 23, 1940)
208 – Hoteiza theater fire (Kucchan, Japan, March 6, 1943)
200 – Carslruhe theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1847)
200 – Banquet theater fire (Porto, Portugal, March 21, 1888)
198 – Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
194 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire (Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2004)
188 – Joelma Building fire (São Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 1974)
186 – Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, September 5, 1887
175 – Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, March 4, 1908)
171 – Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
168 – Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944)
167 – Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
165 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, May 28, 1977)
163 – Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, November 13, 1960)
162 – 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)^[87]
162 – Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
153 – Perm Lame Horse club fire, (Perm, Russia, December 4, 2009)^[88]
146 – 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)^[87]
146 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
144 – Church fire in Costeşti, Romania, April 18, 1930^[89]
139 – Wing On godown fire, Sai Wan, Hong Kong, 139 killed^[41]^[90]^[91]
130 – Cinema fire in Kirin, China, March 18, 1930^[92]
124 – 2010 Nimtoli Fire, Nimtoli, Old Dhaka, 3 June 2010.^[93]
124 – 2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory (Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 24, 2012)^[94]
119 – Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 1946)
118 – Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, May 13, 1972
109 – 1961 Elbarusovo school fire (Elbarusovo, Soviet Union, November 5, 1961)
108 – Fire at San Pedro Sula's prison (San Pedro Sula, Honduras, May 17, 2004)
104 – Cinema fire at the Chinkai Guard District, March 10, 1930^[95]
104 – Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, November 29, 1973)
100 – The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
99 – Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire, (Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 1955)
97 – Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
95 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, (Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1958)
89 – AMRI hospital fire, India, December 9, 2011
87 – Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
87 – MGM Grand fire, (Paradise, Nevada, November 21, 1980)
82 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, December 17, 1983)
78 – Laurier Palace Theatre fire, (Montreal, Canada, January 9, 1927)
64 – Restaurant fire in Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C., (February 15, 1995)
64 – Cinema Statuto fire, (Turin,Italy, February 13, 1983)
63 – Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
59 (to 61) – Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2009)^[96]
59 – Uphaar Cinema fire, India on Friday, June 13, 1997
56 – Bradford City Football Club stadium fire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, 11 May 1985.
48 – Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 1981)
44 – Myojo 56 building fire, (Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2001)
42 – Dromcolliher Cinema Fire, (County Limerick, Ireland, 5 September 1926)
41 – Ballantynes Fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 November 1947.
40 – The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
38 – Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire. near Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 December 1942.
37 – Blue Bird Café fire, Montreal, Canada, September 1, 1970
35 – Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
34 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30, 1971.^[97]^[98]
33 – Hotel Polen fire, possibly after a burglary below the hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 9, 1977
33 – Hotel New Japan Fire, (Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 1982)
31 – King's Cross Fire underground Tube Train station fire, London UK. 18 November 1987
29 – Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)^[99]
24 – 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
21 – Hostel for homeless fire, Kamień Pomorski, Poland, April 13, 2009
21 – Andorinha Building fire (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 17, 1986)
21 – St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28, 1915
19 – Calderón Guardia Hospital fire, San José, Costa Rica, July 12, 2005
19 – Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fire, Los Angeles, California, September 4, 1982
19 – Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968^[100]
17 – A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on April 20, 1937.
17 – Top One Karaoke Fire (fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25, 1997)^[101]

Rail accidents and disasters [edit]

Main article: Lists of rail accidents

Rail accidents and incidents with 90+ deaths

+1,700 – Sri Lanka tsunami-rail disaster (Sri Lanka, 2004)^{[Note 1]}^[102]
800–1000 – Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 1917)
600–1000 – Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 1917)
500-800 – Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)^[103]
600+ – Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 1915)^[104]
575 – Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
521-600+ – Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
200-500+ – Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 1944)
428 – Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
383 – Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
358 – Firozabad rail disaster (India, 1995)
320 – Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
307 – Sukkur rail disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
~300 – Montemorelas, (Mexico, 1915)^[105]
300 – Tolunda (Angola, 1994)^[106]
289 – Baku Metro fire (Azerbaijan, 1995)
285 – Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
281 – Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
250 – Montgomery oil train disaster, (Pakistan, 1957)^[107]
248 – El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)^[108]
230 – Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 1933)
226 – Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
226 – Estrella del Norte (Argentina, 1978)
212 – Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
208 – Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
200 – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster (Poland, 1949). Not confirmed by any official source, cf. Katastrofy kolejowe w Polsce (Polish).
192 – Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
186 – Genthin train disaster (Genthin, Germany, December 22, 1939)
185 – Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, March 20, 1946)
184 – Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
181 – Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
162 – Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
161 – Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 1963)
155 – Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
154 – Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
154 – Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
153 – Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
151 – Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
150 – 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
148 – Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (India, 2010)
142–236 – Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)^[109]
100–140 – Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
139 – Bintaro train crash, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
135 – Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
132 – Ghotki rail crash (Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
131 – Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 1982)
130 – Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002)
130 – Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, July 9, 1981)
130 – Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
128 – Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997)
128 – Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
126 – Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
120 – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
120 – Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
119 – Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
118 – Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
118 – Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, (Portugal, 1985)
114 – Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005)
114 – Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
112 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
112 – Nebukawa, derailment caused by Great Kanto Earthquake, (Japan, 1923)^[110]
110 – Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
108 – Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
107 – Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
107 – Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
107 – Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
107 – Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
106 – Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
106 – Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 1987)
106 – Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
105 – Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
103 – Šakvice train disaster, (Czechoslovakia, 1953)
93–102 – Malbone Street Wreck, (Brooklyn, NY, 1918)
102 – Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, July 16, 1945)
102 – Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
101 – Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, December 22, 1939)
101 – Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
101 – The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 1918)
100 – Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, (East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953)
100 – Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)
99 – St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1864)
97 – Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 1904)
96 – Great Wellington train disaster, (Sky Valley Washington, United States, 1 March 1910)
93 – Harmelen train disaster, (Netherlands, 1962)
91 – Lewisham rail crash, (Lewisham, England, 1957)

Notes [edit]

Footnotes

^ Part of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake; listed by some sources as a rail disaster [1] though primarily due to a natural disaster, rather than a failure of the rail system.

References [edit]

^ "Aeroflot Flight 8641". Aviation Safety Network. 28 June 1982. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
^ "Airliner crashes near Islamabad airport". BBC. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130E Hercules 5-8519 Tehran". Aviation-safety.net. 2005-12-06. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130 Hercules registration unknown Zahedan". Aviation-safety.net. 1986-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130E Hercules 453 Medina". Aviation-safety.net. 1980-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ Vaeth, J. Gordon, "They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2005, ISBN 1-59114-914-2, pages 95–96.
^ Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 HA-LBD Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP)". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V HA-MOC Saltholm Island". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ Földesi, László (2012-04-15). "Egy "elátkozott" repülőgép tragédiája" [Tragedy of a "cursed" plane] (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL HA-TSA Budapest". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 HA-LBC Urziceni". Retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ 2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash
^ Buddha Air Flight 103
^ Yeti Airlines Flight 103
^ 2012 Agni Air Dornier 228 crash
^ Agni Air Flight 101
^ Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
^ 1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up, The New York Times (October 17, 1926)
^ 621 dead in dynamite blast, The Madison Lake Times (March 5, 1925)
^ "El Diario Montañés| SOCIEDAD - Recordando a las víctimas del Cabo Machichaco". Eldiariomontanes.es. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ German wikipedia
^ "Ammo factory blast in Yemen kills at least 121". CNN. March 28, 2011.
^ The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey). Bridget Malone and Sue Epstein. For 3 days, the ground shook in South Amboy. October 4, 1998 Sunday.
^ 100 are killed, 300 injured in blast in China, Chicago Daily Tribune (June 16, 1930)
^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (August 6, 1993). "Explosions in Southeastern China Kill Scores, Official Report Says". The New York Times.
^ "Hercules Factory Explosion, Kenvil, New Jersey 1940". Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ Richmond, Indiana explosion
^ Brazil mourns victims of arsenal explosion, The New York Times (May 3, 1931)
^ "Savar collapse death toll reaches 1,126". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ [/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cenu=/prevencion/17.asp "Recalling the catastrophe of San Juanico"] Check |url= scheme (help). 209.85.135.104. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
^ Kawabata, Tai, "Film mines rich seams of history", Japan Times, 14 August 2011, p. 8.
^ To Punish Or Persuade: Enforcement of Coal Mine Safety, by John Braithwaite, page 78
^ Newett, George A. (1896) (PDF). [/documents/deq/GIMDL-MS1896_302587_7.pdf State of Michigan: Mines and Mineral Statistics] (Report). State of Michigan. p. 90. /documents/deq/GIMDL-MS1896_302587_7.pdf. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
^ 300 die on Chinese ship, The New York Times (January 17, 1929)
^ Xinhua – English
^ 250 perish when gale sinks ship, The Deseret News (January 5, 1928)
^ 250 lose lives when Chinese steamer sinks, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (December 23, 1929)
^ Four tell how 300 drowned in ship disaster, Lewiston Evening Journal (July 9, 1928)
^ Two survivors of ship found, Sarasota Herald (July 10, 1928)
^ Ship blows up; 200 known dead, The Evening Independent (March 12, 1931)
^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.hko.gov.hk/publica/gen_pub/WeatheringTheStorm-2.pdf
^ "SS Hankow gutted by fire after a typhoon. SS Hankow, a Hong Kong paddle steamer, pictured in harbour shortly after a fire gutted her interior, claiming 100 lives. Related photographs suggest the boat may have been one of many vessels affected by a devastating typhoon that struck Hong Kong on 18 September. Hong Kong, China, circa 14 October 1906., Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia". SuperStock. 1906-10-14. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918 - Solomon Bard - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ ap.google.com, 40 die as Philippine ferry overturns; captain held^{[dead link]}
^ gmanews.tv/story, Death toll in Masbate sea mishap hits 42 – official
^ Németh Zsolt. "A Pajtás gőzhajó tragédiája". Hajokanno.hu. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, Energy Policy 36 (2008), p. 1806.
^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 396.
^ "IAEA Report". In Focus: Chernobyl. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
^ Samuel Upton Newtan. Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century 2007, pp. 237–240.
^ ^a ^b Perhaps the Worst, Not the First TIME magazine, May 12, 1986.
^ ^a ^b Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 393.
^ Investigation of an accidental Exposure of radiotherapy patients in Panama - International Atomic Energy Agency
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.
^ Medical management of radiation accidents pp. 299 & 303.
^ ^a ^b Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources p. 15.
^ The Worst Nuclear Disasters
^ ^a ^b Ricks, Robert C. et al. (2000). "REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States". International Radiation Protection Association. p. 6.
^ Lost Iridium-192 Source
^ ^a ^b Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 399.
^ The Radiological Accident in Goiania p. 2.
^ Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sanford, Christopher (2004-12-17). "Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities: Air Pollution". Medscape. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ Pearce, Fred (1992-12-05). "Back to the days of deadly smogs". New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ "1964: La tragedia de Lima - Historia del Fútbol Olímpico". Univision.com. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ ^a ^b Las corralejas: sangrar por la gloria
^ Kathmandu_stadium_disaster
^ [2]
^ ^a ^b Зайкин, В. (1989-07-20). "Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел". Известия (in Russian) (202). Retrieved 2012-02-06.
^ El fútbol soporta otro golpe
^ Olympiacos Official website for Karaiskaki stadium Gate 7 tragedy of 8/2/1981 (and in Greek). Also in the Greek Wikipedia entry for Olympiacos including the names of the dead.
^ Furiani disaster wiki (and in French).
^ Alfonso de Portago – 1957 season profile | F1 Racing | Crash.Net
^ Motorsport Memorial
^ The Last Great Road Race – Paris-Madrid 1903 – DLM Journal
^ Paris – Madrid – 1903
^ "Spectators killed at US California 200 off-road race". BBC News. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^ Willon, Phil (20 November 2010). "Federal agency failed to follow safety rules prior to desert crash, report finds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^ "Shah Alam Track info". Silhouet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ Staff. "Italian Hall Disaster Informational Site". State Historic Preservation Office. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ B.K., Khanna (2005), All You Wanted To Know About Disasters, New Delhi: New India Publishing Agency, ISBN 81-89422-13-8 .)
^ Kyodo News, "Ex-cop pleads not guilty in fatal '01 Akashi crush", Japan Times, 20 January 2012, p. 1.
^ http://www.clickittefaq.com/featured-area/savar-collapse-death-toll-reaches-1126/
^ Barletta, crollo di via Canosa (Italian)
^ "Newspaper Article - 3 killed as light system in Tokyo disco drops". Newspapers.nl.sg. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ The terrible disaster in Japan, Ellesmere Guardian (August 2, 1893)
^ ^a ^b Morgan, Eric. "Other Infamous and Deadly Fires". Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
^ "Количество жертв пожара в "Хромой лошади" достигло 153 человек" [Death toll has increased to 153] (in Russian). Lenta.Ru. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
^ Church fire dead to rest together, The New York Times (April 20, 1930)
^ "Building Disaster Series 2 - Garley Fire - ecyY (easy why whY) Blog 意料之外博客 - eY - Yahoo! BLOG". Hk.myblog.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
^ "Building Disaster Series 2 - accidents triggered new measures - ecyY (easy why whY) Blog 意料之外博客 - eY - Yahoo! BLOG". Hk.myblog.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
^ Chinese fire deaths 130, The New York Times (March 21, 1930)
^ "2nd anniversary of Nimtoli tragedy being marked". BanglaNews24. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
^ "At Least 124 Killed in Fire at Bangladesh Garment Factory". Bloomberg. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ 104 Die in Film Fire at Japanese Korean Base, The New York Times (March 11, 1930)
^ "More than 50 die in fire at new year celebration". 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-01. ^{[dead link]}
^ NFPA.org. "NFPA.org." Key dates in fire history. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
^ England, Vaudine. [1998] (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong (China). ISBN 962-209-473-2. p 237.
^ Hotel Fire Case.The worst day in Tucson History
^ NFPA :: Research & Reports :: Fire statistics :: Key dates in fire history
^ Emerald: Article Request – Fire safety facilities assessment for karaokes
^ Steele, Jonathan. "One train, more than 1,700 dead.", The Guardian. 29 December 2004.
^ Spignesi, Stephen J. (2004). Catastrophe!: the 100 greatest disasters of all time. Citadel Press. p. 182.
^ Burton, Tony. "Mexico this month - January : Mexico History". Mexconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
^ Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, publ 1993, page 175
^ World's worst rail disasters
^ List of rail disasters, CBS news
^ The Times March 16, 1926, page 16: 'Costa Rican Train Disaster'
^ Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 144-145, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2
^ http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr33/pdf/f04_sai.pdf

External links [edit]

Top 100 aviation disasters on AirDisaster.com

[102] Part of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake; listed by some sources as a rail disaster [1] though primarily due to a natural disaster, rather than a failure of the rail system.

[1] "Aeroflot Flight 8641". Aviation Safety Network. 28 June 1982. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

[2] "Airliner crashes near Islamabad airport". BBC. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

[3] "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130E Hercules 5-8519 Tehran". Aviation-safety.net. 2005-12-06. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[4] "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130 Hercules registration unknown Zahedan". Aviation-safety.net. 1986-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[5] "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130E Hercules 453 Medina". Aviation-safety.net. 1980-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[Vaeth-6] Vaeth, J. Gordon, "They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2005, ISBN 1-59114-914-2, pages 95–96.

[7] Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 HA-LBD Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP)". Retrieved 2012-04-15.

[8] Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V HA-MOC Saltholm Island". Retrieved 2012-04-15.

[9] Földesi, László (2012-04-15). "Egy "elátkozott" repülőgép tragédiája" [Tragedy of a "cursed" plane] (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2012-04-15.

[10] Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL HA-TSA Budapest". Retrieved 2012-04-15.

[11] Aviation Safety Network (2012-04-15). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 HA-LBC Urziceni". Retrieved 2012-04-15.

[12] 2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash

[13] Buddha Air Flight 103

[14] Yeti Airlines Flight 103

[15] 2012 Agni Air Dornier 228 crash

[16] Agni Air Flight 101

[17] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management

[18] 1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up, The New York Times (October 17, 1926)

[19] 621 dead in dynamite blast, The Madison Lake Times (March 5, 1925)

[20] "El Diario Montañés| SOCIEDAD - Recordando a las víctimas del Cabo Machichaco". Eldiariomontanes.es. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[21] German wikipedia

[22] "Ammo factory blast in Yemen kills at least 121". CNN. March 28, 2011.

[3days-23] The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey). Bridget Malone and Sue Epstein. For 3 days, the ground shook in South Amboy. October 4, 1998 Sunday.

[24] 100 are killed, 300 injured in blast in China, Chicago Daily Tribune (June 16, 1930)

[25] Kristof, Nicholas D. (August 6, 1993). "Explosions in Southeastern China Kill Scores, Official Report Says". The New York Times.

[26] "Hercules Factory Explosion, Kenvil, New Jersey 1940". Retrieved 18 September 2010.

[27] Richmond, Indiana explosion

[28] Brazil mourns victims of arsenal explosion, The New York Times (May 3, 1931)

[29] "Savar collapse death toll reaches 1,126". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[30] [/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cenu=/prevencion/17.asp "Recalling the catastrophe of San Juanico"] Check |url= scheme (help). 209.85.135.104. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

[31] Kawabata, Tai, "Film mines rich seams of history", Japan Times, 14 August 2011, p. 8.

[32] To Punish Or Persuade: Enforcement of Coal Mine Safety, by John Braithwaite, page 78

[33] Newett, George A. (1896) (PDF). [/documents/deq/GIMDL-MS1896_302587_7.pdf State of Michigan: Mines and Mineral Statistics] (Report). State of Michigan. p. 90. /documents/deq/GIMDL-MS1896_302587_7.pdf. Retrieved May 7, 2012.

[34] 300 die on Chinese ship, The New York Times (January 17, 1929)

[35] Xinhua – English

[36] 250 perish when gale sinks ship, The Deseret News (January 5, 1928)

[37] 250 lose lives when Chinese steamer sinks, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (December 23, 1929)

[38] Four tell how 300 drowned in ship disaster, Lewiston Evening Journal (July 9, 1928)

[39] Two survivors of ship found, Sarasota Herald (July 10, 1928)

[40] Ship blows up; 200 known dead, The Evening Independent (March 12, 1931)

[WeatheringTheStorm-41] ttp://www.hko.gov.hk/publica/gen_pub/WeatheringTheStorm-2.pdf

[42] "SS Hankow gutted by fire after a typhoon. SS Hankow, a Hong Kong paddle steamer, pictured in harbour shortly after a fire gutted her interior, claiming 100 lives. Related photographs suggest the boat may have been one of many vessels affected by a devastating typhoon that struck Hong Kong on 18 September. Hong Kong, China, circa 14 October 1906., Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia". SuperStock. 1906-10-14. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[43] Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918 - Solomon Bard - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[44] .google.com, 40 die as Philippine ferry overturns; captain held^{[dead link]}

[45] ws.tv/story, Death toll in Masbate sea mishap hits 42 – official

[46] Németh Zsolt. "A Pajtás gőzhajó tragédiája". Hajokanno.hu. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[47] Benjamin K. Sovacool. The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, Energy Policy 36 (2008), p. 1806.

[48] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 396.

[iaea-49] "IAEA Report". In Focus: Chernobyl. Retrieved 2008-05-31.

[50] Samuel Upton Newtan. Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century 2007, pp. 237–240.

[ti-51] Perhaps the Worst, Not the First TIME magazine, May 12, 1986.

[wind-52] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 393.

[53] Investigation of an accidental Exposure of radiotherapy patients in Panama - International Atomic Energy Agency

[johnston2007-54] Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events.

[55] Medical management of radiation accidents pp. 299 & 303.

[rad-56] Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources p. 15.

[57] The Worst Nuclear Disasters

[ricks2000-58] Ricks, Robert C. et al. (2000). "REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States". International Radiation Protection Association. p. 6.

[59] Lost Iridium-192 Source

[bs2010-60] Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 399.

[61] The Radiological Accident in Goiania p. 2.

[pall-62] Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.

[medscape-63] Sanford, Christopher (2004-12-17). "Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities: Air Pollution". Medscape. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

[64] Pearce, Fred (1992-12-05). "Back to the days of deadly smogs". New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-12-11.

[65] "1964: La tragedia de Lima - Historia del Fútbol Olímpico". Univision.com. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[corralejas-66] Las corralejas: sangrar por la gloria

[67] Kathmandu_stadium_disaster

[68] [2]

[luzhniki-69] Зайкин, В. (1989-07-20). "Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел". Известия (in Russian) (202). Retrieved 2012-02-06.

[70] El fútbol soporta otro golpe

[71] Olympiacos Official website for Karaiskaki stadium Gate 7 tragedy of 8/2/1981 (and in Greek). Also in the Greek Wikipedia entry for Olympiacos including the names of the dead.

[72] Furiani disaster wiki (and in French).

[73] Alfonso de Portago – 1957 season profile | F1 Racing | Crash.Net

[74] Motorsport Memorial

[75] The Last Great Road Race – Paris-Madrid 1903 – DLM Journal

[76] Paris – Madrid – 1903

[77] "Spectators killed at US California 200 off-road race". BBC News. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

[78] Willon, Phil (20 November 2010). "Federal agency failed to follow safety rules prior to desert crash, report finds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

[79] "Shah Alam Track info". Silhouet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[mich-80] Staff. "Italian Hall Disaster Informational Site". State Historic Preservation Office. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[B.K.-81] B.K., Khanna (2005), All You Wanted To Know About Disasters, New Delhi: New India Publishing Agency, ISBN 81-89422-13-8 .)

[82] Kyodo News, "Ex-cop pleads not guilty in fatal '01 Akashi crush", Japan Times, 20 January 2012, p. 1.

[83] ttp://www.clickittefaq.com/featured-area/savar-collapse-death-toll-reaches-1126/

[84] Barletta, crollo di via Canosa (Italian)

[85] "Newspaper Article - 3 killed as light system in Tokyo disco drops". Newspapers.nl.sg. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[86] The terrible disaster in Japan, Ellesmere Guardian (August 2, 1893)

[olafire-87] Morgan, Eric. "Other Infamous and Deadly Fires". Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. Retrieved 2008-01-02.

[Toll-88] "Количество жертв пожара в "Хромой лошади" достигло 153 человек" [Death toll has increased to 153] (in Russian). Lenta.Ru. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

[89] Church fire dead to rest together, The New York Times (April 20, 1930)

[ecyyiu969-90] "Building Disaster Series 2 - Garley Fire - ecyY (easy why whY) Blog 意料之外博客 - eY - Yahoo! BLOG". Hk.myblog.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

[ecyyiu1263-91] "Building Disaster Series 2 - accidents triggered new measures - ecyY (easy why whY) Blog 意料之外博客 - eY - Yahoo! BLOG". Hk.myblog.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

[92] Chinese fire deaths 130, The New York Times (March 21, 1930)

[BanglaNews24-93] "2nd anniversary of Nimtoli tragedy being marked". BanglaNews24. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

[Bloomberg-Dhaka-Fire-94] "At Least 124 Killed in Fire at Bangladesh Garment Factory". Bloomberg. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[95] 104 Die in Film Fire at Japanese Korean Base, The New York Times (March 11, 1930)

[96] "More than 50 die in fire at new year celebration". 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-01. ^{[dead link]}

[97] NFPA.org. "NFPA.org." Key dates in fire history. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

[98] England, Vaudine. [1998] (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong (China). ISBN 962-209-473-2. p 237.

[99] Hotel Fire Case.The worst day in Tucson History

[100] NFPA :: Research & Reports :: Fire statistics :: Key dates in fire history

[101] Emerald: Article Request – Fire safety facilities assessment for karaokes

[103] Steele, Jonathan. "One train, more than 1,700 dead.", The Guardian. 29 December 2004.

[spig-104] Spignesi, Stephen J. (2004). Catastrophe!: the 100 greatest disasters of all time. Citadel Press. p. 182.

[105] Burton, Tony. "Mexico this month - January : Mexico History". Mexconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[106] Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, publ 1993, page 175

[107] World's worst rail disasters

[108] List of rail disasters, CBS news

[109] The Times March 16, 1926, page 16: 'Costa Rican Train Disaster'

[110] Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 144-145, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2

[111] ttp://www.jrtr.net/jrtr33/pdf/f04_sai.pdf

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