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28 plane crashes in year 2000

List of the 28 airplane accidents that happened in year 2000 :

Asa Pesada Antonov 24 crash
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Airline : Asa Pesada
Aircraft : Antonov AN-24
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Location : Luanda, Angola
People on board : 40
Fatalities : 40 + 1 on ground
Asa Pesada Antonov 24 with 40 people onboard crashes in Angola
One minute after the take-off, the airplane failed to climb and started an uncontrolled turn to the left. Witnesses observed smoke around the plane. The Antonov AN-24 crashed and exploded on…
Cameroon Airlines Boeing 747 crash
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Airline : Cameroon Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 747-2H7B
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Location : Paris, France
People on board : 203
Fatalities : 0
Cameroon Airlines Boeing 747 with 203 people onboard crashes in France
The aircraft overran runway 09R while landing in wet weather conditions at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, coming to rest in the mud. Due to the severe damage incurred in the accident, the…
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 crash
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Airline : Singapore Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 747-412
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Location : Taipei, Taiwan
People on board : 179
Fatalities : 83
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 with 179 people onboard crashes in Taiwan
On October 31, 2000, Singapore Airlines (SIA) Flight SQ006, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft, bearing Singapore registration No. 9V-SPK, crashed on a partially closed runway during takeoff. Heavy…
Aca Ancargo Antonov 26 crash
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Airline : Aca Ancargo
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26
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Location : Saurimo, Angola
People on board : 48
Fatalities : 48
Aca Ancargo Antonov 26 with 48 people onboard crashes in Angola
The aircraft lost contact with authorities approximately twenty minutes after takeoff from Saurimo. UNITA rebels claim to have downed the aircraft. All the 48 people onboard were killed.
Russian Defense Mnst Ilyushin IL-18 crash
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Airline : Russian Defense Mnst
Aircraft : Ilyushin IL-18
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Location : Batumi, Georgia
People on board : 82
Fatalities : 82
Russian Defense Mnst Ilyushin IL-18 with 82 people onboard crashes in Georgia
While on approach to Batumi, Republic of Georgia, the crew reported that they were diverting course in an attempt to avoid heavy rain and lightning. The aircraft crashed into mountainous…
Aeromexico DC-9-31 crash
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Airline : Aeromexico
Aircraft : DC-9-31
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Location : Reynosa, Mexico
People on board : 88
Fatalities : 0 + 4 on ground
Aeromexico DC-9-31 with 88 people onboard runs off the runway in Mexico
The aircraft overran the runway while landing in heavy rain conditions precipitated by Tropical Storm Keith. Visibility was reported to be greater than three miles, and the crew reported that…
Gulf Air Airbus A320 crash
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Airline : Gulf Air
Aircraft : Airbus A320-212
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Location : Manama, Bahrain
People on board : 143
Fatalities : 143
Gulf Air Airbus A320 with 143 people onboard crashes in Bahrain
The aircraft was conducting a normal approach to runway 12 at Bahrain International Airport with autopilot/flight director disconnected upon visual contact with the runway. Approximately 1 NM…
Air France Concorde crash
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Airline : Air France
Aircraft : Concorde
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Location : Paris, France
People on board : 109
Fatalities : 109 + 5 on ground
Air France Concorde with 109 people onboard crashes in France
On Tuesday 25th July, 2000, the Concorde F-BTSC operated by Air-France is ready to take off from Paris Charles de Gaulle for the passenger flight AFR 4590 to New York. 100 passengers and 9…
Alliance Airlines Boeing 737 crash
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Airline : Alliance Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-2A8
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Location : Patna, India
People on board : 58
Fatalities : 51 + 5 on ground
Alliance Airlines Boeing 737 with 58 people onboard crashes in India
The Boeing 737 was on a passenger flight from Calcutta, India, to New Delhi, India, with stops in Patna and Lucknow. The aircraft crashed into government housing while making an approach to…
Hapag Lloyd Airbus A310 crash
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Airline : Hapag Lloyd
Aircraft : Airbus A310-304
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Location : Vienna, Austria
People on board : 150
Fatalities : 0
Hapag Lloyd Airbus A310 with 150 people onboard crashes in Austria
Shortly after the aircraft departed Chania, Greece, for a passenger flight to Hanover, Germany, the flight crew realized that the landing gear could not be retracted. The decision was made to…
CORAL Colombia Curtiss C-46A crash
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Airline : CORAL Colombia
Aircraft : Curtiss C-46A
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Location : Villavicencio, Colombia
People on board : 20
Fatalities : 14
CORAL Colombia Curtiss C-46A with 20 people onboard crashes in Colombia
The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while attempting to return to the airport due to an engine failure. 14 people were killed, and 6 survived.
Aerocaribe BAe Jetstream J-32 crash
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Airline : Aerocaribe
Aircraft : BAe Jetstream J-32
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Location : Villahermosa, Mexico
People on board : 19
Fatalities : 19
Aerocaribe BAe Jetstream J-32 with 19 people onboard crashes in Mexico
The aircraft crashed into terrain shortly after the Captain informed Air Traffic Controllers that he would be diverting off the flight's planned course due to weather buildups ahead. All the…
Wuhan Airlines Xian Yunshuji Y7-100 crash
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Airline : Wuhan Airlines
Aircraft : Xian Yunshuji Y7-100
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Location : Wuhan, China
People on board : 44
Fatalities : 44 + 7 on ground
Wuhan Airlines Xian Yunshuji Y7-100 with 44 people onboard crashes in China
The plane was on a passenger flight to Wuhan, China. It crashed onto a riverbank after being struck by lightning while on approach to Wuhan Airport. Seven workers installing generators on a…
Ghana Air Link Fokker F-27 crash
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Airline : Ghana Air Link
Aircraft : Fokker F-27
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Location : Accra, Ghana
People on board : 54
Fatalities : 6
Ghana Air Link Fokker F-27 with 54 people onboard crashes in Ghana
The Fokker F-27 was on a passenger flight from the northern city of Tamale (Ghana) to Ghana's capital city. Weather at the time of the landing was reported as heavy rain and low visibility.…
Executive Airlines BAe Jetstream J-31 crash
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Airline : Executive Airlines
Aircraft : BAe Jetstream J-31
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Location : Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA
People on board : 19
Fatalities : 19
Executive Airlines BAe Jetstream J-31 with 19 people onboard crashes in Pennsylvania USA
The aircraft broke off its first ILS approach to runway 4 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (Pennsylvania, USA) due to low clouds and mist. While circling for the second…
DAS Air Cargo DC-10-30 crash
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Airline : DAS Air Cargo
Aircraft : DC-10-30
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Location : Entebbe, Uganda
People on board : 7
Fatalities : 0
DAS Air Cargo DC-10-30 with 7 people onboard runs off the runway in Uganda
The DC10, on a cargo flight from London, England, to Entebbe, Uganda, aquaplaned off runway 35 on landing and ended up in Lake Victoria. The runway was extremely saturated with water due to…
Air Philippines Boeing 737 crash
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Airline : Air Philippines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-2H4
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Location : Davao, Philippines
People on board : 131
Fatalities : 131
Air Philippines Boeing 737 with 131 people onboard crashes in Philippines
The plane was on a passenger flight to Davao (Philippines). It had been cleared for approach to runway 23 at Davao. Shortly after the crew reported 7 NM on final, the aircraft crashed into…
Sri Lanka Air Force Antonov 26 crash
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Airline : Sri Lanka Air Force
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26
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Location : Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
People on board : 40
Fatalities : 40
Sri Lanka Air Force Antonov 26 with 40 people onboard crashes in Sri Lanka
The aircraft was chartered by the Sri Lanka the Air Force for the purposes of transporting employees. Ten minutes after the crew reported engine trouble, the aircraft crashed. All the 40…
Uralex Antonov 32 crash
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Airline : Uralex
Aircraft : Antonov AN-32
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Location : Huambo, Angola
People on board : 33
Fatalities : 3
Uralex Antonov 32 with 33 people onboard crashes in Angola
The Antonov, leased from a Ukrainian company for a passenger flight, suffered a brake failure on takeoff as the crew attempted to avoid a hole in the runway. The Antonov lost directional…
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 crash
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Airline : Southwest Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-3T5
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Location : Burbank, California, USA
People on board : 142
Fatalities : 0
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 with 142 people onboard runs off the runway in California, USA
The plane was on a passenger flight from Las Vegas, NV to Burbank, CA. Arriving in Burbank, the crew was told to expect the visual approach to runway 08. Approximately 10 NM from the field,…
Transbrasil Boeing 737 crash
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Airline : Transbrasil
Aircraft : Boeing 737-4Y0
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Location : Porto Alegre, Brazil
People on board : 111
Fatalities : 0
Transbrasil Boeing 737 with 111 people onboard runs off the runway in Brazil
The Boeing 737 was on a passenger flight and arrived at Salgado Filho Int'l Airport, Brazil. A thunderstorm was passing over the airport. The aircraft skidded off rain-soaked runway 29 while…
EgyptAir Boeing 767 crash
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Airline : EgyptAir
Aircraft : Boeing 767-366ER
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Location : Harare, Zimbabwe
People on board : 94
Fatalities : 0
EgyptAir Boeing 767 with 94 people onboard crashes in Zimbabwe
The Boeing 767 arrived at Harare, Zimbabwe, on a passenger flight from Johannesburg, South Africa during a thunderstorm with heavy rain and high winds. During landing, the aircraft's right…
Emery Worldwide DC-8-71F crash
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Airline : Emery Worldwide
Aircraft : DC-8-71F
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Location : Sacramento, California, USA
People on board : 3
Fatalities : 3
Emery Worldwide DC-8-71F with 3 people onboard crashes in California, USA
The aircraft departed Sacramento's Mather Field, California, on a scheduled cargo flight to Dayton, Ohio. Shortly after takeoff, the crew reported a flight control problem to the air traffic…
Air Afrique Airbus A300B4 crash
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Airline : Air Afrique
Aircraft : Airbus A300B4-203
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Location : Dakar, Senegal
People on board : 186
Fatalities : 0
Air Afrique Airbus A300B4 with 186 people onboard crashes in Senegal
The aircraft was on Dakar airport (Senegal) and ready for a passenger flight. During taxi for takeoff, the aircraft's left landing gear collapsed, allowing the engine to strike the taxiway. A…
Trans Arabian Air Transport Boeing 707 freighter crash
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Airline : Trans Arabian Air Transport
Aircraft : Boeing 707-351C
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Location : Mwanza, Tanzania
People on board : 5
Fatalities : 0
Trans Arabian Air Transport Boeing 707 freighter with 5 people onboard crashes in Tanzania
The aircraft was departed Khartoum for a flight to Mwanza, Tanzania, where it was supposed to pick up a cargo of 38 tonnes of fish fillet for delivery in Europe. Approaching Mwanza, the crew…
Iran Air Airbus A300B2 crash
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Airline : Iran Air
Aircraft : Airbus A300B2-203
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Location : Tehran, Iran
People on board : 0
Fatalities : 0 + 8 on ground
Iran Air Airbus A300B2 with 0 people onboard crashes in Iran
The aircraft was being towed across the Tehran airfield with a TUG when a C-130 on its takeoff roll collided with the Airbus. The TUG driver suffered minor injures, while all 8 crewmembers…
Alaska Airlines MD-83 crash
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Airline : Alaska Airlines
Aircraft : MD-83
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Location : Point Magu, California, USA
People on board : 88
Fatalities : 88
Alaska Airlines MD-83 with 88 people onboard crashes in California, USA
The aircraft was on a passenger flight from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco, California, when the crew reported that they were encountering problems with the stabilizer trim. At…
Kenya Airways Airbus A310 crash
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Airline : Kenya Airways
Aircraft : Airbus A310-304
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Location : Abidjan, Ivory Coast
People on board : 179
Fatalities : 169
Kenya Airways Airbus A310 with 179 people onboard crashes in Ivory Coast
The A310 was on a passenger flight, and departed from Abidjan. The aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Abidjan. Numerous eyewitnesses who saw the airplane…