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Space Missions
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New missions actions
Each new manned space launch requires a series of changes to be made to Wikipedia:
 * 1) Update Mission page to past tense, with exact launch time, expected facts verified. For ISS missions, expedition page must also be updated.
 * 2) Update List of human spaceflights, 2000-present, List of spaceflights (2006) (etc.) and List of human spaceflights chronologically.
 * 3) Update List of human spaceflights by program.
 * 4) Update each astronaut's biography.
 * 5) Update Category:People currently in space by adding the category to bottom of the article on each astronaut on the mission and adding In space to the top.
 * 6) Update spacecraft page: If a Space Shuttle flight, update missions section of shuttle's article and List of space shuttle missions; for a Soyuz flight, update Soyuz article and possibly Soyuz programme; for Shenzhou, update Shenzhou spacecraft; for private spaceflights, both spacecraft and company articles, for example, SpaceShipOne and Scaled Composites.
 * 7) Update "Spaceflight News" section of Portal:Spaceflight, Portal:Current events and possibly, "In the News" section of Main Page.
 * 8) If a flight to the ISS, update ISS Expeditions section of International Space Station (possibly expedition crew, always visitor count at bottom of that section), and List of manned spaceflights to the ISS or List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS, as appropriate, and, after docking, List of International Space Station visitors. Also update Manned ISS flight.
 * 9) If a first-time astronaut is present, update total astronauts in lead of Astronaut article and check that he/she is on List of astronauts by name. Ensure biography includes correct Category:Astronauts by nationality.
 * 10) If a astronaut is the first from his country, update Timeline of astronauts by nationality and number of countries in Astronaut article. Update national space agency and space program articles if existing.
 * 11) In a few cases, Spaceflight records may need updating (most likely records - total time by country, total time top fifty space travelers, most spaceflights (currently total of 6 spaceflights by one person needed for list)) or Space disaster

Spacewalk actions

 * 1) Update mission infobox
 * 2) Update mission text (section labeled Spacewalks; new sub-section for each EVA)
 * 3) Update List of spacewalks
 * 4) If an ISS mission, update List of ISS spacewalks (almost, but not exactly the same format as List of spacewalks)
 * 5) Update each spacewalkers' biography page. (Should at least have total number of walks mentioned.)
 * 6) In a few cases, Spaceflight records may need updating or Space disaster (current records are 16 spacewalks for one person, and total spacewalk time of 77 hours, 41 minutes)

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 * M60 105mm
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 * M104 155mm 155 mm Long Tom
 * M110A1/A2 155mm
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Historical antiquity disasters
By chronological order of oldest to most recent --
 * 2345 BC climatic collapse, (based upon tree ring analysis) caused the drying out of the Sahara, with the Nile, during the reign of Unas, being reduced to a series of waterholes. The collapse of the Akkadian Empire has been linked with the Taurid meteor shower, and the break-up of the Encke comet.
 * Thera volcanic eruption of 1650-1628 BC -1450 BC caused tsunamis in the Aegean sea, destroyed Minoan fleet, leaving Crete open to mainland invaders; possibly the basis for the legend of the mythical Atlantis. Kevin Pang has suggested that this event might relate in some way to the start of the Chinese Shang dynasty.
 * The 1159 BCE Hekla event is of particular interest as it has contributed to debates on the Hekla 4 volcanic eruption in Iceland, and may be associated with the Late Bronze Age Collapse, and the end of the Shang Dynasty in China. The Egyptian New Kingdom traditionally spans the approximate range 1570 to 1080 BC. The 1159 BCE event was abrupt, as one would be expected with volcanoes, but it appears to have been promoted a pre-existing downturn in Egypt's domestic situation.
 * Rhodes earthquake of 226 BC destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes
 * Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy, 79 AD buried Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae.
 * Climatic disaster of 535 CE, might have been triggered by an Indonesian volcanic eruption; grassland failures spurred migrations of Avars and others; plagues, conjectured collapse of Late Antiquity (David Keys' theory, in Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World, 2000. See climate changes of 535-536.
 * Plague of Justinian may have killed up to 50%-60% of the total European population between 541 and 700. The economic and demographic devastation caused by plague permanently weakened both the Byzantine Empire and Persia. That weakness, in turn, paved the way for the Muslim conquests and Slavic colonization of the Balkans.

Medieval disasters

 * November, 856, Earthquake strikes Corinth, Greece, 45,000 people are killed.
 * December 22, 856 strong earthquake devastates Iran, 200,000 deaths.
 * 934 Eldgjá eruption of the Laki volcano system on Iceland released 19.6 km³ (4.7 mi³) of flood basalt, one of the larger volcanic eruptions on earth in historical times.
 * North Holland flood of 1212, 60,000 victims.
 * St. Lucia's flood in Netherlands (December 14,1287), death toll 50,000-80,000.
 * Alexandria earthquakes of 1303 and 1323 which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria
 * The Great Famine of 1315–1317 in Europe killed between 10%–25% of the population of many cities and towns.
 * The Black Death killed up to 2/3 of the people in Europe between 1347 and 1351. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people; there were an estimated 20 million deaths in Europe alone.
 * Grote Mandrenke (January 1362) Storm tide in Northwestern Europe claims 25,000+ victims.

Renaissance and Enlightenment disasters

 * Shaanxi Earthquake (January 23,1556) deadliest Earthquake on Record, 830,000 deaths.
 * Spanish Armada in Ireland (September, 1588) 5,000 dead in heavy storms
 * Burchardi flood of 1634, 8,000 Frisians drowned.
 * Great Plague of Seville 1647-1652, 500,000 dead in Spain
 * Great Plague of London 1665-1666, 75,000-100,000 dead in England
 * Great Fire of London (September, 1666) 70,000 homeless, unknown deaths
 * 1667 Shamakhi earthquake (November 25) 80,000 deaths
 * Great Storm of 1703 (November 24 - December 2) 8,000 died.
 * Great Irish Famine (1740-1741). Approximately 10% of the population died.
 * 1755 Lisbon earthquake (November 1, 1755) 100,000 deaths
 * Great Hurricane of 1780 (October 10 - October 16, 1780)
 * 1783-1784 Laki eruption (Icelandic volcano) - Several years of extreme weather throughout Europe. The famine that ensued is one of the main causes of the French revolution.
 * Móðuharðindin 1783 - 1785. Literally The Mist Hardships. 10,000 dead from Volcanic eruption in Iceland and subsequent famine.

19th century disasters

 * New Madrid Earthquake (1811-12)
 * Volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia (10 April, 1815), resulting to climate abnormalities in 1816, known as the "Year Without a Summer".
 * 1839 (Cyclone) in India (November 25) 300,000 deaths.
 * 1840 (May 7) Great Natchez Tornado more than 317 deaths.
 * 1845-1849 Great Irish Famine. Over 900,000 deaths. Ireland's population then declined rapidly until the 1970s.
 * Finnish famine of 1866-1868. About 15% of the entire population died; in the hardest-hit areas up to 20%.
 * 1871 Great Chicago Fire. Destroyed about 50% of the city.
 * 1876 Bakarganj Cyclone in India (October 31) 215,000 dead.
 * Krakatoa, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, (August 26, 1883)
 * 1883 Victoria Hall Disaster. 183 children crushed to death in Sunderland.
 * Tay Rail Bridge disaster, c.75 dead; the event has been immortalized by William Topaz McGonagall (see The Tay Bridge Disaster).
 * 1887 Yellow River flood, death toll 900,000-2,000,000.
 * Udston mining disaster, in Hamilton, Scotland on 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died.
 * 1888 Rio de la Plata Earthquake (Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay), (June 05) >no deaths reported.
 * 1889 Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, PA), (May 31) >2,200 deaths.
 * St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado, (May 27, 1896)
 * Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Galveston, Texas (September 8, 1900) death toll 6000-12000

20th century disasters

 * 1902 Mont Pelée Eruption, Martinique, Caribbean (May 2, 1902) 26,000 casualties.
 * 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco, California (April 18, 1906) 478 reported deaths but 3000 more likely
 * 1908 Messina, Italy earthquake (December 28, 1908) over 100,000 dead
 * 1909, epidemic in China, 1,500,000 killed.
 * 1912, April 14, sinking of RMS Titanic, 1,522 perished
 * Great Lakes Storm of 1913, Great Lakes Basin (November, 1913) 250 dead
 * 1913, October 14 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster in Wales 436 dead (Britain's worst coal mining disaster)
 * 1914 Hillcrest mine disaster, 189 dead.
 * 1917 Mattoon, Illinois tornado destroys town, kills 101. (May 26)
 * 1917-1918 Spanish Flu about 30,000,000 dead on 2 billion humans.
 * Russian famine of 1921.
 * Great Kantō earthquake, Tokyo, Japan (September 1 1923) 105,385 lost lives
 * Tri-State Tornado, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana (March 18, 1925) 727 confirmed dead
 * 1926 Thanksgiving Tornado Outbreak in Arkansas and Central U.S., 104 deaths. (November 25)
 * 1928 Drought in China, 3,000,000 dead.
 * 1928 Collapse of the St. Francis Dam, estimated 400 to 500 lives lost {306+ known dead}
 * 1931 Huang He floods, China (August 1931) estimates between 850,000 and 4,000,000 are confirmed dead. This flood is the worst in Chinese history.
 * 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand, (February 3, 1931) 256 Dead
 * Quetta earthquake 1935 (then in India, now in Pakistan) killed 35,000.
 * Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Southeastern United States (August to September 1935) 423 people killed
 * 1950 Blizzard kills 323 in the Eastern U.S. (November 25)
 * North Sea Flood of 1953, United Kingdom and The Netherlands (January 31-February 1, 1953) > 2,200 killed
 * 1959 Huang He floods, China, 2,000,000 killed.
 * Escuminac Disaster, Escuminac, New Brunswick, Canada (June 20, 1959) 95 dead
 * 1960 Agadir earthquake-, February 29 1960.
 * Great Chilean Earthquake, May 21 and 22, 1960. 3000 deaths estimated.
 * North Sea Flood of 1962, Germany
 * Vajont Dam Landslide/Tsunami Disaster, Italy, October 9 1963. close to 2000 perished
 * Good Friday Earthquake and related tsunamis, Alaska, United States, March 27, 1964. 131 deaths
 * Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965, Midwest, United States (April 11, 1965) 271 died
 * Aberfan Disaster, Wales, 1966 October 21 144 killed (116 of them school children mostly aged 7-10) when an unstable coal tip slid down a mountainside in the village of Aberfan and engulfed a school and several houses
 * Hurricane Camille, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia, United States (August, 1969) 256 deaths
 * Ancash earthquake and landslide in north central Peru May 31, 1970 47,194–66,000 dead
 * Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), November 13, 1970, 500,000 dead, 100,000 missing
 * Super Outbreak, tornadoes in 13 U.S. states (April 3, 1974) 315–330 dead
 * Tropical Cyclone Tracy, Darwin, Australia on Christmas Eve, 1974. 65–71
 * Tangshan earthquake, China (July 26 1976) 242,419 dead
 * Mount St. Helens, volcanic eruption May 18 1980, killed 57
 * USA Heat Wave of 1980, (June to September 1980) between 1250 and 10,000
 * Hurricane Allen, Greater Antilles, Texas, United States (August 1980) 250-260 dead
 * 1983 Tsunami strikes Japan, 104 confirmed deaths, hundreds missing. (May 26)
 * Mexico City earthquake, Mexico (September 19 1985) between 5000 and 20,000
 * Nevado del Ruiz volcanic eruption, Armero, Colombia (November, 1985) 23,000-25,000 died.
 * Lake Nyos limnic eruption, 1,800 died, August 21, 1986.
 * 1987 Supertyphoon Nina slams the Philippines, 1036 deaths. (November 25)
 * Hurricane Gilbert, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico (September, 1988) 318 dead
 * Loma Prieta earthquake (October 17, 1989, San Francisco) 63 dead
 * Spitak Earthquake, Spitak, Armenia (December 7, 1988) 55,000 lives lost
 * Luzon Earthquake, Philippines (July 16, 1990) 1,621 died
 * 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, Bangladesh (April 29, 1991) 138,000 died
 * Mount Pinatubo, volcanic eruption, Luzon, Philippines (June 15, 1991) 300 killed
 * Hurricane Andrew, Florida, Louisiana, United States (August, 1992) 26 dead
 * Paez river disaster, Cauca and Huila provinces, Colombia (June 6, 1994) over 1,100 people were killed in an earthquake and mudslide disaster in the Paez river basin.
 * The car ferry M/S Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.
 * Kobe Earthquake, Kobe, Hyōgo (January 17, 1995) 6,433 lost lives
 * Chicago Heat Wave of 1995, Chicago, Illinois 739 dead
 * 1996, May 13, Tornado in India kills over 600, hundreds more missing.
 * 1996, November 6, Cyclone bashes Andhra Pradesh, India, kills more than 2000 people.
 * November 25, 1996 Ice storm kills 26, hundreds injured in the Central United States.
 * Hurricane Mitch, Central America (October to November, 1998) 18,000 people killed
 * Galtur Avalanche, Galtür, Austria (February 23, 1999) 31 killed
 * 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake, Kocaeli, Turkey (August 17, 1999) 17,000 dead
 * Chi-Chi earthquake, Nantou, Taiwan (September 21, 1999) 2,415 dead or missing
 * Tropical Cyclone 05B (1999), killed around 10,000 people in the Orissa state of India
 * Vargas State Mudslides, Venezuela (December 1999) 10,000 to 50,000 dead or missing

Air disasters
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See also List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location.

See also List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by airline.

This is a list of disasters involving objects in flight or near-flight. From 1990 onward, the list is exhaustive, including all air disasters killing 20 or more people.

1910s

 * Helgoland Island Air Disaster (September 9, 1913) 14 killed; Zeppelin L-1 airship
 * Johannisthal Air Disaster (October 17, 1913) 28 killed; Zeppelin L-2 airship

1920s

 * Hull ZR2 Air Disaster (August 24, 1921) 44 killed, including one on the ground; Royal Airship Works R38/ZR-2 airship
 * French Zeppelin Dixmunde airship (December 23, 1923) 52 killed

1930s

 * R101 Air Disaster (October 5, 1930) 48 killed; Royal Airship Works R-101
 * USS Akron (April 4, 1933) 73 killed; Goodyear-Zeppelin airship ZRS-4
 * Tupolev ANT-20 (a.k.a. Maxim Gorky) (May 18, 1935) 45 killed, including two on ground
 * Hindenburg disaster (May 6, 1937) 36 killed, including one ground crew; Zeppelin LZ 129

1940s

 * Lovettsville Air Disaster (August 31, 1940) 25 killed; Douglas DC-3
 * Colombia Avianca Douglas DC-4 air disaster (February 15, 1947) 53 killed
 * U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 29, 1947) 43 killed
 * Japan U.S. Air Force Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 29, 1947) 40 killed
 * U.S. Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 30, 1947) 53 killed
 * U.S. Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (June 13, 1947) 50 killed
 * Spain Societé aérienne du littoral Bristol 170 air disaster (October 16, 1947) 41 killed
 * U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 air disaster (October 24, 1947) 52 killed
 * Greece AB Aerotransport Douglas DC-4 air disaster (October 26, 1947) 44 killed
 * U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 air disaster (June 17, 1948) 43 killed
 * Atlantic Ocean Air France Latécoere 631 air disaster (August 1, 1948) 52 killed
 * United Kingdom KLM Lockheed L-049 air disaster (October 20, 1948) 40 killed
 * Superga air disaster (May 4, 1949) 31 killed, including 18 members of the Torino football team
 * Puerto Rico Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46 air disaster (June 7, 1949) 53 killed
 * India KLM Lockheed L-749 air disaster (July 12, 1949) 45 killed
 * Portugal Air France Lockheed L-749 air disaster (October 28, 1949) 48 killed
 * U.S. Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (November 1, 1949) 55 killed

1950s

 * BOAC Flight 781 (January 10, 1954) 35 killed
 * South African Airways Flight 201 (April 8, 1954) 21 killed
 * British European Airways Flight 609 (February 6, 1958) 24 killed, including eight members of the Manchester United football team
 * Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport with 20 fatalities
 * United Airlines Flight 629 (November 1, 1955) blown up over Longmont, CO resulting in 44 fatalities.

1960s

 * 16 December 1960, United Air Lines Flight 826 DC8 and TWA Flight 266 Lockheed Constellation, New York, NY: The two aircraft collided over New York with the Constellation crashing in Staten Island and the DC8 crashing in Brooklyn. All seven crew members and 76 passengers on the DC8 were killed. All 50 occupants of the Constellation were also killed.
 * Sabena Flight 548 (February 15, 1961) 72 killed; crashed on landing approach to Brussels, Belgium. On board were the entire United States Figure Skating team and several family members who were en route to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
 * Stockport Air Disaster (June 4, 1967) 72 killed; a British Midland C4 Argonaut carrying passengers returning from Palma de Mallorca crashed in Stockport on the approach to Ringway Airport when its engines lost power
 * Irish national airline Aer Lingus Flight 712 (March 24, 1968) 61 killed; a Vickers Viscount 803 en route from Cork to London crashed in mysterious circumstances into the sea off the Tuskar Rock lighthouse, County Wexford
 * Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 crashes after a valve is installed backwards, killing all 34 on-board.
 * Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 flies into a mountain, killing 35.

1970s

 * Dominican Republic Dominicana DC-9 air disaster (February 15, 1970) 102 killed
 * Spain Dan-Air Services DH-106 Comet 4 air disaster (July 3, 1970) 112 killed
 * Southern Airways Flight 932 (November 14, 1970) 75 killed, including 37 players and 8 coaches with the football team of Marshall University
 * Air Canada Flight 621 (July 5, 1970) 109 killed
 * All Nippon Airways Flight 58 (July 30, 1971) 162 killed
 * Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 (September 4, 1971) 111 killed
 * Iberia Flight 602 (January 7, 1972) 104 killed
 * Sterling Airways Flight 296 (March 14, 1972) 112 killed
 * Alitalia Flight 112 (May 5, 1972) 115 killed
 * Ukraine Aeroflot Antonov 10 air disaster (May 18, 1972) 122 killed
 * U.K. BEA HS-121 Trident air disaster (July 18, 1972) 118 killed
 * Germany Interflug Ilyushin 62 air disaster (August 14, 1972) 156 killed
 * Russia Magnitogorsk Aeroflot Ilyushin 18 air disaster (August 31, 1972) 101 killed
 * Russia Sochi Aeroflot Ilyushin 18 air disaster (October 1, 1972) 108 killed
 * Russia Sheremetyevo Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 air disaster (October 13, 1972) 174 killed
 * Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 air disaster (December 3, 1972) 155 killed
 * Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (February 21, 1973) 108 killed
 * Ermenonville air disaster north of Paris (March 3, 1974) 346 killed
 * Seven Virgins air disaster (December 4, 1974) 191 killed; Martinair DC-8 Series 55F hits mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
 * Vietnam U.S.A.F. Lockheed C-5 air disaster (April 4, 1975) 155 killed
 * Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (June 24, 1975) 115 killed
 * Morocco Alia Boeing 707 air disaster (August 3, 1975) 188 killed
 * Syria Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie Ilyushin 62 air disaster (August 20, 1975) 126 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Armenia Ilyushin 18 air disaster (March 6, 1976) 111 killed
 * Czech Airlines Ilyushin 18 air disaster (July 28, 1976) 76 killed
 * 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (September 10, 1976) 176 killed (113 plus 63); mid-air collision between a British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9
 * Turkey Türk Hava Yollari Boeing 727 air disaster (September 19, 1976) 154 killed
 * Tenerife disaster (March 27, 1977) 583 killed (335 plus 248); collision between KLM and PanAm Boeing 747s, the world's largest multiple aircraft air disaster
 * Kälvesta air disaster (January 15, 1977) 22 killed
 * TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 (November 19, 1977) 131 killed
 * Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (December 4, 1977) 100 killed
 * Air India Flight 855 (January 1, 1978) 213 killed
 * Guatemala City air disaster (April 28, 1977) 28 killed
 * San Diego Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 air disaster (September 25, 1978) 144 killed (including 9 on the ground); collision between a Cessna and a Boeing 727, PSA flight 182
 * Sri Lanka Loftleidir air disaster (November 15, 1978) 184 killed (including 1 on the ground); Icelandair DC-8 Super 63CF undershoots a runway in Sri Lanka.
 * Alitalia Flight 4128 (December 23, 1978) 108 killed
 * American Airlines flight 191 (May 25, 1979) 273 killed (including 2 on the ground); O'Hare Airport Chicago, IL, DC-10 crashes due to mechanical failure minutes after take-off in a field adjacent to a trailer park in Des Plaines, IL; deadliest US flight disaster prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks
 * Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 (November 26, 1979) 156 killed
 * Air New Zealand Flight 901 at Mount Erebus in Antarctica (November 28, 1979) 257 killed

1980s

 * Iran Iran Air Boeing 727 air disaster (January 21, 1980) 128 killed
 * Poland LOT Ilyushin 62 air disaster (March 14, 1980) 87 killed
 * Spain Dan-Air Services Boeing 727 air disaster (April 25, 1980) 146 killed
 * Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (June 27, 1980) 81 killed
 * Kazakhstan Aeroflot Tupolev 154 air disaster (July 7, 1980) 163 killed
 * Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Lockheed L-1011 air disaster (August 19, 1980) 301 killed
 * Taiwan FEAT Boeing 737-200 air disaster (August 22, 1981) 110 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Tupolev 154 air disaster (November 16, 1981) 99 killed
 * France Inex Adria Aviopromet MD-80 air disaster (December 1, 1981) 180 killed
 * Air Florida Flight 90 (January 13, 1982) 78 killed: 74 passengers, 4 motorists
 * China CAAC HS-121 Trident air disaster (April 26, 1982) 112 killed
 * Brazil VASP Boeing 727 air disaster (June 8, 1982) 137 killed
 * Belarus Aeroflot Yakovlev 42 air disaster (June 28, 1982) 132 killed
 * USA Pan Am Boeing 727 air disaster (July 9, 1982) 145 killed
 * Air Canada Flight 797 air disaster (June 2, 1983) 23 killed
 * Ecuador TAME Ecuador Boeing 737-200 air disaster (July 11, 1983) 119 killed
 * Korean Air Flight 007 Boeing 747 shootdown (September 1, 1983) 269 killed
 * U.A.E. Gulf Air Boeing 737-200 air disaster (September 23, 1983) 112 killed
 * Angola TAAG Boeing 737-200 air disaster (November 8, 1983) 130 killed
 * Spain Avianca Boeing 747 air disaster (November 27, 1983) 181 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Tupolev 154 air disaster (October 11, 1984) 174 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Tupolev 154 air disaster (December 23, 1984) 110 killed
 * Galaxy Airlines Lockheed Electra 188 disaster (January 21, 1985) 70 killed
 * Spain Iberia Boeing 727 air disaster (February 19, 1985) 148 killed
 * China Airlines Flight 006 (19 February, 1985) Plane collided with jetstream. 10 hurt but no-one died.
 * Atlantic Ocean Air India Boeing 747 air disaster (June 23, 1985) 329 killed
 * Uzbekistan Aeroflot Tupolev 154 air disaster (July 10, 1985) 200 killed
 * USA Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 air disaster (August 2, 1985) 134 killed
 * Japan JAL Boeing 747 air disaster (August 12, 1985) 520 killed, the world's largest single aircraft air disaster
 * Canada Arrow Air DC-8 air disaster (December 12, 1985) 256 killed
 * Mexico Mexicana Boeing 727 air disaster (March 31, 1986) 167 killed
 * Aeroméxico Flight 498 air disaster (August 31, 1986) 81 killed
 * Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 air disaster (October 19, 1986) 25 killed including head of state
 * Poland LOT Ilyushin 62M air disaster (May 9, 1987) 183 killed
 * USA Northwest Airlines MD-80 air disaster (August 16, 1987) 154 killed
 * Indian Ocean SAA Boeing 747 air disaster (November 28, 1987) 159 killed
 * Indian Ocean Korean Air Boeing 707 air disaster (November 29, 1987) 115 killed
 * China China Southwest Ilyushin 18 air disaster (January 18, 1988) 108 killed
 * Colombia Avianca Boeing 727 air disaster (March 17, 1988) 143 killed
 * Iran Air Flight 655 Airbus A300 USS Vincennes shootdown (July 3, 1988) 290 killed
 * Ramstein airshow disaster (August 28, 1988) 3 pilots and 67 spectators killed
 * India Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (October 19, 1988) 124 killed
 * Lockerbie Pan Am Boeing 747 air disaster (December 21, 1988) 270 killed (including 11 on the ground)
 * British Midland Flight 092 (January 8, 1989) 47 killed.
 * Portugal Independent Air Boeing 707 air disaster (February 8, 1989) 144 killed
 * Suriname Surinam Airways DC-8 air disaster (June 7, 1989) 176 killed
 * Sioux City United DC-10 air disaster (July 19, 1989) 111 killed
 * Cuba Cubana Ilyushin 62 air disaster (September 3, 1989) 126 killed
 * Niger UTA DC-10 air disaster (September 19, 1989) 171 killed
 * Honduras TAN Boeing 727 air disaster (October 21, 1989) 127 killed
 * Colombia Avianca Boeing 727 air disaster (November 27, 1989) 107 killed

1990s

 * Russia Aeroflot-North Kavkaz Tupolev 134 air disaster (January 13, 1990) 27 killed
 * Costa Rica SANSA CASA 212 air disaster (January 15, 1990) 23 killed
 * Venezuela Venezuelan Navy CASA 212 air disaster (January 24, 1990) 24 killed
 * U.S. Avianca Boeing 707 air disaster (January 25, 1990) 73 killed
 * Congolese Air Force Nord 262 air disaster (January 27, 1990) 23 killed
 * India Indian Airlines Airbus A320 air disaster (February 14, 1990) 92 killed
 * Zambian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo air disaster (February 17, 1990) 28 killed
 * Mongolia MIAT Antonov 26 air disaster (March 1, 1990) 30 killed
 * Angolan Government CASA 212 air disaster (March 27, 1990) 25 killed
 * Panama AeroPerlas DHC-6 Twin Otter air disaster (April 18, 1990) 20 killed
 * Zaire Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (April 20, 1990) 20 killed
 * Mexico Aviacsa Fairchild F-27 air disaster (May 10, 1990) 21 killed
 * Aerolift Philippines Beech 1900 air disaster (May 18, 1990) 21 killed
 * Brazil TABA Fairchild FH-227 air disaster (June 6, 1990) 22 killed
 * Azerbaijan Aeroflot-Armenia Yakovlev 40 air disaster (August 1, 1990) 47 killed
 * Afghan Republican Air Force Antonov 12 air disaster (August 10, 1990) 83 killed
 * China Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (October 2, 1990) 82 killed
 * China China Southern Boeing 757 air disaster (October 2, 1990) 46 killed
 * Switzerland Alitalia DC-9-30 air disaster (November 14, 1990) 46 killed
 * Thailand Bangkok Airways DHC-8 air disaster (November 21, 1990) 38 killed
 * Venezuelan Navy CASA 212 air disaster (January 10, 1991) 21 killed
 * U.S. USAir Boeing 737-300 air disaster (February 1, 1991) 34 killed (USAir: 22; SkyWest: 12)
 * Greek Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (February 5, 1991) 63 killed
 * Ecuadorian Air Force DHC-6 Twin Otter air disaster (February 14, 1991) 22 killed
 * Chile LAN Chile BAe-146 air disaster (February 20, 1991) 20 killed
 * Angolan Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (February 22, 1991) 47 killed
 * Dahran Scud attack (February 25, 1991) 28 killed
 * U.S. United Boeing 737-200 air disaster (March 3, 1991) 25 killed
 * Venezuela LAV DC-9-30 air disaster (March 5, 1991) 43 killed
 * Saudi Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (March 21, 1991) 98 killed
 * Uzbekistan Aeroflot-Uzbekistan Antonov 24 air disaster (March 23, 1991) 34 killed
 * Indian Air Force HAL-748 air disaster (March 25, 1991) 28 killed
 * U.S. Atlantic Southeast Embraer 120 air disaster (April 5, 1991) 23 killed
 * Thailand Lauda Air Boeing 767 air disaster (May 26, 1991) 223 killed
 * Saudi Arabia Nationair DC-8 air disaster (July 11, 1991) 261 killed
 * India Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (August 16, 1991) 69 killed
 * Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (October 5, 1991) 134 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot-North Kavkaz Yakovlev 40 air disaster (November 7, 1991) 34 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Antonov 12 air disaster (November 16, 1991) 20 killed
 * Russia Azerbaijan Airlines Yakovlev 40 air disaster (November 21, 1991) 20 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot-Privolzhsk Antonov 24 air disaster (November 26, 1991) 41 killed
 * Brazilian Air Force Embraer 110 air disaster (November 29, 1991) 20 killed
 * Germany Classic Wings Douglas DC-3 air disaster (December 22, 1991) 28 killed
 * France Air Inter Airbus A320 air disaster (January 20, 1992) 87 killed
 * Senegal Gambcrest Convair CV-640 air disaster (February 9, 1992) 31 killed
 * U.S. USAir Fokker F-28 air disaster (March 22, 1992) 27 killed
 * Iran Air Force Fokker F-27 air disaster (April 26, 1992) 39 killed
 * Panama COPA Panama Boeing 737-200 air disaster (June 6, 1992) 47 killed
 * Azerbaijan Russian Air Force Antonov 12 air disaster (July 14, 1992) 29 killed
 * Yemen Air Force Antonov 12 air disaster (July 17, 1992) 57 killed
 * Georgia Aeroflot-Georgia Tupolev 154 air disaster (July 20, 1992) 24 killed
 * Indonesia Mandala Airlines Vickers Viscount air disaster (July 24, 1992) 70 killed
 * Nepal Thai Airways Airbus A310 air disaster (July 31, 1992) 113 killed
 * China China General Yakovlev 42 air disaster (July 31, 1992) 108 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot-Central Region Tupolev 134 air disaster (August 27, 1992) 84 killed
 * Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (September 26, 1992) 158 killed
 * Nepal PIA Airbus A300 air disaster (September 28, 1992) 167 killed
 * Netherlands Bijlmer disaster (October 4, 1992) 43 killed (4 on board and 39 on the ground)
 * Indonesia Merpati Nusantara CASA CN.235 air disaster (October 18, 1992) 31 killed
 * Soviet Air Force Antonov 22 air disaster (November 11, 1992) 33 killed
 * Vietnam Vietnam Airlines Yakovlev 40 air disaster (November 14, 1992) 30 killed
 * Dominican Republic Aerocaribbean Ilyushin 18 air disaster (November 15, 1992) 34 killed
 * China China Southern Boeing 737-300 air disaster (November 24, 1992) 141 killed
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo Scibe Airlift Cargo Zaire Fokker F-27 air disaster (December 13, 1992) 37 killed
 * Portugal Martinair Holland DC-10 air disaster (December 21, 1992) 56 killed
 * Libya Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 air disaster (December 22, 1992) 157 killed
 * Iran Iran Air Tours Tupolev 154 air disaster (February 8, 1993) 131 killed
 * Macedonia Palair Macedonian Fokker 100 air disaster (March 5, 1993) 83 killed
 * Mongolia MIAT Antonov 26 air disaster (April 23, 1993) 32 killed
 * India Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (April 26, 1993) 55 killed
 * Afghan Republican Air Force Antonov 32 air disaster (April 27, 1993) 76 killed
 * Gabon Zambian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo air disaster (April 27, 1993) 30 killed, including 18 members of the Zambia national football team
 * Colombia SAM Colombia Boeing 727 air disaster (May 19, 1993) 133 killed
 * Georgia Tajikistan National Airlines Antonov 26 air disaster (June 17, 1993) 41 killed
 * Indonesia Merpati Nusantara Fokker F-28 air disaster (July 1, 1993) 41 killed
 * China China Northwest BAe-146 air disaster (July 23, 1993) 55 killed
 * South Korea Asiana Airlines Boeing 737-500 air disaster (July 26, 1993) 68 killed
 * Russia Sakha Avia Let 410 air disaster (August 26, 1993) 24 killed
 * Tajikistan Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev 40 air disaster (August 28, 1993) 82 killed
 * Georgia Transair Georgia Tupolev 134 air disaster (September 21, 1993) 27 killed
 * Georgia Transair Georgia Tupolev 154 air disaster (September 22, 1993) 108 killed
 * Macedonia Avioimpex Yakovlev 42 air disaster (November 20, 1993) 115 killed
 * Philippine Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (December 15, 1993) 27 killed
 * Armenia Yugavia Antonov 26 air disaster (December 26, 1993) 35 killed
 * Russia Baikal Airlines Tupolev 154 air disaster (January 3, 1994) 125 killed (including one on the ground)
 * Peru Expresso Aéreo Yakovlev 40 air disaster (February 25, 1994) 31 killed
 * Armenia Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (March 17, 1994) 32 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Airbus A310 air disaster (March 23, 1994) 75 killed
 * Japan China Airlines Airbus A300 air disaster (April 26, 1994) 264 killed
 * Flight ZD576 Helicopter air disaster (June 2, 1994) 29 killed
 * China China Northwest Airlines Tupolev 154 air disaster (June 6, 1994) 160 killed
 * Afghanistan Dostum-Golboddin militia Antonov 32 air disaster (June 29, 1994) 50 killed
 * Mauritania Air Mauritanie Fokker F-28 air disaster (July 1, 1994) 80 killed
 * U.S. USAir DC-9-30 air disaster (July 2, 1994) 37 killed
 * Panama Alas Chiricanas Embraer 110 air disaster (July 19, 1994) 21 killed
 * Russian Air Force Antonov 12 air disaster (August 4, 1994) 47 killed
 * Morocco RAM ATR-42 air disaster (August 21, 1994) 44 killed
 * U.S. USAir Boeing 737-300 air disaster (September 8, 1994) 132 killed
 * Algeria Oriental Airlines BAC One-Eleven air disaster (September 18, 1994) 34 killed
 * Russia Cheremshanka Airlines Yakovlev 40 air disaster (September 26, 1994) 28 killed
 * Iran Iran Asseman Fokker F-28 air disaster (October 12, 1994) 66 killed
 * Brazilian Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (October 14, 1994) 21 killed
 * Russia Aeronika Antonov 12 air disaster (October 29, 1994) 23 killed
 * U.S. American Eagle ATR-72 air disaster (October 31, 1994) 68 killed
 * Papua-New Guinea MAF DHC-6 Twin Otter air disaster (December 17, 1994) 28 killed
 * Zairian Trans Service Airlift Electra air disaster (December 18, 1994) 141 killed
 * Turkey THY Boeing 737-400 air disaster (December 29, 1994) 57 killed
 * Colombia Intercontinental DC-9-10 air disaster (January 11, 1995) 52 killed
 * Romania Tarom Airbus A310 air disaster (March 31, 1995) 60 killed
 * Alfred P. Murray Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City, OK (April 19, 1995) 168– killed
 * Sri Lanka Air Force HS-748 air disaster (April 28, 1995) 45 killed
 * Sri Lanka Air Force HS-748 air disaster (April 29, 1995) 52 killed
 * Angolan Air Force CASA 212 air disaster (June 17, 1995) 48 killed
 * Madagascar Air Force Douglas DC-3 air disaster (July 18, 1995) 34 killed
 * El Salvador Aviateca Boeing 737-200 air disaster (August 10, 1995) 65 killed
 * Colombia SATENA CASA 212 air disaster (September 9, 1995) 21 killed
 * Sri Lanka Air Force Antonov 32 air disaster (September 12, 1995) 75 killed
 * Malaysia Malaysia Airlines Fokker 50 air disaster (September 15, 1995) 34 killed
 * Mongolia MIAT Antonov 24 air disaster (September 21, 1995) 42 killed
 * U.S. Air Force Boeing 707 air disaster (September 22, 1995) 24 killed
 * Argentina LADE Fokker F-27 air disaster (November 8, 1995) 53 killed
 * Sri Lanka Air Force Antonov 32 air disaster (November 22, 1995) 62 killed
 * Cameroon Cameroon Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (December 3, 1995) 71 killed
 * Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Airlines Tupolev 134 air disaster (December 5, 1995) 52 killed
 * Russia Aeroflot Khabarovsk Tupolev 154 air disaster (December 7, 1995) 98 killed
 * Haiti Air St. Martin Beech 1900 air disaster (December 7, 1995) 20 killed
 * Italy Romavia Antonov 24 air disaster (December 13, 1995) 49 killed
 * Angola Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 air disaster (December 18, 1995) 141 killed
 * Colombia American Airlines Boeing 757 air disaster (December 20, 1995) 160 killed
 * Kinshasa Antonov 32 air disaster (January 8, 1996) at least 350 killed (most on the ground)
 * Atlantic Ocean Alas Nacionales Boeing 757 air disaster (February 6, 1996) 189 killed
 * Sudan Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (February 26, 1996) 91 killed
 * Peru Faucett Boeing 737-200 air disaster (February 29, 1996) 123 killed
 * Croatia U.S. Air Force Boeing 737-200 air disaster (April 3, 1996) 35 killed
 * Sudan Federal Airlines Antonov 24 air disaster (May 3, 1996) 53 killed
 * U.S. ValuJet Airlines DC-9-30 air disaster (May 11, 1996) 110 killed
 * Papua-New Guinea Milne Bay Air DHC-6 Twin Otter air disaster (July 9, 1996) 20 killed
 * Netherlands Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (July 15, 1996) 34 killed
 * U.S. TWA Boeing 747 air disaster (July 17, 1996) 230 killed
 * Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (August 29, 1996) 141 killed
 * Netherlands DDA Douglas DC-3 air disaster (September 25, 1996) 32 killed
 * Pacific AeroPeru Boeing 757 air disaster (October 2, 1996) 70 killed
 * Brazil TAM Fokker 100 air disaster (October 31, 1996) 95 killed
 * Nigeria ADC Airlines Boeing 727 air disaster (November 7, 1996) 143 killed
 * India Saudi Arabian Boeing 747 air disaster (November 12, 1996) 312 killed
 * India Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin 76 air disaster (November 12, 1996) 37 killed
 * Comoros Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 air disaster (November 23, 1996) 125 killed
 * Russian Air Force Ilyushin 76 air disaster (November 27, 1996) 23 killed
 * Indian Air Force HAL-748 air disaster (December 24, 1996) 22 killed
 * U.S. Comair-Delta Connection Embraer 120 air disaster (January 9, 1997) 29 killed
 * Senegal Air Senegal HS-748 air disaster (February 1, 1997) 23 killed
 * Angolan Air Force CASA 212 air disaster (February 2, 1997) 37 killed
 * Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 air disaster (March 13, 1997) 86 killed
 * Russia Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Antonov 24 air disaster (March 18, 1997) 50 killed
 * China China Southern Boeing 737-300 air disaster (May 8, 1997) 35 killed
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo Bazair Vickers Viscount air disaster (June 6, 1997) 23 killed
 * Cuba Cubana Antonov 24 air disaster (July 11, 1997) 44 killed
 * Indonesia Sempati Air Fokker F-27 air disaster (July 17, 1997) 29 killed
 * Guam Korean Air Boeing 747 air disaster (August 6, 1997) 228 killed
 * Cambodia Vietnam Airlines Tupolev 134 air disaster (September 3, 1997) 65 killed
 * Atlantic Ocean German Air Force Tupolev 154 air disaster (September 13, 1997) 24 killed
 * Indonesia Garuda Airbus A300 air disaster (September 26, 1997) 234 killed
 * Uruguay Austral Lineas Aéreas DC-9-30 air disaster (October 10, 1997) 74 killed
 * Russian Air Force Antonov 124 air disaster (December 5, 1997) 23 killed
 * United Arab Emirates Tajikistan Airlines Tupolev 154 air disaster (December 15, 1997) 85 killed
 * Greece Aerosweet Yakovlev 42 air disaster (December 17, 1997) 70 killed
 * SilkAir Flight 185 Boeing 737-300 air disaster (December 19, 1997) 104 killed
 * Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov 12 air disaster (January 13, 1998) 51 killed
 * Philippines Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-30 air disaster (February 2, 1998) 104 killed
 * Sudanese Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (February 12, 1998) 26 killed
 * Taiwan China Airlines Airbus A300 air disaster (February 16, 1998) 196 killed
 * Afghanistan Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 air disaster (March 19, 1998) 45 killed
 * Peruvian Air Force Antonov 32 air disaster (March 28, 1998) 21 killed
 * Colombia TAME Ecuador Boeing 727 air disaster (April 20, 1998) 53 killed
 * Peru Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737-200 air disaster (May 5, 1998) 74 killed
 * Mauretanian Air Force Yunshuji Y-7 air disaster (May 12, 1998) 39 killed
 * Lao Aviation Yakovlev 40 air disaster (May 25, 1998) 26 killed
 * Mongolia MIAT Y-12 air disaster (May 26, 1998) 28 killed
 * Myanma Airways Fokker F-27 air disaster (August 24, 1998) 36 killed
 * Ecuador Cubana Tupolev 154 air disaster (August 29, 1998) 70 killed
 * Swissair Flight 111 (September 2, 1998) 229 killed
 * Angola Prestavia Antonov 26 air disaster (September 2, 1998) 24 killed
 * Morocco Paukn Air BAe-146 air disaster (September 25, 1998) 38 killed
 * Sri Lanka LionAir Antonov 24 air disaster (September 29, 1998) 55 killed
 * Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 air disaster (October 10, 1998) 41 killed
 * Thai Airways Airbus A310 air disaster (December 11, 1998) 101 killed
 * Nicaraguan Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (January 21, 1999) 28 killed
 * China Southwest Tupolev 154 air disaster (February 24, 1999) 61 killed
 * Sudanese Air Force Antonov 32 air disaster (June 3, 1999) 50 killed
 * Argentina LAPA Boeing 737-200 air disaster (August 31, 1999) 63 killed
 * EgyptAir disaster (October 31, 1999) 217 killed
 * Yugoslavia United Nations ATR-42 air disaster (November 12, 1999) 24 killed
 * Portugal SATA Air Açores BAe ATP air disaster (December 11, 1999) 35 killed
 * Venezuela Cubana Yakovlev 42 air disaster (December 25, 1999) 22 killed

2000s

 * Libya Sirte Oil Company Shorts 360 air disaster (January 13, 2000) 22 killed
 * Côte d'Ivoire Kenya Airways Airbus A310 air disaster (January 30, 2000) 169 killed
 * Alaska Airlines Flight 261 MD-80 air disaster (January 31, 2000) 88 killed
 * Sri Lankan Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (March 30, 2000) 40 killed
 * Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (April 19, 2000) 131 killed
 * Rwanda AF Antonov 8 air disaster (April 19, 2000) 24 killed
 * China Wuhan Airlines Yunshuji Y-7 air disaster (June 22, 2000) 42 killed
 * India Alliance Air Boeing 737-200 air disaster (July 17, 2000) 55 killed
 * Concorde disaster (July 25, 2000) 113 killed (109 passengers and crew, plus 4 on the ground)
 * Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter air disaster (July 27, 2000) 25 killed
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo STAER Airlines Antonov 26 air disaster (August 12, 2000) 27 killed
 * Bahrain Gulf Air Airbus A320 air disaster (August 23, 2000) 143 killed
 * Georgia Russian Air Force Ilyushin 18 air disaster (October 25, 2000) 83 killed
 * Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 air disaster (October 31, 2000) 83 killed
 * Angola ACA-Ancargo Air Antonov 26 air disaster (October 31, 2000) 48 killed
 * Angola ASA Pesada Antonov 24 air disaster (November 15, 2000) 57 killed
 * Venezuela Rutaca Douglas DC-3 air disaster (January 25, 2001) 24 killed
 * Florida Air National Guard Shorts 330 air disaster (March 3, 2001) 21 killed
 * Turkish Air Force CASA CN235 air disaster (May 16, 2001) 34 killed
 * Iran Faraz Qeshm Yakovlev 40 air disaster (May 17, 2001) 29 killed
 * Russia Vladivostokavia Tupolev 154 air disaster (July 4, 2001) 145 killed
 * September 11, 2001 attacks 2986 killed (Flights 11 and 175: 92 and 65 killed, plus 2595 at the World Trade Center complex; Flight 77: 64 killed, plus 125 in the Pentagon; Flight 93: 44 killed).


 * Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154 air disaster (October 4, 2001) 78 killed
 * Linate Airport disaster (October 8, 2001) 118 killed (4 on the ground)
 * American Airlines Flight 587 Airbus A300 air disaster (November 12, 2001) 260 killed
 * Russia IRS Aero Ilyushin 18 air disaster (November 19, 2001) 27 killed
 * Switzerland Crossair BAe-146 air disaster (November 24, 2001) 24 killed
 * Colombia Petroproduccion Fairchild FH-227 air disaster (January 17, 2002) 26 killed
 * Colombia TAME Ecuador Boeing 727 air disaster (January 28, 2002) 94 killed
 * Iran Air Tours Tupolev 154 air disaster (February 12, 2002) 119 killed
 * South Korea Air China Boeing 767 air disaster (April 15, 2002) 129 killed
 * Nigeria EAS Airlines BAC 111 air disaster (May 4, 2002) 71 killed
 * China Northern MD-80 air disaster (May 7, 2002) 112 killed
 * China Airlines Boeing 747 air disaster (May 25, 2002) 225 killed
 * Collision of Bashkirian Airlines 2937 and DHL 611 (July 1, 2002) 69 killed
 * Central African Republic New Gomair Boeing 707 air disaster (July 4, 2002) 28 killed
 * Ukraine airshow disaster (July 27, 2002) 84 killed (all spectators)
 * Brazil Rico Linhas Aéreas Embraer 120 air disaster (August 30, 2002) 23 killed
 * Luxembourg Luxair Fokker 50 air disaster (November 6, 2002) 20 killed
 * Iran Aeromist Kharkiv Antonov 140 air disaster (December 23, 2002) 44 killed
 * Turkey THY BAe-146 air disaster (January 8, 2003) 75 killed
 * Peru TANS Fokker F-28 air disaster (January 9, 2003) 46 killed
 * Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps IL-76 aircraft (February 19, 2003) 275 guards and crew killed after crashing in fog.
 * Air Algérie Boeing 737-200 air disaster (March 6, 2003) 102 killed
 * Turkey UM Air Yakovlev 42 air disaster (May 26, 2003) 75 killed
 * Sudan Airways Boeing 737-200 air disaster (July 8, 2003) 116 killed
 * Haiti Tropical Airways Let 410 air disaster (August 24, 2003) 21 killed
 * Congolese Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (November 29, 2003) 20 killed
 * Benin UTA Boeing 727 air disaster (December 25, 2003) 141 killed
 * Egypt Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 air disaster (January 3, 2004) 148 killed
 * Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev 40 air disaster (January 13, 2004) 37 killed
 * U.A.E. Kish Air Fokker 50 air disaster (February 10, 2004) 43 killed
 * Brazil Rico Linhas Aéreas Embraer 120 air disaster (May 14, 2004) 33 killed
 * Venezuelan Air Force Shorts 360 air disaster (August 21, 2004) 30 killed
 * Volga-Aviaexpress Tupolev 134 air disaster (August 24, 2004) 44 killed
 * Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154 air disaster (flight 1047) (August 24, 2004) 46 killed
 * China Yunnan Canadair Regional Jet air disaster (November 21, 2004) 53 killed
 * Indonesia Lion Airlines MD-80 air disaster (November 30, 2004) 26 killed
 * Afghanistan Kam Air Boeing 737-200 air disaster (February 3, 2005) 104 killed
 * Russia Regional Airlines Antonov 24 air disaster (March 16, 2005) 28 killed
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo Victoria Air Antonov 12 air disaster (May 25, 2005) 27 killed
 * Equatorial Guinea Equatair Antonov 24 air disaster (July 16, 2005) 60 killed
 * Greece Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 air disaster (August 14, 2005) 121 killed
 * Venezuela West Caribbean Airways MD-80 air disaster (August 16, 2005) 160 killed
 * Peru TANS Boeing 737-200 air disaster (August 23, 2005) 40 killed
 * Indonesia Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 air disaster (September 5, 2005) 140 killed (including 39 on the ground)
 * Bellview Airlines Flight 210 (October 22, 2005) 117 killed
 * Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran (December 6, 2005) ~120 killed (including ~26 on the ground)
 * Nigeria Sosoliso Airlines DC-9-30 air disaster (December 10, 2005) 108 killed
 * Miami Chalk's Ocean Airways Grumman G-73T air disaster (December 19, 2005) 20 killed
 * Azerbaijan Airlines Antonov 140 air disaster (December 23, 2005) 23 killed
 * Hungary Slovak Air Force Antonov 24 air disaster (January 19, 2006) 42 killed
 * Sudan Air Force Antonov 26 air disaster (February 11, 2006) 20 killed
 * Russia Armavia Airbus A.320 air disaster (May 3, 2006) 113 killed
 * Chinese Air Force Antonov 12 air disaster (June 3, 2006) 40 killed
 * Russia S7 Airlines Airbus A310 air disaster (July 9, 2006) 124 killed
 * Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F-27 air disaster (July 10, 2006) 45 killed
 * Ukraine Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Tupolev 154 air disaster (August 22, 2006) 170 killed
 * United States Comair Canadair RegionalJet air disaster (August 27, 2006) 49 killed
 * Iran Air Tours Tupolev 154 air disaster (September 1, 2006) 28 killed
 * Brazil's Gol Airlines Boeing 737 air disaster (September 29, 2006) 154 killed
 * Nigeria's ADC Airlines Boeing 737 air disaster (October 29, 2006) 97 killed
 * Iranian Revolutionary Guard Antonov 72/74 air disaster (November 27, 2006) 37 killed
 * Adam Air Boeing 737-400 air disaster (January 1, 2007) 102 missing, presumed killed
 * Aeriantur-M Airlines Antonov 26B-100 air disaster (January 9, 2007) 32 killed
 * Garuda Indonesia Airways Boeing 737-400 air disaster (March 7, 2007) 22 killed
 * Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 air disaster (May 5 2007) 115 killed
 * Brazil TAM Airbus A320 air disaster (July 17 2007) (2007) ~ 200 killed
 * Thai One-Two-GO Airlines MD-82 air disaster (September 16, 2007) 89 killed

Rail disasters

 * St-Hilaire train disaster, Canada (June 291864) — 99 killed
 * The Angola Horror train disaster, Angola, New York (December 18, 1867) - Approximately 80 killed.


 * Abergele train disaster, United Kingdom (August 201868) — 33 killed
 * Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash, United Kingdom (December 241874) — 34 killed
 * Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, USA (December 291876) — 92 killed, 64 injured
 * Tay Bridge disaster (December 28, 1879) - 75 killed
 * Armagh rail disaster, United Kingdom (June 12 1889) — 88 killed
 * Wreck of the Old 97, United States (September 27, 1903) - 11 killed
 * Sunshine station disaster, Melbourne, Australia (April 20 1908) — 44 killed, about 400 injured
 * Wellington avalanche, USA (March 11910) — 96 killed
 * Quintinshill rail crash, Scotland (22 May 1915) - 227 killed
 * Fréjus Rail Tunnel, France (December 121917) — 543 killed
 * Hammond circus train wreck, USA (June 221918) - 86 people killed
 * Great train wreck of 1918, USA (July 91918) — 101 killed, 171 injured
 * Río Virilla, Costa Rica (March 141926) - 248 killed, 93 injured
 * Genthin, Germany (December 221939) — 278 killed, 453 injured
 * León, Spain (January 161944) — over 500 killed
 * Lavano, Italy (March 31944) — over 500 killed
 * Dwor, Poland (October 221949) — over 200 killed
 * Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, United Kingdom (October 81952) — 112 killed, 340 injured
 * Tangiwai railway disaster, New Zealand (December 24 1953) — 151 killed
 * Guadalajara, Mexico (April 31966) — 300 killed
 * Montgomery, West Pakistan (September 291957) — 250 killed
 * Stéblová train disaster, Czechoslovakia (November 161960) — 118 killed, 110 injured
 * Tokyo, Japan (May 31962) — 160 killed
 * Yokohama rail crash, Japan (November 91963) — 161 killed
 * Laggenweddingen, East Germany (July 61967) — around 140 killed
 * Moorgate tube crash, London, England (February 281975) — 43 killed
 * Granville railway disaster, Australia (January 18 1977) — 83 killed
 * Bihar train disaster, India (June 61981) — 286 killed, 300 missing (official, believed to be 900)
 * King's Cross fire, London, England (November 18, 1987) - 31 killed
 * Ufa train disaster (June 4, 1989) 575 killed
 * Big Bayou Canot train disaster, USA (September 22, 1993) - 47 killed
 * Firozabad, India (August 201995) — 358 killed
 * Baku subway fire disaster, Baku, Azerbaijan (October 281995) — 337 killed


 * Eschede train disaster, Germany (June 31998) — 101 killed, 88 badly injured


 * Ladbroke Grove rail crash, United Kingdom (October 51999) — 31 killed, about 400 injured
 * Kaprun disaster, Austria (November 11, 2000) — 155 killed
 * Igandu train disaster, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (June 24, 2002) — 281 killed
 * Neyshabur disaster, Iran (February 182004) — about 300 killed
 * Madrid train terror attacks, Spain (March 11 2004) — 191 killed, 1,460 injured
 * Ryongchon disaster, North Korea (April 222004) — 150 killed, 1,249 injured
 * Queen of the Sea train disaster, Sri Lanka (December 262004) — about 1700 killed


 * Amagasaki rail crash, Japan (April 252005) — 107 killed, 649 injured
 * London train and bus bombings (July 7, 2005) — 52 killed, 700 injured
 * Ghotki rail crash, Pakistan (July 132005) — over 132 killed
 * 2006 Mumbai train bombings July 11, 2006 - 209 killed, 700 injured

Ship and ferry disasters
See also: List of shipwrecks


 * Paisley canal disaster capsized pleasure boat (November 10, 1810) &mdash; 84 deaths, including 70 children
 * Lexington fire (January 13, 1840) &mdash; 139 deaths
 * RMS Tayleur sinking (January 21, 1854) &mdash; 380 deaths
 * Arctic sinking (September 20, 1854) &mdash; 320 passenger deaths
 * SS Austria fire (13 September 1856) 449 deaths
 * Central America sinking (September 11, 1857) &mdash; about 425 deaths
 * Lady Elgin sinking (September 7, 1860) &mdash; about 400 deaths
 * Ruth {August 4,1863 {Sternwheel Packet}&mdash; ? lost
 * Eclipse {January 27, 1865 {Sternwheel packet} &mdash; 27 killed & 78 injured {See }
 * General Lyon {March 31, 1865} &mdash; {transport} about 566 lost
 * Sultana explosion (April 27, 1865) &mdash; about 1,700 deaths
 * Pacific sinking (around January 22, 1856) &mdash; All on board were lost
 * RMS Atlantic sinking (April 1, 1873) &mdash; 546 deaths
 * Deutschland grounding (December 6, 1875) &mdash; 157 deaths
 * Cabo Machichaco explosion (November 31893) &mdash; 500 deaths.
 * USS Maine explosion (February 15, 1898) &mdash; 266 deaths (260 killed directly, 6 as a result of injuries afterwards)
 * General Slocum fire (June 15, 1904) &mdash; 1,021 deaths
 * SS Norge sinking, Rockall June 28, 1904 &mdash; 635 deaths
 * SS Berlin, foundering, Hook of Holland February 21, 1907 &mdash; 129 deaths
 * SS Imperatrix sinking, Elaphonissi, west Crete, February 22, 1907 &mdash; 40 deaths
 * SS Yongala sinking, March 23, 1911 &mdash; 124 deaths
 * RMS Titanic sinking (April 15, 1912) &mdash; 1,496–1,523 deaths
 * Empress of Ireland sinking (May 30, 1914) &mdash; 1,012 deaths
 * HMS Bulwark internal explosion (November 26, 1914) &mdash; 738 deaths
 * RMS Lusitania sinking (May 7, 1915) &mdash; 1,195–1,198 deaths
 * Eastland sinking (July 24,1915) &mdash; 845 deaths
 * SS Persia sinking (December 30, 1915) &mdash; 334 deaths
 * SS Connemara Sea Disaster aka Carlingford Lough Disaster (November 16, 1916); 97 deaths
 * HMHS Britannic sinking (November 21, 1916) &mdash; 30 deaths, 1,036 saved
 * SS Mendi, troopship struck by SS Darro, off Isle of Wight, February 21 1917 &mdash; 646 deaths
 * HMS Vanguard internal explosion (July 9, 1917) &mdash; 677 deaths
 * Mont-Blanc collision causing Halifax Explosion (December 6, 1917) &mdash; about 2,000 deaths
 * RMS Leinster, torpedoed October 10 1918 in the Irish Sea &mdash; 501 lives
 * Princess Sophia, sinking October 25 1918 near Juneau Alaska all hands lost, 353 passengers and crew
 * Iolaire sinking (January 1, 1919) &mdash; at least 205 deaths
 * Valbanera sinking (September 9, 1919) &mdash; 488 deaths
 * SS Morro Castle fire (September 8, 1934) &mdash; 137 deaths
 * Arandora Star sunk by German U-Boat U-47 {June 2, 1940; 740 lost; 868 survived Uboatwaffe
 * HMT Lancastria sinking (June 17, 1940) &mdash; 2,000 – 5,000 deaths
 * Armenia, sunk by Germans in November 1941, estimated over 5,000 deaths
 * Lady Hawkins sunk by German U-boat U-66 (January 19, 1942) &mdash; 251 lost; 71 survived Uboatwaffe
 * RMS Laconia (1921) sunk by German U-boat U-156, some survivors bombed by US bombers (September 12, 1942) &mdash;  ca. 940 deaths; ca. 1,500 saved Uboatwaffe
 * SS Caribou sunk by German U-boat U-69 (October, 1942) &mdash; 135 deaths
 * HMT Rohna sunk by German Heinkel 177 bomber Henschel Hs 293 (November 26, 1943) &mdash; 1138 deaths
 * AHS Centaur sunk by Japanese submarine I-177 (14 May, 1943) &mdash; 268 deaths
 * Tango Maru sinking (February 25, 1944) &mdash; about 3,000 deaths
 * Ryusei Maru sinking (June 29, 1944) &mdash; 4,998 deaths
 * Toyama Maru sinking (June 29, 1944) &mdash; about 5,600 deaths
 * Kōshū Maru sinking (August 3, 1944) &mdash; about 1,540 deaths
 * Junyō Maru sinking (September 18, 1944) &mdash; about 5,620 deaths
 * Rigel sunk by British bombers, Norway, November 27, 1944 &mdash; 2,465–2,571 deaths
 * KdF Wilhelm Gustloff sinking (January 30, 1945) &mdash; about 5,400–9,300 deaths (believed to be worst ship disaster ever)
 * SS General von Steuben sinking (February 9, 1945) &mdash; about 4,000–4,500 deaths
 * Goya sinking (April 16, 1945) &mdash; more than 6,050 deaths
 * Cap Arcona sinking (May 3, 1945) &mdash; about 7,000 to 8,000 deaths together with Thielbek
 * Thielbek sinking (May 3, 1945); about 2,750 deaths
 * SS Noronic fire (September 17, 1949) &mdash; 118 to 139 deaths
 * Jiangya Lun sinking by water minezh:江亚轮(December 3,1948) more than 3,000
 * Princess Victoria sinking (January 31, 1953) &mdash; 132 deaths
 * Toya Maru sinking (September 26, 1954) &mdash; 1,155 deaths
 * Novorossiysk sinking (29 October 1955) &mdash; 608 deaths
 * SS Andrea Doria sinking (July 26, 1956) &mdash; about 45 deaths
 * TSMS Lakonia fire (December 22, 1963) &mdash; 128 deaths
 * SS Heraklion sinking (December 7, 1966) &mdash; 230+ deaths
 * SS Yarmouth Castle fire (November 13, 1965) &mdash; 90 deaths
 * M/S Christena sinking (August 1,1970) &mdash; between St. Kitts and Nevis &mdash; 227 deaths
 * TEV Wahine Capsized (April 10,1968) &mdash; 52 deaths
 * STV Royston Grange collision and fire (11 May 1972) &mdash; 82 deaths
 * SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking (November 10, 1975) &mdash; 29 deaths
 * Betelgeuse explosion in Bantry Bay (January 8 1979) &mdash; 51 deaths
 * Admiral Nakhimov sinking (August 31, 1986) &mdash; 398 deaths
 * Herald of Free Enterprise (March 6, 1987) &mdash; 193 deaths
 * MV Doña Paz sinking (December 21, 1987) &mdash; officially, 1,565 deaths
 * M/S Scandinavian Star fire (April 7, 1990) &mdash; 159 deaths
 * Moby Prince fire in Livorno harbour (April 10, 1991) &mdash; 140 deaths
 * M/S Estonia sinking (September 28,1994) &mdash; 852 deaths
 * MV Cebu City sunk (December 2, 1994) &mdash; 140 deaths
 * MV Bukoba sinking in Lake Victoria (May 21, 1996) &mdash; about 1,000 deaths
 * MS Ecstasy fire (July 20, 1998) &mdash; 14 crewmembers and 6 passengers injured.
 * Kursk sinking (August 12,2000) &mdash; 118 deaths
 * Express_Samina sinking (September 26,2000) &mdash; 80 deaths
 * MV Joola sinking (September 26, 2002) &mdash; about 1,800 deaths
 * Andrew J. Barberi Staten Island Ferry accident in New York City (October 15, 2003) &mdash; 11 deaths
 * SuperFerry 14 caught fire and partially sunk (February 27, 2004) &mdash; 116 deaths
 * Al Salam Boccaccio 98 (February 2, 2006) &mdash; 1,018 deaths
 * Queen of the North BC Ferries sank off the coast of British Columbia (March 22,2006) after going off course and striking rocks. &mdash; 2 dead.
 * al-Dana tour-boat capsize, Bahrain (March 30, 2006) &mdash; 58 deaths
 * Djibouti ferry accident (April 6, 2006) &mdash; 113 deaths
 * Levina 1 fire (February 22, 2007) - 45 deaths
 * Levina 1 sinking (February 25, 2007) - 4 deaths
 * Sydney Harbour Bridge Ferry Disaster March 28, 2007.
 * M/S Sea Diamond April 6, 2007 - 2 missing (as of May 11, 2007)

Road disasters

 * A dynamite truck blew up in Thailand, 150+ killed (February 15, 1945)
 * 7 ammunition trucks explode in Colombia, 1,200 killed (August 7, 1956)
 * Two trucks collided in Togo, 125+ killed (December 6, 1965)
 * Two charter buses push into the Hida river on national highway route 41 in Gero, Japan, in an accident caused by heavy rain. 104 killed. (August 18, 1968)
 * A bus drove into an irrigation canal in Egypt, 127 killed (August 9, 1973)
 * A suspension bridge collapsed in Nepal, 148 killed (November 23, 1974)
 * A gasoline tanker exploded in Spain, 120+ killed (July 11,1978)
 * Salang tunnel fire - a gasoline tanker exploded in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, 2,000+ killed (November 3, 1982)
 * Carrollton, Kentucky bus disaster – drunk driver hit a church bus; 27 killed in the ensuing fire (May 14, 1988)
 * A bus hit a bridge in Kenya, 106 killed (December 1992)
 * An explosion created a hole, into which 100 cars fell South Korea, 110 killed (April 28, 1995)
 * A gasoline tanker hit cars and exploded in Nigeria, 150+ killed (November 4 2000)
 * Hintze Ribeiro disaster - a bridge collapsed in Northern Portugal as a bus was crossing it, 70+ killed (March 4 2001).
 * A bus collided with a gasoline truck and exploded in India, 30+ killed (December 28 2005)
 * The Big Dig Tunnel ceiling collapse in Boston, 1 killed (July 10 2006)
 * Interstate bridge 35W collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota leaving 13 dead, 100 injured on August 1st, 2007

Nuclear disasters

 * Mayak, the other major Soviet nuclear accident (September 29 1957)
 * Windscale, United Kingdom (October 7 1957)
 * Three Mile Island, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (March 28 1979)
 * Chernobyl nuclear power-plant disaster, Chernobyl, Ukraine (April 26, 1986)

War disasters
An attack with much collateral damage may be considered a disaster, such as the attack on KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, 1945, the worst or perhaps second worst maritime incident in history (after Cap Arcona in two vessels), in terms of loss of life in a single vessel (see also note at the end of the article RMS Titanic).


 * Bombing of Chongqing in World War II (February 18-August 23 1943,)
 * Rape of Nanjing
 * Bombing of Dresden in World War II (February 13-15, 1945)
 * Bombing of Tokyo in World War II (February 23, March 9 and May 26 1945)
 * Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and August 9 1945, respectively), which killed over 214,000

Dam/dike/levee disasters

 * Sint-Elisabethsvloed (1421), Holland (November 18-November 19, 1421)
 * Sea dike breach of November 1, 1530, which flooded part of Holland and killed 400,000.
 * Great Sheffield flood, Sheffield, England (March 11, 1864) {270 dead}
 * Johnstown flood, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (May 31, 1889) {2,209 dead}
 * Gleno's Dam, Valle di Scalve, Italy, December 1, 1923, at least 200 dead
 * St. Francis Dam disaster, Los Angeles, California (March 12, 1928) {306+ known dead}
 * North Sea Flood of 1953, United Kingdom and The Netherlands (January 31-February 1, 1953)
 * Vajont Dam disaster, Longarone, Italy (October 9, 1963), 1,909 dead.
 * Buffalo Creek Dam disaster, Logan County, West Virginia, United States, 125 killed (February 26, 1972)
 * Banqiao Dam disaster, Henan Province, China (August 8 1975),26,000 and 145,000 dead
 * Teton Dam failure, Idaho, United States, June 5 1976, 14 dead
 * Failure of levee at New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Environmental disasters

 * Torrey Canyon oil spill in the English Channel (March 18, 1967)
 * Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York (1970s)
 * Buffalo Creek Disaster, West Virginia, USA, 1972
 * Seveso disaster, Italy, 1976
 * Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, USSR (April 2, 1979) 64 killed, potential catastrophe
 * Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, India (December 3, 1984), the world's worst industrial accident 15,000 killed
 * Exxon Valdez oil spill, Prince William Sound (March 24, 1989)
 * Prestige oil spill, off the Spanish coast, (November 13, 2002)

Mining disasters
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 * Felling mine disaster, Northumberland, England, 1812 95 killed
 * Hartley Colliery Disaster, Northumberland, England, (Jan 161862) 204 killed
 * The Oaks explosion, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, (Dec 121866) 388 killed
 * Yellow Jacket, Kentuck and Crown Point Mine Fire, Gold Hill, Nevada, United States (Sep 201873)
 * Clifton Hall Colliery, Clifton, Greater Manchester, England (June 18, 1885) 178 killed
 * 1887 Nanaimo Mine Explosion, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, (May 3, 1887) 150 killed
 * Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (February 21, 1891) 125 killed
 * Brunner, New Zealand, (March, 1896) 67 killed
 * Scofield mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, United States, (May 1, 1900) 200 killed
 * Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States (1902) 112 killed
 * Fraterville Mine disaster, Tennessee, United States, (May 19, 1902) 216 killed
 * El Hondo Coal Mine, Coahuila, Mexico, (January 31, 1902) 135 killed
 * Hanna, Wyoming, United States, Union Pacific Coal Company, Mine No. 1. (June 30, 1903) 234 killed
 * Cheswick, Pennsylvania, United States (January 25, 1904) 179 killed
 * Courrières mine disaster, Courrière, France, (March 10, 1906) 1099 killed
 * Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, United States (December 19, 1907) 239 killed
 * Monongah Mine disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, United States, (December 6,1907) 362 killed (Worst mine disaster in the U.S.)
 * Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, (February 27, 1908), 200 killed in the #2 Shaft, Mexico's worst coal mine disaster.
 * Palaú Coal Mine, Coahuila, Mexico (September 30, 1908) 100 killed
 * Burns Pit disaster, Stanley, County Durham, England, (February 16, 1909) 160+ killed
 * Cherry Mine Disaster Cherry, Illinois, United States, (November 13, 1909) 259 killed
 * Dawson, New Mexico, United States, (October 22, 1913) 263 killed
 * Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Cardiff, Wales, England (October 14, 1913), 439 killed, worst mining disaster in British history
 * Speculator Mine Disaster, Butte, Montana, United States, (June 8, 1917), 168 killed, worst US hard rock mine disaster
 * Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada, (June 19, 1914) 189 killed, Canada's worst mine disaster
 * Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States (June 5,1919) 92 killed
 * Castle Gate mine disaster, Castle Gate, Utah, United States, (March 8, 1924) 172 killed
 * Barnes-Hecker mine disaster, Negaunee, Michigan, United States, (November 3, 1926) 51 killed
 * Millfield Mine disaster, Millfield, Ohio, (November 5, 1930) 82 killed
 * Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, United States, December 24, 1932 54 killed
 * Gresford Disaster, Gresford, Wrexham, Wales (September 1934) 266 killed
 * Red Jacket Coal Company, Keen Mountain, Virginia, (April 22, 1938) 54 killed
 * Pocahontas Coal Company Pond Creek No. 1 mine explosion, Bartley, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States, (January 10, 1940) 91 killed
 * Smoke tragedy, El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile, (June 19, 1945) 355 killed
 * Centralia, Illinois, (March 25, 1947) 111 killed
 * West Frankfort, Illinois, 119 killed (December 21, 1951)
 * Marcinelle, Belgium, (August 8, 1956) 262 killed
 * Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (November 1, 1956) 39 killed
 * Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (October 23, 1958) 74 killed
 * Knox Mine disaster, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1959. 12 killed and the flooding of the mines effectively wiped out anthracite mining in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area.
 * Luisenthal Mine disaster (near Völklingen), Germany (February 7, 1962), 299 killed
 * Lengede Mine disaster, Germany (October 24, 1963), 29 killed, 11 men rescued two weeks later ("Das Wunder von Lengede" - The Lengede Miracle)
 * Aberfan disaster, Wales, 1966, 144 killed.
 * Mannington Mine disaster (sometimes referred to as the Farmington Mine disaster), Mannington, West Virginia, United States, (November 20, 1968), 21 men survived, 78 died.
 * Mina de Barroterán Coal Mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico, (March 31, 1969), 176 died. Mexico's second worst coal mine disaster.
 * Finley Coal Co., nos. 15 and 16 mine explosions, Leslie County, Hyden, Kentucky, United States, December 30, 1970, 38 killed
 * Buffalo Creek flood, Logan County, West Virginia, United States, (February 26, 1972) 125 killed
 * Consolidation Coal Co. Blacksville No. 1 mine fire, Monongalia County, Blacksville, West Virginia, United States, July 22, 1972, 9 killed
 * Sunshine Mine disaster, Kellogg, Idaho, United States, (May 1972) 91 killed
 * Itmann No. 3 Mine explosion, Itmann Coal Co., Wyoming County, Itmann, West Virginia, United States, December 16, 1972, 5 killed
 * Scotia Mine explosion, Blue Diamond Coal Co., Letcher County, Oven Fork, Kentucky, United States, March 9, 1976, 26 killed
 * Porter Tunnel flood, Kocher Coal Co., Schuykill County, Tower City, Pennsylvania, United States, March 1, 1977, 9 killed
 * Moss No.3 Portal A suffocation, Clinchfield Coal Co., Dickenson County, Duty, Virginia, United States, April 4, 1978, 5 killed
 * Ferrell No. 17 explosion, Westmorland Coal Co., Boone County, Uneeda, West Virginia, United States, November 7, 1980, 5 killed
 * Dutch Creek No. 1 explosion, Mid-Continent Resources, Inc., Pitkin County, Redstone, Colorado, March 15, 1981, 15 killed
 * No. 11 Mine explosion, Adkins Coal Co., Knott County, Kite, Kentucky, United States, December 7, 1981, 8 killed
 * No. 21 Mine explosion, Grundy Mining Co., Marion County, Whitwell, Tennessee, United States, December 8, 1981, 13 killed
 * No. 1 Mine explosion, RFH Coal Co., Floyd County, Craynor, Kentucky, United States, January 20, 1982, 7 killed
 * McClure No. 1 Mine explosion, Clinchfield Coal Co., Dickenson County, McClure, Virginia, United States, June 6, 1983, 7 killed
 * Wilberg Mine fire, Emery Mining Corp., Emery County, Orangeville, Utah, United States, December 19, 1984, 27 killed
 * Loveridge No. 22 suffocation, Consolidation Coal Co., Marion County, Fairview, West Virginia, United States, February 2, 1986, 5 killed
 * William Station No. 9 Mine explosion, Pyro Mining Co., Union County, Wheatcroft, Kentucky, United States, September 13, 1989, 10 killed
 * Westray Mine disaster, Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 9, 1992) 26 killed.
 * No. 3 Mine explosion, Southmoutain Coal Co., Wise County, Norton, Virginia, United States, December 7, 1992, 8 killed
 * Baia Mare Cyanide spill, Romania, January 30, 2000.
 * No. 5 Mine explosion, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., Tuscaloosa County, Brookwood, Alabama, United States, September 23, 2001, 13 killed
 * Río Turbio coal mine, Río Turbio, Santa Cruz, Argentina (June 14, 2004), 14 killed.
 * Liaoning mine disaster, Fuxin, People's Republic of China (February 14, 2005), 210 reported killed.
 * Sago Mine disaster in Tallmansville, West Virginia, United States, (January 2, 2006) 13 miners trapped for nearly two days, only one survivor Randall McCloy
 * Pasta de Conchos Coal Mine, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, México, (February 19, 2006) Huge gas concentration leads to an explosion caused cracks and collapsing of the structure of the mining tunnels, therefore 65 miners were trapped more than 1 mile below the ground level, after more than 100 hours of rescue attempts they found no survivors.
 * Beaconsfield mine collapse, Tasmania, Australia. (April 25, 2006) Miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are trapped nearly 1 mile below ground after overhanging rocks collapse on their cage. After 2 weeks of attempts, rescuers break free the rock and Russell and Webb emerge alive and able bodied. 1 killed.
 * Darby Mine No. 1 explosion, Kentucky Darby LLC, Harlan County, Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States, May 20, 2006, 5 killed
 * Halemba Mine disaster in Ruda Śląska, Poland (November 21 2006) explosion of methane, 23 killed.
 * Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, Novokuznetsk, Russia (March 19, 2007) explosion of methane, 110 killed.
 * Crandall Canyon Mine collapse, Emery County, Utah (August 6, 2007) collapse of mine trapping 6 miners. A second collapse occurred on August 16 during rescue efforts, injuring 6 rescue workers and killing 3 others.

See also: List of mining disasters in Poland

Industrial disasters

 * Bhopal Disaster, India. Chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide plant killed almost 3,000 initially, and at least 15,000 later from related illnesses.
 * Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, USA (March 25, 1911), 146 killed.
 * Manila Film Center scaffolding collapse in Manila, Philippines, (November 17, 1981), up to 169 killed (disputed).
 * Bastian Plating Company chemical asphyxiation accident in Auburn, Indiana, USA (June 28, 1988), 5 killed.
 * Imperial Foods chicken plant fire, in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA (September 3, 1991), 25 killed.

Explosion disasters

 * Mobile magazine explosion, Mobile, Alabama, USA (May 25, 1865) about 300 killed
 * Black Tom explosion, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (July 30, 1916) 5 to 7 killed & hundreds injured
 * Kingsland Explosion, Kingsland, NJ now Lyndhurst, NJ, USA January 11, 1917 Sabotage of munitions factory. No fatalities.
 * T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, Sayreville, New Jersey, USA October 4, 1918. An apparently accidental explosion at an ammunition plant, over 100 dead and hundreds more injured though complete casualty numbers will never be known.
 * Halifax Explosion, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada (December 6, 1917) 1,950 to 2,000 killed
 * Split Rock Dynamite Factory Explosion, Camillus, New York, USA (July 3, 1918) 50 killed
 * Oppau explosion, Oppau, Germany (September 21, 1921), about 565 killed
 * Bath School disaster, Bath Township, Michigan, USA (May 18, 1927), 45 killed
 * New London School explosion, New London, Texas, USA (March 18, 1937) about 300 killed
 * The Bombay Blasts, Victoria Dock Bombay, India (April 14, 1944) about 800 killed
 * The Port Chicago Explosion, California, USA (July 17 1944) 320 killed
 * Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion, Cleveland, Ohio (October 20, 1944) killed 130 people and destroyed a one square mile area on Cleveland's east side.
 * Pringle Powder Co. Nitroglycerine Explosion, Owensboro, Kentucky (November 25,1944) 2 killed
 * Texas City Explosion, Texas City, Texas, USA (April 16, 1947) 581 killed
 * BLEVE at a refinery in Feyzin, Isère, France (January 4, 1966) 18 killed
 * Flixborough disaster, North Lincolnshire, England (June 1 1974) 28 killed
 * CIL Plant explosion, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1974, 7 killed
 * Lapua cartridge factory explosion, Lapua, Finland. (April 13, 1976) 40 killed
 * Ortuella School Gas Explosion, Ortuella, Spain (October 23 1980) 51 killed
 * Vila Socó Explosion, Cubatão, Brazil, (February 24, 1984) up to 508 killed (disputed)
 * LPG BLEVE in San Juan Ixhuatepec, México State, Mexico (November 19, 1984) 500 killed
 * PEPCON disaster, near Henderson, Nevada, USA (May 4 1988) 2 killed, 372 injured
 * Piper Alpha explosion, North Sea, Scotland, (July 6 1988) 167 killed (including 2 rescuers)
 * Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) isobutane UVCE in Pasadena, Texas, USA (October 23, 1989) 23 killed, 130 injured
 * Sewer explosions in Reforma Zone, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (April 22, 1992) 296 killed
 * Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (April 19, 1995) 168 killed, including 1 rescue worker
 * Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) LPG UVCE in Visakhapatnam, India (September 14, 1997) 58 killed
 * Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) K-resin in Pasadena, Texas, USA (June 23, 1999) 2 killed, 3 injured, see and page 15 of
 * Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) butadiene in Pasadena, Texas, USA (March 27, 2000) 1 killed, 69 injured, see and page 15 of
 * AZF Explosion at a Toulouse chemical factory, Toulouse, France (September 21, 2001) - 29 killed, approx. 2,500 seriously wounded
 * Lagos armoury explosion, Lagos, Nigeria (January 27 2002), 1,100 killed
 * 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire, Buncefield, Hertfordshire, UK. No-one killed, explosion heard throughout south-east England.
 * Atlas Creek pipeline explosion near Lagos, Nigeria (May 12 2006), 150 killed
 * Danvers, Massachusetts chemical plant explosion in residential neighborhood (November 22 2006), no one killed, explosion heard for 20 mile radius.
 * 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion in Maputo, Mozambique, 93 killed.
 * West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion
 * 2006 Falk Corporation explosion

Fire disasters

 * Final destruction of the Library of Alexandria, 391 AD
 * Great Fire of London, London, England (September 2-September 5 1666)
 * Great Chicago Fire, Chicago, Illinois (October 8, 1871) estimated 200-300 killed
 * Peshtigo Fire, Peshtigo, Wisconsin (October 8, 1871) estimated 1,200-2,500 killed
 * The Great Fire of 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland, (July 8, [[1892[[)
 * Gerat Hakodate fire, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, 2,165 confirmed killed. (March 20, 1934)
 * Cocoanut Grove fire, Boston, Massachusetts (November 28, 1942) 492 killed
 * Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Connecticut (July 6, 1944) probably 168 killed
 * Summerland disaster, Isle of Man (August 2, 1973) 51 killed
 * Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Southgate, Kentucky (May 28, 1977) 165 killed
 * Stardust Disaster, Dublin, Ireland (February 14, 1981) 48 killed
 * Ash Wednesday fires, Victoria & South Australia (February 16, 1983), 75 killed
 * Bradford fire disaster, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (May 11, 1985) 56 killed
 * King's Cross fire, London, England (November 18, 1987) 31 killed
 * Happyland Fire, The Bronx, New York City (1990) 87 killed
 * Oakland Hills firestorm, Oakland and Berkeley, California, (October 20, 1991) 25 killed
 * Branch Davidian compound, near Waco, Texas (1993) 80 killed
 * Gothenburg nightclub fire, Gothenburg, Sweden, (October 28, 1998) 63 killed
 * Mont Blanc Tunnel fire (1999) 39 killed
 * Kaprun disaster, Kaprun, Austria (November 11, 2000) 155 killed
 * Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, Vietnam, over 60 killed, over 100 missing and 500 injured
 * Canberra bushfires of 2003, Canberra, Australia, (January 18, 2003) 4 killed
 * Daegu subway fire in South Korea (February, 2003) 198 killed
 * The Station nightclub fire, West Warwick, Rhode Island (2003) 100 killed
 * República Cromagnon nightclub fire, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (December 30, 2004) 194 killed

Miscellaneous

 * The Capitol Disaster, Richmond, Virginia (April 27 1870) 60+ killed
 * The Boston Molasses Disaster, Boston, Massachusetts (January 15 1919) 21 killed
 * Burnden Park Disaster, Bolton, Lancashire, England (March 9 1946) 33 killed
 * Great Smog of 1952, London, England about 12,000 killed
 * 24 hours of Le Mans disaster, France, (June 11, 1955) 80+ killed
 * Aberfan disaster, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (October 21, 1966) 144 killed
 * Second Ibrox disaster, Glasgow, Scotland (January 2, 1971) 66 killed
 * Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, Kansas City, Missouri (July 17 1981) 114 killed
 * Heysel Stadium disaster, Brussels, Belgium (May 29, 1985) 39 killed
 * Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse, Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia (July 31, 1988) 32 killed
 * Hillsborough disaster, Sheffield, England (April 15, 1989) 96 killed
 * Highland Towers collapse, Ampang, Malaysia (December 11, 1993) 48 killed
 * Sampoong Department Store collapse, Seoul, South Korea (June 29, 1995) 501 killed
 * Enschede fireworks disaster, Enschede, Netherlands (May 13, 2000) 22 killed
 * P36 Offshore Oil Platform Sinking, South Atlantic, Brazil (March, 2001) 11 killed
 * Ellis Park Stadium disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa (April 11, 2001) 43 killed
 * Northeast Blackout of 2003, northeastern United States, eastern Canada (August 14, 2003) 8 reported deaths
 * Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Baghdad, Iraq (August 31 2005) about 1,000 killed
 * 2003 Chicago balcony collapse, United States (June 29, 2003) 12 killed

Causes of hypothetical future disasters

 * Dysgenics
 * Famine
 * Overpopulation
 * Nuclear warfare
 * Pandemic
 * Peak Oil
 * Gulf Stream shutdown
 * Antibiotic resistance
 * Supervolcano
 * Asteroid impact event
 * Megatsunami
 * Cumbre Vieja
 * Cascadia Megathrust earthquake
 * Global warming
 * Hypernova
 * Hypercane