Worst Air Disasters
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Worst 10 air crashes around the world before Tuesday’s Korean Air crash on Guam:
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Deaths Type of plane Location Date 582 Two Boeing 747s Canary Islands March 27, 1977 520 747 Japan Aug. 12, 1985 349 747/Kazak Ilyushin-76 Saudi Arabia Nov. 12, 1996 346 DC-10 Paris March 3, 1974 329 747 Ireland June 23, 1985 301 L-1011 Saudi Arabia Aug. 19, 1980 290 A300 Airbus Persian Gulf July 3, 1988 273 DC-10 Chicago May 25, 1979 270 747 Scotland Dec. 21, 1988 269 747 Former Soviet Union Sept. 1, 1983
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Source: Times wire reports
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