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The following is a list of aircraft accidents and incidents which have resulted in fatalities on the ground. Aircraft crashes with a high number of ground fatalities typically occur in areas where there are large congregations of people, such as
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s. There have been at least 213 aircraft crashes which are known to have resulted in ground fatalities. Of these, 64 have involved at least a dozen ground fatalities, 14 have involved at least 50 ground fatalities, and five have involved over 100 ground fatalities. The crashes of
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are by far the deadliest incidents of this sort, with a total of 2,606 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and subsequent
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of 1 WTC and 2 WTC. The deadliest accidental crash of an aircraft was the
1996 Air Africa crash The 1996 Air Africa crash occurred on 8 January when an overloaded Zairese Air Africa's Antonov An-32B aircraft, bound for Kahemba Airport, overshot the runway at N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) a ...
, which resulted in the deaths of at least 225 people on the ground.


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Aviation accidents and incidents An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the ''intention of f ...
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Index of aviation articles Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Articles related to aviation include: A Aviation accidents and incidents – ADF – Adverse yaw – Aerobatics – Aerodrom ...
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List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list ...
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List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation This list of accidents and incidents involving general aviation is grouped by the years in which the accidents or incidents occurred. "General aviation" here includes private as well as corporate aircraft operating under general aviation rules, i.e ...
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Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft include all types of accident and incident, including mechanical failures, pilot error and military action. They include chronological lists, lists by conflict, lists by aircraft model an ...
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List of civil aviation authorities A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...
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List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general-aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or midair collision. As of ...


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