Paris, June 12, 2025 (AFP) - Deadliest air disasters in the 21st century

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2025-06-12

A London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed on Thursday in India, with 242 people on board, and police said there "appears to be no survivor". Here is a list of the deadliest plane disasters in the 21st century, excluding the September 11, 2001 attacks: On July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 were killed, includi......

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