United Express Flight 5925 crashes into another aircraft on an unmanned runway, Garuda Flight 152 flies into a mountain forest, and the crash in the fog, of two Boeing 747's, PanAm Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805 at Teneriffe.
BEA Flight 548 crashes after takeoff in what appears to be a complete stall, Northwest Air Link Flight 5719 crashes short of the runway after a steep descent, and Trans Colorado Flight 2286 crashes near Durango Airport.
Heroic landings by skilled pilots. US Airways Flight 1549 lands on the Hudson River, Air Canada Flight 143 lands on a deserted runway that is now a drag race strip, and TACA Flight 110 lands on a river levee near New Orleans.
On a simple test flight, one of the worlds most advanced planes nosedives into the Mediterranean, while another betrays its pilot and crashes into a forest, and a packed passenger jet disappears over the ocean.
Wether by accident or deliberate intent, explosions have brought down more than a few civilian aircraft through history. Amongst these are Metrojet Flight 9268, Korean Airlines Flight 007 and Malaysia Flight MH17.
SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the jungle, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the french Alps and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just disappears over the Gulf of Tailand.
British Airways Flight 38 crash lands short of the runway at London Heathrow, ValuJet Flight 592 plunges inexplicably into the Florida Everglades, and Pan Am Flight 103 destroys a large part of Lockerbie in Scotland.
Sometimes, seemingly inexplicable crashes will immediately lead to conspiracy theories, and unfounded accusations of wrong doing, as was the case in BEA Flight 609, Arrow Air Flight 1285 and Polish Airforce Flight 101.
Delta Airlines Flight 1141 crashes immediately after takeoff, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 inexplicably flies into a swamp, and a brand new state of the art, Sukhoi Superjet 100 somehow crashes into the side of a mountain.