What are the worst air plane disasters in history?
The 1977 Tenerife airport disaster, regarded as the deadliest accident in commercial aviation history, resulted in 583 passenger fatalities. The accident occurred after an aircraft attempted to take off without clearance, and collided with another on the runway at the Tenerife airport. The crash of Japan Airlines flight in 1985, wherein 520 people died, is the deadliest single-aircraft disaster.