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Originally posted by ariesrising
BTW, the most deadly aircraft accident in history occured on the ground. (Tenerife)
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And that was a collision between two planes: KLM 747-206B PH-BUF
The Rhine/Rijn and Pan Am 747-121 N736PA
Clipper Victor. All were lost on the KLM plane, all but about 20 (don't have the exact number) were lost on the Pan Am aircraft, for a total of 583 killed.
The worst single-plane aircraft accident was a Japan Air Lines 747-SR46; all but three of the 500+ passengers aboard were killed when the aft pressure bulkhead failed (from an improperly-performed patch repair) and damaged the tail section. (It's quite common to see 747s used as giant flying shuttle buses in Japan.)
Useless airline trivia time: N736PA was the first 747 flown in commercial revenue flight in 1970. It was supposed to have been N747PA
Clipper America, but a mechanical malfunction grounded the latter aircraft.