(Corrects crash location in paragraphs 1 and 2 to Mwan from Seoul)
(Reuters) – The crash of a Jeju Air Boeing (NYSE:) 737-800 on Sunday in Muan Province killed 179 people in the worst air disaster on South Korean soil.
Here are some of the largest aviation accidents of 2024, in order of severity:
South Korea
Jeju International Airlines Flight 7C2216, from Bangkok, Thailand, bound for Muan International Airport, crashed on December 29, killing all 175 passengers and four of the six crew members.
Brazil
Voepass Regional Flight 2283, an ATR-72, departing from Cascavel and bound for São Paulo, crashed on August 11 in the town of Vinhedo, killing all 62 people on board.
In a separate incident, a small twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 private plane, with 10 people on board, crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil on December 22, killing all on board and injuring others. 17 people on the floor.
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan International Airlines Flight J2-8243, an Embraer E190 from Baku, Azerbaijan, bound for Grozny, Russia, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 39 people. 29 people survived.
Nepal
The CRJ-200, a small airliner operated by Nepal Airlines, crashed and caught fire while taking off from Kathmandu to Pokhara Airport on July 24, killing all 18 people on board and leaving one survivor, the captain.
Malawi
Malawi Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former First Lady Chanel Dzimbiri, died on June 10 on their way from Lilongwe to Mzuzu, when the military plane they were traveling in crashed.
Thailand
Domestic charter flight TFT209, a Cessna Caravan C208B registered to Thai Flying Service Co originating from Suvarnabhumi and destined for Trat, crashed 100 kilometers southeast of Bangkok on August 23, killing all nine people on board. .
Iran
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and six other passengers and crew of a US-made Bell 212 helicopter died in a crash on May 19 in a mountainous area in the Varzagan region near the Azerbaijani border.
Canada
Six people died after a Northwestern (NASDAQ:) plane carrying workers for global mining company Rio Tinto (NYSE:) crashed near Fort Smith in Canada's remote Northwest Territories (NWT) on January 23. Four passengers and two Northwestern Air (NYSE:) crew members died in the crash, while one passenger survived.
Japan
A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane collided with a smaller Coast Guard plane on the runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on January 2. All 379 people on board JAL, an Airbus A350-941 flight, survived the burning aircraft, while five out of six people survived. The smaller crew was killed.
Singapore
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 others were injured after a Singapore Airlines (OTC:) Boeing 777-300ER from London to Singapore experienced severe turbulence on May 21, flinging passengers and crew around the cabin and forcing the plane to turn. Landing. Bangkok.
