The disasters below include accidents, a bombing and military shootdowns; they are not all crashes in the same sense. They are arranged from fewer to more deaths so the final entry is the deadliest, counting victims on the ground where applicable.
Fatality figures can vary slightly between historical accounts, particularly when ground victims are included. The descriptions distinguish what happened from what investigators or authorities concluded, and treat those affected with respect.
3Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
On 12 November 1996, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided near Charkhi Dadri, northwest of Delhi. Both aircraft were operating in the busy airspace around the Indian capital.
All 349 people aboard the two aircraft died: 312 on the Saudi flight and 37 on the Kazakhstan flight. The collision led India to strengthen air-traffic separation procedures and require the use of airborne collision-avoidance systems.
