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Top 10 deadliest airline disasters

Updated: 2014-03-14 08:05 By Sun Chengdong (chinadaily.com.cn)
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No.8 Iran Air Flight 655 Year:1988

Fatalities: 290 Survivors: 0

An Iranian Airbus was shot down over the Persian Gulfduring the Iran-Iraq war. The accident occurred after a confrontation in international waters between the United States military helicopter USS Vincennes and Iranian gunboats the Vincennes saw what appeared to them to be an Iranian F-14ATomcat fighter flying towards them. There was also confusion with the transponder codes that made it temporarily appear to be broadcasting a military code. TheUnited Stateshas never formally apologized for the accident.

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A similar A300B2-200 of Iran Air. [File photo]

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