Aloha Airlines flight 243, on a routine intra-Hawaii flight, lost a large portion of the fuselage in the spring of 1988.

An Airbus A300 flying for DHL is struck by a ground-to-air missile on the left wing tip, shortly after take-off from Baghdad. With damage that included loss of all hydraulics, the aircraft crew struggles to land safely.

Japan Airlines flight 123 veers out of control and crashes in the mountains, becoming the worst air disaster involving a single aircraft in 1985.

Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled ex-employee of the airline, attempted to hijack FedEx flight 705 and crash it into the FedEx HQ in Memphis. Written by Sergio Ortega

A bomb exploded on Philippine Airlines flight 434, killing one passenger and disabling several vital systems on board in 1994.

Iran Air flight 655, a civilian Airbus A310, mistakenly identified as a hostile fighter plane, is shot down by a US Navy Warship in the Middle East in 1988.

A helicopter full of oil-rig workers is struck by lightning and goes down in the violent weather of the cold North Sea. How big of a role did the weather play that day?

EgyptAir flight 990 crashes off the coast of Massachusetts on a routine New York-Cairo flight in 1999, initiating a highly controversial investigation.

Aeroflot flight 593, a routine flight, veers out of control and crashes in Russia in 1994, after the Captain lets his son sit in the flight deck.

In stormy weather, the Express Samina ferry sails in the Aegean Sea. The ferry is on autopilot with no crew member monitoring the ship's course. The waves push the Express Samina off course, it hits a group of rocks and begins taking on water, eventually sinking. Written by Anonymous