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Chronology of major air crashes in India

February 7, 1966: Thirty-seven people die in a Fokker Friendship crash near Banihal Pass in Jammu and Kashmir.

February 15, 1966: Two die after a Caravelle aircraft goes down at Palam in Delhi.

October 17, 1966: Eight die in a Dakota crash in Assam.

April 21, 1969: Forty-four die in a Fokker Friendship mishap.

August 29, 1970: Thirty-nine killed in an air crash near Silchar in Assam.

December 5, 1970: Four killed in a Dakota crash in Delhi.

March 26, 1971: Fifteen die in a Dakota crash in Delhi.

August 11, 1972: Eighteen people die after a Fokker Friendship aircraft crashes near Palam.

March 15, 1973: Three persons killed in Avro-748 crash near Hyderabad.

May 31, 1973: Forty-eight die in a Boeing crash in Delhi.

January 11, 1976: Five die in a helicopter crash near Mumbai.

October 12, 1976: Ninty-five die after a Caravelle crashes near Mumbai.

May 20, 1978: Two die in a Dakota crash in Sonepat district in Haryana.

August 4, 1978: Forty-five die in an Avro-748 crash near Pune.

November 1978: Seventy-seven die after an AN-42 transport plane crashes near Leh (J&K).

December 17, 1978: Three die in a Boeing-737 crash near Hyderabad.

October 19, 1988: One hundred thirty-one people die in an IA Boeing-737 crash near Ahmedabad.

October 19, 1988: Thirty-five die in a Vayudoot Fokker Friendship plane crash near Guwahati.

February 7, 1989: Three die after a Westland helicopter crashes in Merena near Kohima.

December 15, 1989: Seven die in a helicopter crash near Pahajkalaghat.

December 15, 1989: Eleven die in a Vayudoot plane crash in Pune.

February 14, 1990: Ninety-two die in an Airbus-320 crash near Bangalore airport.

March 25, 1991: Twenty-five die in an Avro-HS-748 Indian Air Force craft mishap near Yelahanka station.

April 26, 1993: Fifty-six die in an Indian Airlines Boeing-737 crash at Aurangabad.

November 12, 1996: Three hundred fifty-one people die in a mid-air collision between a Saudi airliner and a Kazakh plane over Rohtak district of Haryana.

July 17, 2000: More than 60 people feared killed in an Alliance Air plane crash in Patna.

PTI

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