Two Russian passenger airliners with a total of more than 80 people on
board crashed almost simultaneously late Tuesday and no survivors were reported
so far.
A Tu-134 jet carrying 34 passengers and eight crew
members crashed near the village of Buchalki in the Tula region south of Moscow.
The wreckage of the second crashed plane, a Tu-154
jetliner, which flew from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi with 44
passengers and eight crew members aboard, has been found.
The following is a chronology of major air crashes
since 2003.
Jan. 8, 2003 -- A total of 75 passengers and crew
were killed when a Turkish RJ-100 jetliner, on a flight from Istanbul, crashedin
heavy fog at Diyarbakir airport in southeastern Turkey. Five people survived.
Jan. 9, 2003 -- A Peruvian airliner crashed in
northern Peru, killing 46 people aboard.
Feb. 1, 2003 -- Seven astronauts were killed as US
space shuttle Columbia broke apart on its way back to the ground.
Feb. 19, 2003 -- An Iranian military plane crashed
near Kerman in southeastern Iran. Iran said all 276 soldiers and crew aboard
were killed.
March 6, 2003 -- An Algerian flag carrier Boeing
737-200 crashed shortly after take-off from Tamanrasset airport, killing at
least 102 passengers and crew.
May 26, 2003 -- A Ukrainian YK-42 passenger plane
heading to Spain crashed near the Trabzon Airport in northeastern Turkey,
killing 74, including 62 Spanish soldiers returning from their peacekeeping
mission in Afghanistan.
July 8, 2003 -- A Sudanese Boeing 737 crashed shortly
after taking off from Port Sudan airport, killing 104 passengers and 11 crew
members. A two-year-old passenger was the only survivor.
Dec. 25, 2003 -- A Boeing 727 owned by Union des
Transports Africains crashed en route Beirut over the coastal capital of
Cotonou, Benin, with 151 passengers and 10 crew members on board. Only 21 people
survived.
Jan. 3, 2004 -- An Egyptian Boeing 737 crashed into
the Red Seashortly after taking off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing
all 135 passengers and 13 crew members aboard.
Feb. 10, 2004 -- An Iranian Kish Airlines plane
crashed in the United Arab Emirates. Forty-three of the 46 people on board died.
