Death is an unpleasing reality but its effect is greater when it comes as an incidental event in life. There are around more than a thousand of air flights daily, all safe but when any one of them faces bad luck, it takes itself around 200 of lives in a moment. With a number of plane crashes since 2013, here is a compiled list of 10 air travel companies with most plane crashes in 2014.
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10. Garuda Airlines
A ban was laid on this airline because of the incidents that it experienced which were about four air crashes since the company started killing 431 people. Another crash happened during 1997 when the plane got crashed into a mountain and about 234 passengers were killed.
09. Thai Airways
During 1980 and 1990 this airline experienced many incidents one after another but the major incident was in the year 1992 in a flight from Kathmandu killing 113 people during the sequence.
08. Avianca
This airline used to have a great reputation but it was severely damaged by the chain of incidents that has occurred with it, including the accident when the airplane got crashed in Madrid killing 181 people.
07. Pakistan International Airlines
This airline has experienced five major crashes until now and the death rate in those crashes is about 440. The major incident was when the flight was crashed into a mountain due to poor visibility killing 167 people.
06. Egyptair
With the rate of four crashes until now, this airline is among the most dangerous airlines of the world since the 70’s a series of mishaps and accidents has killed more than 400 people from all over the world due to the errors made by the pilots and flight attendants.
05. Kenya Airways
Two episodes befell in the past 10 years, and both during night flights. In 2000, Kenya Airways plane worn-out into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people, and in 2007 another airline crashed in an everglade, killing 114 passengers.
04. Philippine Airlines
In the history of this airline, the flights have blown up six times maximum including severe attacks by terrorist, killing 107 people due to hijackings and explosions.
03. Iran Air
The airline has suffered various sever crashes over the past ten years but the biggest disaster was in the year 1988 when the lives of 300 people were taken.
02. China Airlines
Six major incidents have occurred with this airline but the most serious accident occurred in 2002 during the voyage Taiwan-Hong Kong and killed 225 people.
01. Cubana Airlines
Until now almost 8 crashes have occurred with Cubana Airlines, 404 casualties were reported, making the authorities to focus more on the replacement of the aircrafts.
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