American Airlines jet with 60 passengers, 4 crew members aboard collides with US Army Blackhawk helicopter Mid-air collision occurs while jet was coming in for landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington DC
Colgan Air plane crashes near Buffalo, New York Everyone aboard the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane, including 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants, dead
Comair aircraft crashes when taking off in Lexington, Kentucky, after it leaves from wrong runway and runs off the end 2 crew members, 47 passengers killed
Just after takeoff, American Airlines flight crashes into residential area of Belle Harbor, New York All 260 people aboard the plane killed
19 al-Qaida hijackers seize control of 4 jetliners Send 2 of the planes into New York's World Trade Center, a third into Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania Deadliest terror attack in history
Alaska Airlines flight crashes into Pacific Ocean near Anacapa Island, California 83 passengers, 5 crew members dead
Valujet Airlines flight crashes into Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from Miami International Airport Crash kills all 105 passengers, 5 crew members
American Eagle flight in Roselawn, Indiana, crashes 64 passengers, 4 crew members killed
USAir flight crashes while attempting to land in Pittsburgh 127 passengers, 5 crew members killed Airplane destroyed by impact and fire
United Airlines flight experiences engine failure, crashes while attempting to land in Sioux City, Iowa 110 passengers, 1 crew member dead
Northwest Airlines flight crashes just after taking off in Romulus, Michigan Strikes light poles, rental car facility and the ground 148 passengers, 6 crew members killed
Delta Airlines flight crashes when approaching to land at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport during thunderstorm Strikes car, 2 water tanks 134 passengers, crew members killed
Pan American World Airways flight crashes just after takeoff near New Orleans, Louisiana Collides with trees and houses 145 people onboard killed
Air Florida flight plummets into Potomac river due to bad weather 70 passengers, 4 crew members dead
SOURCE: National Transportation Safety Board/AP