San Diego air crash ranks among aviation's worst ever
The San Diego collision between a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner and a small plane near San Diego airport is described as one of the worst aviation disasters. A list of major past collisions follows, noting Tenerife in 1977 with 579 deaths as the deadliest, and other fatal air crashes from 1960 to 1976.
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