Korean Air Lines flight KAL007, Seoul, Korea, September 1, 1983
Here is yet another doomed air flight, this time from the nation of Korea. The cause of this doomed flight was yet again the result of a military vehicle attacking a civilian plane.
On September 1, 1983, flight KAL007 changed its original route and was headed from New York to Seoul, Korea. The passenger jet was suddenly shot down by a Soviet fighter plane. The reason the Soviet plane shot down the 747 is because the plane had invaded Soviet airspace in the North Pacific. The Russians thought the plane was a US military spy plane. 269 people lost their lives in this incident.
Queen of the Sea, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 26, 2004
The rest of the list shall focus on train accidents. The following train travel tragedies are among the worst in recorded history. On December 26, 2004, a passenger train by the name of the Queen of the Sea Line was traveling from Colombo to Galle.
During this morning commute, a tsunami wave struck the train, which resulted because of a previous earthquake in the Indian Ocean. The train came to a halt and the local natives climbed to the top of the train to avoid the turbulent waters. Super sized waves pelted the train and around 1,700 people lost their lives in this tragedy. This was the worst accident involving a train to ever be recorded.
Amtrak, Mobile, Alabama, September 22, 1993
The worst commuter tragedy that involved a train in the United States of America occurred on September 22, 1993 in Mobile, Alabama. This Amtrak train accident occurred when a tugboat was blinded by fog.
The tugboat accidentally crashed into a barge at the swing bridge. The bridge collapsed and the bridge ended up being three feet out of alignment because of impact. The track on the bridge appeared to be okay and the track circuit seemed to be fine. As such, they didn’t close the bridge down. Eight minutes after the crash, an Amtrak train that was carrying passengers from Los Angeles to Miami derailed on this bridge. It was traveling 72 mph. The locomotive plunged into the water. 47 people were killed and 103 people were injured.
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