The Deadliest — The Great Catastrophes
ranked by the cited toll of each report
criticalClass CThe Repair That Failed Seven Years Later — JAL 123
criticalClass CThe 200-Man-Hour Shortcut — Flight 191's Engine Change
criticalClass A"Forget It" — The Under-Inflated Tires of Flight 2120
criticalClass CThe Doubler That Was Too Small — 22 Years to Breakup
criticalClass ATwenty Days Without Covers — The Blocked Pitot of Puerto Plata
criticalClass AThe Switch Left in MANUAL — Ghost Flight Over the Aegean
criticalClass CThe Wear Strip From Someone Else's Airplane
criticalClass AThe Half-Inch Crack the Inspector Missed — United 232
criticalClass CBoxes Marked "Empty" — Fire in the Hold Over the Everglades
criticalClass AThe Grease Job That Never Took — Alaska 261's Jackscrew
The Recurring Errors — What You'll Meet First
the general patterns that keep happening
criticalClass CThe Wrong Bolts — Windscreen Blowout at 17,300 Feet
highClass CThe Latches Nobody Checked — Fire Over Heathrow
highClass CThe Open Oil System — Caps, Plugs and Covers That Drain Both Engines
criticalClass AStored Hydraulic Energy in the Gear Bay — The System Was "Off"
highClass ARemove Before Flight — The Gear Pins That Stayed In
highClass AThe Spoilers Left in Maintenance Mode — G-KMAM
highClass CThe Wrong Fuel — Misfueling and Fuel Contamination in General Aviation
highClass CCrossed Wires — When the Connectors Fit and the System Lies
criticalClass CThe Wing That Kept Leaking — Sealant Over a Broken Spar
criticalClass CThe Screws That Vanished at Shift Change
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