Top 10 Aviation Accidents and Incidents in History

6. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

July 17, 2014 flight 17 was a regularly scheduled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aircraft took off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a crew of 15 and 283 passengers on board represented at least 10 nationalities, including 193 Netherlanders.

All 298 people on board died as the plane crashed and burned in eastern Ukraine. Upon further investigations it was determined that the plane was shot down by a made surface-to-air missile but the motive is unknown.

For Malaysia Airlines it was the second disaster of 2014, following the disappearance of Flight 370 on March 8.