List of runway collisions
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This is list of notable instances of aircraft incidents and accidents involving runway collisions.
1970s
1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision, a 1972 airport collision between a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and a Convair 880
Tenerife airport disaster in 1977, the deadliest air disaster in history, involving a runway collision between two Boeing 747s
1980s
1983 Anchorage runway collision, a 1983 airport collision between a DC-10 and a Piper Navajo
1983 Madrid Airport runway collision, a 1983 airport collision between a Boeing 727 and a McDonnell Douglas DC-9
1990s
1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions, A plane hijacking leading to three planes getting destroyed: a Boeing 737, a Boeing 757, and a Boeing 707
1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, a 1990 airport collision between a Boeing 727 and a McDonnell Douglas DC-9
1991 Los Angeles runway collision, a 1991 airport collision between a Boeing 737 and a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
1994 St.
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