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Southern Airlines plane broke into three pieces during a night landing in Shenzhen, China. Thirty five people lost their lives.December 19, 1996
A Silk Air flight en route to Singapore from Jakarta plunged into a river near Palembang, Indonesia, killing 104 people.
May 5, 1998
An aircraft leased by Occidental Petroleum from the Peruvian Air Force crashed in a rainstorm near Andoas, Peru on, killing 74 people.
April 6, 1999
A flight to Jeddah to pick up Turkish pilgrims went down in poor weather in Ceyhan, Turkey nine minutes after takeoff. All six occupants were killed.
August 31, 1999
An Argentine passenger jet crashed just after takeoff at Buenos Aires airport into a busy roadway, killing 65 of the 98 passengers and five crew members.
April 19, 2000
An Air Philippines aircraft hit a hill on Samal Island. All seven crew and 124 passengers perished.
July 17, 2000