Nearly 900 Dead, Missing in 2014 Air Disasters

Nearly 900 people are dead or missing following air disasters around the world this year, with Southeast Asia taking a particularly heavy hit. Three major events involved weather, two planes were shot down in eastern Ukraine, and one crash was attributed to mechanical problems. Hundreds of passengers and crew remain unaccounted for in the case of a Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished in March. Feb. 11: An Algerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules transporting 78 military passengers...

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