An Armenian Airbus A-320 carrying 113 passengers and crew crashed in the Black Sea near the south Russian seaside resort of Sochi, leaving no sign of survivors.
Following is a chronology of some major air crashes in the last three years.
Feb. 19, 2003 - An Iranian military plane crashes near Kerman in southeastern Iran. Iran said all 276 aboard were killed.
March 6, 2003 - An Algerian flag carrier Boeing 737-200 crashes shortly after take-off from Tamanrasset airport, killing 103 passengers and crew.
July 8, 2003 - A Sudan Airways Boeing 737 crashes after take off near Port Sudan on a flight to Khartoum, killing 104 passengers and the crew of 11. A two-year-old boy was the only survivor.
Jan 3, 2004 - A Paris-bound Egyptian Boeing 737 operated by Flash Airlines crashes into the Red Sea off the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 148 passengers and crew.
Feb. 3, 2005 - An Afghan airliner crashes into a mountain near Kabul, killing all 105 people on board. The Boeing 737 was operated by Afghanistan's only private airline, Kam Air.
Aug. 2, 2005 - An Air France Airbus bursts into flames after overshooting the runway while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in a storm. All 309 passengers and crew survive.
Aug. 14, 2005 - A Helios Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in the area of Kalamos, 30 km (19 miles) north of the Greek capital, Athens, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board.
Aug. 16, 2005 - A West Caribbean Airways MD-80 aircraft crashes near Venezuela's border with Colombia, in the Sierra de Perija mountains. All 160 passengers and crew were killed.
Sept 5, 2005 - A Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashes just after take off near Medan, in northern Sumatra. 102 people on board were killed as well as 47 others on the ground. Fifteen passengers in the tail section survived.
Oct 22, 2005 - A Nigerian Bellview Airlines Boeing 737-200 airliner with 111 passengers and six crew crashes shortly after take off from Lagos in Lissa, about 30 km (20 miles) north of Lagos. All aboard were killed.
Dec 10, 2005 - A Nigerian Sosoliso Airlines DC9 flight from Abuja carrying 110 passengers and crew crashes on landing in the oil city of Port Harcourt and bursts into flames, killing 106. Four people survived the crash, whose cause was unknown.
May 3, 2006 - An Airbus A-320 of the Armenian airline Armavia, carrying 113 passengers and crew from Yerevan to the Russian seaside resort Sochi, crashes in the Black Sea while preparing to land. There is no sign of survivors.
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