These are the five deadliest plane crashes in history

Thinking about taking a flight this summer? Well, you probably shouldn't read what's next in case you plan to relax, enjoy a light meal, and watch a movie while you're in midair.

There are over 22 million flights every year. Almost all of them are pretty safe and arrive well at their destination. However, sometimes some mishaps happen and tragedy strikes.

Still, flight is usually regarded as the safest way to travel long distances, so the following list shouldn't concern you. Sooner or later, mistakes and tragedies are bound to happen.

On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was covering the route Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi when it exploded 31,000 feet (ca. 9 km) above the sea off the southwestern coast of Ireland.

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The explosion, caused by a bomb planted by a Sikh militant terrorist organization, killed 307 passengers and 22 crew members.

It would remain the deadliest aviation-related terrorist incident until the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 covered Istanbul to London, with a stop in Paris. However, on March 3, 1973, just a few minutes after departing Orly Airport (pictured), it crashed into the Ermenonville forest.

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346 perished in what is also known as The Ermenonville Air Disaster. It was the biggest aircraft-related tragedy at the time.

The tragedy was caused by an incorrectly secured cargo door in the aircraft rear, causing an explosive decompression that damaged the wiring of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.

The deadliest midair crash, and overall, third-worst aircraft accident happened on November 12, 1996, above the town of Charkhi Dadri, in Haryana, India.

Saudia Flight 763 to Delhi collided with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907. A total of 349 died, between the passengers and crew members of both flights.

The crash was caused because the Kazakh crew descended lower than what they were supposed to, hitting the Saudi plane, which was going on the opposite direction.

On August 12, 1985, Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was scheduled to fly from Tokyo to Osaka (pictured) in what was meant to be a short, routine flight.

12 minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 suffered a rupture in the aft pressure bulkhead and decompressed. After struggling to control the plane for half an hour, it crashed into Mount Takamagahara, 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Tokyo.

505 passengers and 15 crew members died. It was later determined that the area that broke apart had been repaired seven years prior after another incident.

Many would be surprised that the deadliest accident in aviation occurred on the ground and not during a flight. This occurred on the Spanish island of Tenerife on March 27, 1977.

A terrorist threat forced international flights going to Gran Canaria to detour to the smaller, unprepared Los Rodeos Airport. To top it all, the airfield in Tenerife was covered in a thick fog and there was a chaotic communication between the crews and ground control.

Two Boeing 747, one coming from Los Angeles and the other from Amsterdam, crashed in the tarmac killing 583 passengers and crew members, making it the deadliest plane crash to date.