The eight fatal accidents of 1971 included three mid-air collisions and four landing approach crashes; one of these collisions, All Nippon Airways Flight 58, which also involved a military aircraft, became the deadliest air disaster worldwide at the time it took place with 162 deaths.
The eight fatal accidents of 1971 consisted of three mid-air collisions and four landing approach crashes; one of these collisions, All Nippon Airways Flight 58, which also included a military aircraft, resulted in the deadliest air disaster worldwide at that time with 162 deaths.