The Crash of the Ukrainian Plane in Iran in the TOP of the Largest Air Crashes in the World

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Disaster DC-10 near Paris

The crash, also known as the Air Crash in Ermenonville, occurred on Sunday March 3, 1974 near Paris. Turkish Airlines airliner operated a passenger flight Istanbul-Paris-London. 6 minutes after departure from Paris at an altitude of approximately 3,500 meters, one of the cargo compartments unexpectedly opened, which created explosive decompression, as a result of which the plane crashed. The liner went on a dive and after 1.5 minutes crashed at high speed into the Ermenonville forest near the capital of France. All 346 people died, including 12 crew members and 334 passengers. This disaster to this day remains one of the largest aircraft disasters in which there were no survivors.

20 Little-known Facts About World War II

World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi German attack on Poland. Subsequently, 61 states took part in this war (this is 80% of the entire globe). The great war claimed the lives of more than 70 million people and became one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of mankind. We prepared the 20 most interesting and little-known facts about the World War II for today's selection.

Color Photos of London During the Second World War

The attacks of the German Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II brought a lot of fatal destruction and claimed more than one hundred lives. Many cities suffered from German “attacks”, but sometimes it seems that London has suffered the most: more than a million buildings were completely destroyed, more than 20,000 civilians were killed, but the Wehrmacht did not achieve its main goal, because the British’s strong spirit was not to break just ...

TOP Unusual Facts About Cars

Did you know why Steve Jobs always drove without numbers and why in the Porsche the ignition key is always on the left? We will reveal these and other interesting facts in this collection of unusual facts that you did not know about cars ...

Coronavirus for the Good! The Extraordinary Effect of Quarantine on Nature …

Now many people compare the coronavirus pandemic to World War. In just a few months, global quarantine managed to stir up the economies and health systems of many countries, but at the same time significantly affected the environmental situation in the world. “The planet is being cleared!”, shout scientists and ecologists from all sources. How exactly does this process occur and in what way is it manifested? We will talk about the positive impact of quarantine on nature in today's selection of facts ...