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Hi guys,

I've been watching a few documentaries recently about prominent civil aviation accidents, and the thought crossed my mind; out of the numerous prominent air crashes of the previous few decades, which one(s) would have had the greatest impact on history if it hadn't happened/happened differently?

Whilst bombings/hijackings can be included, as well as incidents like the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 by the U.S Navy, I'm much more interested in accidents rather than deliberate acts.

The one that seems most obvious to me, (apart from the aforementioned Strait of Hormuz missile attack), is Concorde. If the Gonesse crash hadn't happened in 2000, it seems feasible that supersonic flight (not necessarily Concorde) may have continued to the present day. Including bombings, Lockerbie is pretty huge. The implications of that are still ongoing. Then, of course, there's 9/11 - but as I say, the intentional incidents aren't really the focus here.

The list goes on; what would you pick?
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