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Antonov An-26 crashes

Russian aircraft crashed on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. Antonov An-26 went down about 500 meters from the runway. The preliminary cause was attributed to a technical malfunction.

A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem

The Mercaz HaRav massacre was a mass shooting attack in which a lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, a religious school in Jerusalem, Israel, after which the gunman himself was shot dead. Eight students and the perpetrator were killed.

Herald of Free Enterprise

MS Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew.