Flight 2605 remains the deadliest air accident in Mexico City . The event is the third-deadliest aviation accident to occur on Mexican soil , after the crashes of two Boeing 727s &mdash; the 1969 crash of Mexicana Flight 704 and Mexicana Flight 940 in 1986 &mdash; and is the seventh-deadliest accident involving a DC-10 . The crash of Flight 2605 was one of three fatal McDonnell Douglas DC-10 accidents in 1979 , occurring just over five months after the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport and less than a month before the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 on Mount Erebus in Antarctica
American Airlines Flight 191
American Airlines Flight 191
Western Airlines Flight 2605