He'd never had a plane disintegrate around him before, prayed never to endure the experience again.

On board the Boeing 747 were 307 passengers and 22 crew members, all of whom were killed when the plane disintegrated.

The plane disintegrated into a pile of dust; the wall suffered a two-inch scratch.

The plane disintegrated, killing all 259 people on board and 11 others on the ground.

Shortly after he entered Iraqi airspace, his plane disintegrated in midair.

The plane, according to an Iranian press agency, exploded and disintegrated almost immediately.

The plane caught fire and disintegrated, killing everyone on board.

"The plane just disintegrated," said Wayne Wagner, a terminal manager.

The plane and its occupants all but disintegrated in the explosion, officials said.