December 29[edit]

1994: Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed while attempting to land at Van Ferit Melen Airport in a driving snowstorm, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

2011: Cyclone Thane reached peak intensity over the Bay of Bengal, with 3-minute maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres per hour (85 mph). The storm made landfall near Chennai, India the next day, killing 48 people.