On This Day in Aviation History
August 11 · showing 20 of 886 recorded events
- August 11, 1979
1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
178 fatalities
- August 11, 1979Hull loss
94 fatalities
The airplane departed Voronezh Airport at 1254LT on the last leg of a flight from Chelyabinsk to Kishinev, Moldavia, carrying 88 passengers and a crew of six. At 1317LT, the airplane entered the Kharkiv ARTCC at an…
- August 11, 1979Hull loss
84 fatalities
The airplane departed Donetsk Airport at 1311LT on the last leg of a flight from Tashkent to Minsk. On board were 77 passengers and a crew of seven, among them all staff from the Pakhtakor Tashkent Football Team who…
- August 11, 1957
79 fatalities
CF-MCF departed London, England at 2148 GMT on 10 August on a charter flight to Toronto, Canada, with planned refuelling stops at Keflavik, Iceland and Goose Bay, Labrador. It carried a crew of 6 and 73 passengers…
- August 11, 1955
1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
66 fatalities
- August 11, 1974
47 fatalities
The airplane was engaged in a monthly schedule flight from Bamako to Saudi Arabia. En route from Bamako to Kano, ATC informed the crew about the deterioration of the weather conditions and instructed the pilots to…
- August 11, 1955Hull loss
46 fatalities
A group of nine Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar left Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, on a flight to Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport in southwest Germany under flight code 'Chalk'. Enroute, the pilot of C-119 registered 53-3222…
- August 11, 1966
24 fatalities
En route from Brașov to Constanţa, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Lotrioara Valley. All 24 occupants were killed, among them 2 Austrian citizens.
- August 11, 1955Hull loss
20 fatalities
A group of nine Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar left Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, on a flight to Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport in southwest Germany under flight code 'Chalk'. Enroute, the pilot of C-119 registered 53-3222…
- August 11, 1945Hull loss
16 fatalities
While flying over Puebla, the crew informed ATC of his position and confirmed his altitude at 15,000 feet. Few minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt…
- August 11, 1945
15 fatalities
- August 11, 1972Hull loss
14 fatalities
The single engine airplane departed Novooleksiivka Airport at 1740LT on a schedule service (flight D-44) to Kherson, carrying 17 passengers (11 adults and 6 children) and two pilots. While descending to Kherson Airport,…
- August 11, 2009Hull loss
13 fatalities
On 11 August 2009, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, registered P2-MCB, with two pilots and 11 passengers, was being operated on a scheduled regular public transport service from Port Moresby to Kokoda…
- August 11, 1942Hull loss
11 fatalities
The four engine airplane departed RAF Polebrook at 1030LT on a 30 minutes flight to RAF Burtonwood, carrying eight crew members and three passengers. En route, the bomber impacted the east slope of Mt Berwyn located 8…
- August 11, 1958
10 fatalities
When transmitting its position to SBBE (Belém-Val-de-Cans) tower, over "Piranha" reporting point, the aircraft reported it was descending on "night time visual". Failing to obtain subsequent contact with the aircraft,…
- August 11, 1987
9 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft departed Landsberg-Penzing Airport on a training flight to Munich, carrying one passenger (a secretary of the Southern Bavarian Air Office), one instructor and one pilot. On final approach to…
- August 11, 1939
9 fatalities
After takeoff from Langley AFB, while climbing to a height of 150 feet, one of the engine failed. The crew attempted to return when control was lost. The airplane crashed, bursting into flames. All nine occupants were…
- August 11, 2018Hull loss
8 fatalities
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- August 11, 1942
7 fatalities
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford to lay mines in the Silverthorn area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Kattegat. Lost without trace. Crew: F/Sgt Milton Wilbur Atkins,…
- August 11, 1942
7 fatalities
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath to lay mines in the Silverthorn area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Kattegat. Lost without trace. Crew: Sgt Norman Percy Gregson,…