On this day in aviation — July 28

Every year on July 28, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 825 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• July 28, 2010Hull loss

  AIRBUS A321

  Airblue

  157 fatalities

• July 28, 2010Hull loss

  Airbus A321

  Airblue · Pakistan

  152 fatalities

  29 CONCLUSION 32 FINALIZATION 34 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

• July 28, 1962Hull loss

  Antonov AN-10

  Aeroflot · Chile

  81 fatalities

  While approaching Sochi-Adler Airport on a flight from Simferopol, the crew was cleared to descend to 1,200 m, 600 m and then 500 meters. Once this altitude was reached, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions…

• July 28, 1976

  Ilyushin II-18

  CSA Czech Airlines - Československé Státní Aerolinie · Czechia

  76 fatalities

  While descending to runway 22 at Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport, the crew adopted a wrong approach configuration and descended with a rate of descent of 22 m/s instead of 10 m/s. This caused the…

• July 28, 1963

  De Havilland DH.106 Comet

  United Arab Airlines · Egypt

  63 fatalities

  Flight 869 was a scheduled international flight from Tokyo, Japan to Cairo, United Arab Republic via Hong Kong, Bangkok, Bombay and Bahrain. A crew change was effected at Bangkok. Based on the tape recordings of…

• July 28, 1950

  Lockheed L-049 Constellation

  Panair do Brasil · Brazil

  51 fatalities

  A Et ” 1 NU | 1830. Vs = - horas de funcionangnto desde a eltima- revisão: 6963 ns : E — INFORMA ações GERAIS: d) Untdade: SEAT DO ERASIE, S/A. RCA €) Hélices (cubos e pas): MerraréniO, DA AERONÁUTICA sa ZONA [15:14 0…

• July 28, 1943

  American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio)

  20 fatalities

• July 28, 1937

  1937 Beert KLM Douglas DC-2 crash

  15 fatalities

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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.