On this day in aviation — July 30
804 notable aviation events on July 30 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on July 30, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 804 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- July 30, 1971
162 fatalities
The Boeing 727 departed Sapporo-Chitose Airport on a regular schedule flight to Tokyo-Haneda, carrying a crew of 7 and 155 passengers. While cruising at 28,000 feet, the airplane collided with a Japan Air-Self Defence…
- July 30, 1987
65 fatalities
The four engine airplane departed Mexico City-Benito Juarez Airport at 1700LT on a cargo flight to Miami-Intl, Florida, carrying eight passengers, four crew members and a load consisting of 18 racing horses. After…
- July 30, 1971
32 fatalities
The aircraft departed Pau-Uzein Airport on a local training flight with nine crew members and 25 paratroopers, on behalf of the Escadron de Transport 2/63 Bigorre. Few minutes after takeoff, the captain informed ground…
- July 30, 1950Hull loss
25 fatalities
Six minutes after takeoff from Karaganda Airport, while climbing, the crew reported to ATC that the left engine failed and obtained the permission to return. The pilot in command completed a circuit and started a…
- July 30, 2019Hull loss
19 fatalities
The twin engine airplane departed Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB with five crew members on board for a local training flight. In flight, it went out of control and crashed onto several houses located in the suburb of Mora Kalu,…
- July 30, 2016Hull loss
16 fatalities
- July 30, 1998
14 fatalities
Following an uneventful flight from Lyon-Satolas Airport, the crew was approaching Lorient-Lann-Bihoué Airport when he contacted ATC and requested a special clearance to cancel his IFR flight plan for a visual circuit…
- July 30, 1950
12 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft left Porto Alegre around 1100LT bound for São Borja with an IFR flight plan filed at an altitude of 4,500 feet. Few minutes later, the captain requested to continue in VFR when he encountered…
See all 804 events for July 30:
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
Primary source: https://himaxym.com/history/on-this-day
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