On this day in aviation — August 1
829 notable aviation events on August 1 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 1, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 829 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 1, 1948
1948 Air France Latécoère 631 disappearance
52 fatalities
- August 1, 1990
47 fatalities
The aircraft operated on a passenger service from Yerevan-Erebuni Airport to Stepanakert Airport. In addition to 30 passengers with tickets, the crew took on board 13 unregistered passengers. With this heavy load, the…
- August 1, 1990
46 fatalities
- August 1, 1981Hull loss
11 fatalities
The airplane departed Magadan-Sokol Airport on a scientific flight to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, carrying seven crew members and four scientists who were in charge to proceed with temperature measurements of the water surface…
- August 1, 1962
10 fatalities
The aircraft was on a scheduled international flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi. No weather forecast was available before takeoff. However, the pilot was to receive a forecast from New Delhi en route. The flight was…
- August 1, 1943
1943 St. Louis glider accident
10 fatalities
- August 1, 1980Hull loss
8 fatalities
On approach to Mexico City-Benito Juarez Airport, the crew was cleared to descend from 11,000 to 9,000 feet when the aircraft struck tree tops and crashed on the slope of Mt Lilio located about 24 km from the airport.…
- August 1, 1981
6 fatalities
The aircraft was carrying three operators and three crew members on a local aerial photography mission on behalf of the Shell Oil Group. For such mission, the aircraft was equipped with a 30 meters long cable fixed to…
See all 829 events for August 1:
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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