On this day in aviation — August 7
830 notable aviation events on August 7 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 7, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 830 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 7, 1943
27 fatalities
- August 7, 2020Hull loss
AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED B737-800 800
21 fatalities
FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT ACCIDENT INVOLVING M/S AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED B737-800 800 AIRCRAFT VT VT-AXH AXH ON 07 AUGUST 2020 AT KOZHIKODE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION GOVERNMENT…
- August 7, 1999Hull loss
18 fatalities
The schedule service from São Pedro to Ponta do Sol was normally operated by a Twin Otter from TACV - Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde. As the aircraft was unserviceable due to technical problems, TACV leased the…
- August 7, 1940
18 fatalities
- August 7, 1989Hull loss
16 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft was on its way from Addis Ababa to a refugee camp in Funyido on a humanitarian mission (food program in Ethiopia). About an hour and thirty minutes into the flight, the aircraft entered an area…
- August 7, 1952
13 fatalities
The seaplane left Sangley Point AFB in the day on a maritime patrol flight. En route, following an engine failure, the crew contacted his base, cancelled the mission and elected to return to Sangley Point AFB. While…
- August 7, 1984
11 fatalities
MIN DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BRANCH. CAV/ACG/5/84 ‘ OIVIL_ALRCRAFT ACCIDENT THE ACCIDENT TO CESSNA 402, RAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-AMS, CH OCCURRED ON TRE 7TH apGusT, 1984 MARWA HILL NEAR…
- August 7, 2002Hull loss
10 fatalities
The crew departed Roosevelt Roads NAS on a local training flight. In the evening, while returning the to NAS, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, limited visibility and rain falls. While…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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