On this day in aviation — August 9
983 notable aviation events on August 9 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 9, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 983 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 9, 1970
101 fatalities
The airplane was departing Cuzco-Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport on a flight to Lima, carrying a crew of nine and 91 passengers, among them 49 US students who were returning to Lima following a visit of the Machu…
- August 9, 1970
99 fatalities
- August 9, 1995Hull loss
65 fatalities
Following an uneventful flight from Guatemala City, the crew was cleared to start the descent to San Salvador-Comalapa Airport but encountered poor visibility due to the night and heavy rain falls. In thunderstorm…
- August 9, 2024Hull loss
62 fatalities
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- August 9, 1968Hull loss
48 fatalities
While cruising at an altitude of 21,000 feet south of Ingolstadt, the pilot informed ATC that a fire erupted on board, declared an emergency and requested the permission to divert to Munich Airport. The crew immediately…
- August 9, 1961Hull loss
39 fatalities
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- August 9, 1958
36 fatalities
The flight is a scheduled service from Salisbury, Rhodesia, to London and is known as the Zambezi service. This service is operated by three crews, one crew operating from Salisbury to Entebbe, the second from Entebbe…
- August 9, 1954Hull loss
Lockheed L-749A-79 Constellation
30 fatalities
ICAO Circular 47-AN/42 No 27 Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia (Avianca), Constellation aircraft crashed 9 kilometres west of Lajes Airport, Azores, 9 August 1954, DGCA Portugal Accident Report Circumstances The aircraft,…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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