On this day in aviation — August 12
983 notable aviation events on August 12 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 12, 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 12, 1985
520 fatalities
JA8119 was a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747SR, a short range variant of the Boeing 747 Series 100. The was aircraft specifically configured for domestic flights with a high density seating arrangement. On June 2, 1978 the…
- August 12, 1958
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)
33 fatalities
While cruising along the coast, the airplane crashed into the sea for unknown reason. The crew was unable to send any distress call. The airplane was lost and all 33 occupants have been killed. It was later reported by…
- August 12, 1972
30 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from Sóc Trăng, while climbing to a height of 500 feet, the airplane was hit by small arms, went out of control and crashed in a field. Seven crew members and 23 passengers (US and South-Vietnamese…
- August 12, 2000
27 fatalities
While approaching Tshikapa on a flight from Kinshasa, the crew decided to return to Kinshasa for unknown reasons. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 64 km northwest of Tshikapa. All 27…
- August 12, 1974
27 fatalities
The crew departed Tumaco-La Florida Airport at 0825LT with an ETA in Cali at 0955LT. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a limited visibility due to rain falls. The airplane deviated from the…
- August 12, 1952Hull loss
24 fatalities
On the leg from Rio Verde to Goiânia, the crew informed ground that a fire erupted in the cabin and the captain decided to divert to Palmeira de Goiás for a safe landing. The crew tried several times to extinguish the…
- August 12, 1972Hull loss
18 fatalities
On a night approach to New Delhi-Palam Airport, the captain decided to abandon the landing procedure and initiated a go-around. Few minutes later, while on a second attempt to land, the crew failed to realize his…
- August 12, 1963
16 fatalities
Flight IT 2611 was a scheduled domestic flight from Lille to Nice with an intermediate stop at Lyon. It took off from Lille at 1151 hours GMT, on an IFR flight plan. Estimated flying time between Lille and Lyon was 1…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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