On this day in aviation — August 31
943 notable aviation events on August 31 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 31, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 943 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 31, 1972Hull loss
102 fatalities
The four engine airplane departed Karaganda Airport at 0831LT on a schedule service (SU558) to Moscow-Domodedovo. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 7,200 meters, the crew informed ATC about smoke in the cabin…
- August 31, 1987
83 fatalities
Thai Airways Flight 365 was approaching Phuket VOR/DME on radial 119 after a flight from Hat Yai. At the same time Dragon Air Flight 203 (a Boeing 737 registered VR-HYL, carrying 62 occupants) also approached Phuket…
- August 31, 1986
82 fatalities
- August 31, 1999
65 fatalities
LAPA flight 3142 was scheduled to depart from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport at 20:36 for a 1 hour and 15 minute flight to Córdoba, Argentina. The first officer and cabin crew were the first to arrive at the Boeing…
- August 31, 1950Hull loss
55 fatalities
The four engine aircraft christened 'Star of Maryland' left Cairo-Faruk Airport at 0135LT and was cleared to climb to 14,000 feet. While flying to the northwest at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the engine number three…
- August 31, 1940
25 fatalities
On August 31, 1940, at approximately 2:41 p.m. (EST), Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Trip 19 crashed in the vicinity of Lovettsville, Virginia. The Douglas DC-3 was destroyed, and all 25 people on board suffered fatal…
- August 31, 2024Hull loss
22 fatalities
- August 31, 1988Hull loss
20 fatalities
En route from Uruapan to Lázaro Cárdenas, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located about 15 km from Arteaga, in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. The…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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