On this day in aviation — September 2
953 notable aviation events on September 2 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 2, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 953 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 2, 1998Hull loss
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION MD-11
229 fatalities
Département fédéral des transports, des communications et de l'énergie N° 1762 Rapport Final du Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada concernant l’accident de l'avion McDonnell Douglas MD-11, HB-IWF (SR 111) du…
- September 2, 1964
87 fatalities
Following an uneventful flight from Khabarovsk, the crew received the permission to descend to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport but was instructed to maintain a minimum altitude of 600 meters. By night, while in a flat…
- September 2, 1962Hull loss
86 fatalities
After departure from Khabarovsk-Novy Airport, the crew was cleared to climb to the altitude of 4,000 meters. Once this altitude was reached, ATC cleared the crew to continue to climb to 8,000 meters. While climbing to…
- September 2, 1970
37 fatalities
The airplane departed Rostov-on-Don Airport at 1455LT and reached the assigned altitude of 8,400 meters at 1514LT. At this time, ATC instructed the crew to climb to 9,000 meters due to traffic ahead. The new altitude of…
- September 2, 1969
35 fatalities
While descending to Pakse Airport, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions and was instructed to hold as a landing was impossible. Few minutes later, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances few km from…
- September 2, 1998
24 fatalities
Crashed in the Angolan province of Malanje about 30 minutes after takeoff from Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport, probably after being shot down by UNITA rebels. The pilot reported an engine fire and that he was going to…
- September 2, 2011
21 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft departed Santiago de Chile-Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (Pudahuel) Airport on a special flight to Robinson Crusoe Island, carrying 17 passengers and a crew of four. The flight was organized by…
- September 2, 1981
21 fatalities
After takeoff from Paipa-Juan Jose Rondon Airport Runway 22, the twin engine airplane encountered serious difficulties to gain height. It passed closely over trees and several houses on a distance of three km then the…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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