On this day in aviation — September 10
765 notable aviation events on September 10 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 10, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 765 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 10, 1976
176 fatalities
- September 10, 1976Hull loss
113 fatalities
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B operated by British Airways as flight BE476 and a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, operated by Inex-Adria Aviopromet, were destroyed when both aircraft crashed near Vrobec following a mid-air…
- September 10, 1961Hull loss
83 fatalities
After takeoff by night from runway 24 at Shannon Airport, while climbing, the airplane turn to the left then banked left to an angle of 90° and eventually crashed inverted in the Shannon estuary, about two miles from…
- September 10, 1976Hull loss
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B and McDonnell Douglas DC-9
63 fatalities
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B operated by British Airways as flight BE476 and a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, operated by Inex-Adria Aviopromet, were destroyed when both aircraft crashed near Vrobec following a mid-air…
- September 10, 1962Hull loss
48 fatalities
The crew started the descent to Fairchild AFB and the pilot-in-command completed a turn to the right to join the approach path for runway 23. At this time, weather conditions were good with a 25 miles visibility and few…
- September 10, 1952
46 fatalities
On a flight from San Andrés Island to Cartagena, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and lost his route. The aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the San Blas Province, Panama. All 46 occupants were…
- September 10, 1962
44 fatalities
- September 10, 1945
25 fatalities
The crew was performing a flight from Naha, Okinawa, no the airbase of Nichols, in the suburb of Manila. Enroute, while flying away from a cyclone in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft christened…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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