On this day in aviation — September 11
821 notable aviation events on September 11 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 11, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 821 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 11, 1968Hull loss
95 fatalities
Following an uneventful flight from Ajaccio, the crew started the descent to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport when the pilot sent a brief mayday message, saying 'fire on board, request urgent landing'. Few second later, the…
- September 11, 2001Hull loss
92 fatalities
- September 11, 1974
72 fatalities
- September 11, 2001Hull loss
65 fatalities
- September 11, 2001Hull loss
64 fatalities
- September 11, 1982
1982 Mannheim helicopter crash
46 fatalities
- September 11, 2001Hull loss
45 fatalities
- September 11, 1973Hull loss
41 fatalities
The crew was cleared to descend from 9,000 to 6,000 feet when, in marginal weather conditions, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Babin Zub located about 55 km north of Titograd-Golubovci Airport. The aircraft was…
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for September 11 — Recap.at:
Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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