On this day in aviation — September 15
795 notable aviation events on September 15 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 15, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 795 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 15, 1980
89 fatalities
Following a night takeoff at Madinah-Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport, while climbing, one of the engine caught fire and exploded. The crew was unable to attempt an emergency landing and the airplane crashed in…
- September 15, 1974Hull loss
75 fatalities
En route from Đà Nẵng to Saigon, while cruising at an altitude of 26,000 feet, three guys entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to divert to Hanoi. The captain tried to explain that this was not possible and that he…
- September 15, 1988
35 fatalities
Ethiopian Airlines flight 604, a Boeing 737-200, was a scheduled service from Addis Ababa to Bahar Dar and Asmara. The first leg of the flight was uneventful. At 09:50, the engines were started normally and the airplane…
- September 15, 1995Hull loss
34 fatalities
Flight MH2133 A Fokker 27 mark 050 bearing registration 9M-MGH was a scheduled domestic flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau, Sabah. The departure from Kota Kinabalu was delayed by approximately 30 minutes due to late…
- September 15, 1945
23 fatalities
Shortly after a night takeoff from runway 35, the aircraft encountered problems to gain height. During the initial climb, at a height of some 30 feet, the Skytrain hit tree tops located 0.9 mile from the runway end,…
- September 15, 1989
22 fatalities
While approaching Bintuni Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the aircraft struck a mountain located few km from the airfield. All 22 occupants were killed.
- September 15, 1946
21 fatalities
- September 15, 1951
20 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was "the pilot's loss of control of the aircraft during an attempted slow roll closer horizontally to the spectators and at an altitude lower than specified…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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