On this day in aviation — October 2

Every year on October 2, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 757 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• October 2, 1990Hull loss

  Boeing 737-200

  Xiamen Air · Guangzhou-Baiyun, China

  83 fatalities

  En route from Xiamen to Guangzhou, the aircraft was hijacked by a young man who wanted to fly to Taiwan. He took the place of the copilot who left the cockpit and continued the flight with the captain. On short final to…

• October 2, 1964

  Douglas DC-6

  Union des Transports Aériens - UTA · Mt Alcazaba, Spain

  80 fatalities

  The aircraft was flying a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris to Marseilles, Palma de Mallorca and Port-Etienne. The trip to Palma was uneventful and, following receipt of the latest meteorological…

• October 2, 1996Hull loss

  Boeing 757-200

  AeroPeru · Lima, Peru

  70 fatalities

  The aircraft departed Lima-Jorge Chávez Airport at 0042LT on an international regular service to Santiago de Chile, carrying 61 passengers and a crew of nine. When they took off and reached speed V2 + 10, the crew…

• October 2, 1971

  Vanguard

  British European Airways - BEA · Aarsele, Belgium, United Kingdom

  63 fatalities

  Report No: 15/1972. British European Airways Vanguard, G-APEC. Report on the accident which occurred at Aarsele, Belgium, on 2 October 1971 Download report: 15-1972 G-APEC.pdf (7,848.94 kb) Report Appendices To view…

• October 2, 1970

  Lockheed C-130 Hercules

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947) · Taipei, Taiwan

  43 fatalities

  The airplane departed Taipei-Songshan Airport at 1401LT bound for the Ching Chuan Kang Airbase located in Taichung. During initial climb, the crew was cleared to climb to 6,000 feet and heading 252°. Six minutes after…

• October 2, 1970

  Martin 4-0-4

  Golden Eagle Aviation · 17 km W of Silver Plume, CO

  32 fatalities

• October 2, 1970Hull loss

  Martin 404

  Golden Eagle Aviation - USA · N, COLORADO, United States

  30 fatalities

  Improper In-Flight Decisions Or Planning. Factors: High Obstructions; Inadequate Preflight Preparation And/Or Planning; Improperly Loaded Aircraft-Weight-And/Or C.G.; Failed To Follow Approved…

• October 2, 1969

  Grumman C-2A Greyhound

  United States Navy · 112 km NE off Dong Hoi, Vietnam [Gulf of Tonkin]

  27 fatalities

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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.