On this day in aviation — October 7
651 notable aviation events on October 7 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 7, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 651 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 7, 1988
46 fatalities
The aircraft was chartered to carry 44 employees of a local knitting factory for a 15 minutes sightseeing flight over the Linfen Area. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the left engine failed. The aircraft…
- October 7, 1978Hull loss
38 fatalities
Less than a minute after liftoff, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the left engine failed. The captain informed ATC about the situation and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. Unable to gain…
- October 7, 1961
34 fatalities
The aircraft was coming from Gatwick, England, and after reporting over Toulouse at about 0030 hours GMT it headed directly for Perpignan, France, at flight level 75. It was expected over the aerodrome at about 0112,…
- October 7, 1945Hull loss
26 fatalities
Enroute, the crew informed ground he was short of fuel and elected to divert to Rennes Airport. At 0028LT, the radio operator reported the fuel reserve were estimated for 10 minutes. Two minutes later, while completing…
- October 7, 1944
19 fatalities
En route, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain on Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands. All 19 occupants were killed.
- October 7, 2012Hull loss
15 fatalities
The four engine aircraft was performing a flight from Khartoum to Al Fashir with 16 passengers and a crew of six on behalf of the Sudanese National Army. Few minutes after he departed Khartoum-Haj Yusuf Airport, the…
- October 7, 1979Hull loss
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION DC-8-62
14 fatalities
Departement fédéral des transports No 1979/a 1 et communications et de l’énergie 7 992 — RAPPORT D'ENQUETE de la commission d'enquête grecque (désigné par l'autorité de l'aviation civile de Grèce) de l'accident de…
- October 7, 1935
12 fatalities
On October 7, 1935, at approximately 2:19 a.m., a United Air Lines Transport Corporation Boeing 247-D crashed about 10 miles west-northwest of the airport at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The aircraft unexpectedly struck the…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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