On this day in aviation — October 8
728 notable aviation events on October 8 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 8, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 728 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 8, 2001
2001 Linate Airport runway collision
118 fatalities
- October 8, 2001Hull loss
110 fatalities
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- October 8, 1967
24 fatalities
Ten minutes after takeoff from Huế Airport, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain (1,850 feet high)…
- October 8, 2008
18 fatalities
The aircraft departed Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport at 0651LT on a regular schedule service to the Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport. On approach to runway 06, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions.…
- October 8, 2007Hull loss
17 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport at 1530LT on a flight to Uribe with 15 passengers and 2 pilots on board. En route, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the crew reported his…
- October 8, 1992
14 fatalities
The aircraft departed Lanzhou around 1445LT on a flight to Xi'an, carrying 28 passengers and a crew of seven. About 45 minutes into the flight, the crew informed ATC about the failure of the left engine and was cleared…
- October 8, 1979
14 fatalities
- October 8, 1952
14 fatalities
The crew was completing a training sortie when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the Tarbet Ness Lighthouse. All 14 occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): The exact cause…
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for October 8 — Recap.at:
Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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