On this day in aviation — October 10
749 notable aviation events on October 10 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 10, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 749 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 10, 1997Hull loss
74 fatalities
The aircraft departed Posadas-Libertador General José de San Martín Airport at 2118LT on a regular scheduled flight to Buenos Aires, carrying 69 passengers and five crew members. While cruising at an altitude of 35,000…
- October 10, 1956
59 fatalities
The crew was performing a flight from RAF Lakenheath to McGuire AFB with an intermediate stop at Lajes, Azores Islands. At 2055LT, while cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the crew informed ATC about his position…
- October 10, 1998Hull loss
41 fatalities
Three minutes after takeoff from Kindu Airport, while climbing, the captain contacted ATC and reported an explosion in the rear of the aircraft. He was able to maintain contact with ATC for few minutes when the aircraft…
- October 10, 1971Hull loss
25 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport, while climbing by night, the airplane entered a right turn, lost height, banked right 90° then struck power cables and crashed in a field located 10 km south of the…
- October 10, 1944
24 fatalities
- October 10, 1938
20 fatalities
On the leg from Düsseldorf to Berlin, while cruising at an altitude of 5,000 feet in fog and rain, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. All 20 occupants were killed. Crew:…
- October 10, 1961Hull loss
17 fatalities
The aircraft was engaged in a flight from El Adem to Luqa, Malta, carrying 34 members of the Maltese Artillery Contingent and 3 crew members of the 70th Squadron. Shortly after rotation, while in initial climb, the…
- October 10, 2021
16 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft departed Menzelinsk for a local skydiving mission, carrying 20 skydivers and two pilots. During initial climb, the crew reported technical problems with the left engine and elected to return for…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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