On this day in aviation — October 17
689 notable aviation events on October 17 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 17, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 689 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 17, 1958Hull loss
80 fatalities
While cruising at an altitude of 11,000 meters on a flight from Omsk to Moscow, the crew was informed by ATC that the route to Vnukovo was closed due to weather deterioration and was instructed to divert to Sverdlovsk…
- October 17, 1988
33 fatalities
Uganda Airlines flight 775, a Boeing 707-338C, took off from London-Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, at 2110LT on a flight to Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy and Entebbe, Uganda. During the descent to Rome, clearance was…
- October 17, 1950Hull loss
28 fatalities
The aircraft left RAF Northolt at 1538LT on a regular service to Glasgow-Renfrew. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 500 feet, the crew encountered technical problems with the right engine that was…
- October 17, 1913
28 fatalities
- October 17, 1951Hull loss
Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso)
23 fatalities
The aircraft left Kildala at 1532 bound for Vancouver carrying twenty passengers and a crew of three. At 1733 the aircraft reported over Sullivan Bay and gave its ETA Vancouver as 1840. At 1825 the ETA Vancouver was…
- October 17, 1937Hull loss
19 fatalities
On October 17, 1937, at approximately 9:00 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, a United Air Lines Transport Corporation Douglas DC-3A struck Humpy Ridge, Utah, about 51 miles east of Salt Lake City. The aircraft was destroyed,…
- October 17, 1971
19 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from runway 14 ar San Vicente del Caguán-Eduardo Falla Solano Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area located about 800 meters past the runway…
- October 17, 1939
15 fatalities
En route from Sevilla to Melilla, the crew encountered limited visibility due to fog. Too low, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Olías, some 11 km northeast of Málaga. Two passengers were…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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