On this day in aviation — October 27
635 notable aviation events on October 27 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 27, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 635 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 27, 1975Hull loss
67 fatalities
After a night takeoff from Tomonoco Airport, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height and struck the slope of Mt Colorado located few km from the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and…
- October 27, 1972
60 fatalities
During a short flight from Lyon to Clermont-Ferrand by night, the crew was briefed about poor weather conditions en route and at destination with storm activity, turbulences, heavy rain falls, icing conditions and low…
- October 27, 1965
36 fatalities
The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport, London. The flight departed Edinburgh at 23:17 hours UTC on October 26 for an domestic flight to London. The flight…
- October 27, 1951
30 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from Flores Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames in a wooded area located about 2 km from the airport. All five crew members and 25 passengers…
- October 27, 1951
26 fatalities
- October 27, 1953Hull loss
22 fatalities
The departure from Magadan Airport was completed in light snow conditions. After liftoff, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height and rolled left and right. At an altitude of 60-70 meters, the aircraft…
- October 27, 1941
16 fatalities
The airplane departed Moscow central airport on a special flight to Cherepovets and Tikhvin, carrying 13 mechanics and four crew members. The purpose of the mission was to ferry mechanics to these two airports to…
- October 27, 1978
14 fatalities
While descending to Saratov-Tsentralny Airport, the crew contacted ATC and was cleared to continue the approach. In poor visibility due to bad weather (low clouds and rain falls), the crew failed to realize his altitude…
See all 635 events for October 27:
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for October 27 — Recap.at:
Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
Primary source: https://himaxym.com/history/on-this-day
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