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On this day in aviation — October 30

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632 notable aviation events on October 30 across history, drawn from official investigation records.

Every year on October 30, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 632 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

  • October 30, 1975

    Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450

    Czechoslovakia

    79 fatalities

  • October 30, 1975

    Douglas DC-9

    Inex-Adria Airways · Prague-Ruzyne, Czechia

    75 fatalities

    While descending to Prague-Ruzyne Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with fog, rain and a visibility limited to 1,500 meters. The crew passed below the MDA and the aircraft entered the Vltava Valley…

  • October 30, 1945

    Curtiss C-46 Commando

    United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947) · Zhijiang, China

    45 fatalities

    Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft banked right, stalled and crashed in huge explosion. 45 occupants, among them three crew members, were killed, while five others were seriously injured.…

  • October 30, 1954

    Lockheed R7V-1 Super Constellation

    United States Navy · 560 km E off Maryland, USA

    42 fatalities

  • October 30, 1974

    Lockheed L-188 Electra

    Panarctic Oils · Rea Point (Melville Island), Canada

    32 fatalities

    Lockheed L-188 Aircraft CF-PAB operated as Panarctic flight 416 and departed Calgary International Airport at 18:05 hours 29 October 1974. The aircraft was on a routine positioning flight to Edmonton with a…

  • October 30, 1972Hull loss

    Fokker F27 Friendship

    Aero Trasporti Italiani - ATI · Poggiorsini, Italy

    27 fatalities

    The aircraft departed Naples-Capodichino Airport at 2000LT on a flight to Brindisi with an intermediate stop at Bari-Palese Macchie Airport. While descending by night and limited visibility, the airplane struck the…

  • October 30, 1959

    Douglas DC-3

    Piedmont Airlines · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

    26 fatalities

    "a navigational omission which resulted in a lateral course error that was not detected and corrected through precision instrument flying procedures.

  • October 30, 1941

    Douglas DC-3

    American Airlines · St. Thomas, Ontario, United States

    20 fatalities

    On October 30, 1941, at approximately 10 10 pm, American Airlines Flight 1 crashed near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The Douglas DC-3, registration NC 25663, was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. The 17…

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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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