On this day in aviation — November 8
686 notable aviation events on November 8 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on November 8, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 686 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- November 8, 1983Hull loss
130 fatalities
After takeoff from Lubango Airport, while in initial climb at an altitude of 200 feet, the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile. The aircraft turned to the left then lost height and crashed in a huge explosion…
- November 8, 1961Hull loss
77 fatalities
On November 8, 1961, at 2124 e.s.t., an Imperial Airlines, Lockheed L-49, crashed and burned during an attempted landing at Byrd Field, Richmond, Virginia. Seventy-four passengers and three flight crew members died as a…
- November 8, 1965Hull loss
58 fatalities
Written Cause; Rain. Factors: Low Ceiling
- November 8, 1995
53 fatalities
- November 8, 1957
44 fatalities
Clipper 944, 1 a regularly scheduled around-the-world flight, originated at San Francisco with its first stop scheduled at Honolulu. It departed San Francisco at 1951 2 on November 8 estimating arrival at Honolulu at…
- November 8, 1940
29 fatalities
The four engine airplane named 'Brandenburg' departed Berlin-Tempelhof Airport at 1424LT on a schedule service to Budapest, carrying 23 passengers and six crew members. At 1448LT, the radio operator informed ground he…
- November 8, 1965
26 fatalities
The flight was a scheduled domestic flight from La Manguita Airport, City of Neiva to San Vicente del Cagúan. It took off from Neiva at 1207 hours and its estimated time of arrival at its destination was 1245 hours…
- November 8, 1963
22 fatalities
Tutkintaselostus DC-3 tyyppisen lentokoneen OH-LCA maahansyöksy Maarianhaminan lentokentän lähellä 8.11.1963 LUKIJALLE Tämän onnettomuuden tutkinta on tehty ennen Onnettomuustutkintakeskuksen perustamista (1996).…
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for November 8 — Recap.at:
Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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