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Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on 6 October 1976 by a terrorist bomb attack. [3] All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed after two time bombs went off and the plane crashed into the sea. The crash killed every member of the Cuban national fencing team.
October 25 – After the No. 1 engine of a Taxi Aéreo El Venado Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (registration HK-149) fails shortly after takeoff from El Yopal Airport in Yopal, Colombia, its crew attempts to return to the airport, but the airliner noses down, crashes, and burns 6.5 kilometers (4.0 miles) from the airport, killing all 36 people on board.
1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash; 1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash; 1976 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash; A. Aeroflot Flight 418; Aeroflot Flight 909;
The plane suffered an engine failure, stalled during a turn back towards the airport and impacted Lake Juurusvesi. [85] [86] 6 October A United States Navy Douglas C-118B Liftmaster, BuNo 131618, assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 crashes into a fog-shrouded hill 35 km south of Santiago de Chile, Chile. All 18 people on board are ...
October 5, 1991: C-130H-30 A-1324 of the Indonesian Air Force crashed after take-off 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash from Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia due to an engine fire. 133 on board of the aircraft as well as two people on the ground were killed, but one passenger on the aircraft survived.
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...
October 6 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, a Douglas DC-8, was bombed by anti-Castro militants and crashed near Bridgetown, Barbados, killing all 73 people on board. October 12 – Indian Airlines Flight 171, a Sud Caravelle, crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Bombay Airport; all 95 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, also known as LAB, was the flag carrier of Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, and it had been existing for 51 years at the time of the accident. The aircraft, a then 17 year old Boeing 707-131F (CN/MSN: 17671), manufactured 30 June 1959, was originally delivered to Trans World Airlines (TWA) on 14 July 1959, and was assigned its aircraft registration (or tail number ...