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This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
13 July – Vickers Vulcan G-EBLB of Imperial Airways, conducting a test flight from Croydon Airport with a pilot and five passengers on board, crashed near Purley, Surrey, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights. 1929
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
1 June 1943 - BOAC Flight 777-A, a Douglas DC-3-194 operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation is shot down by 8 Junkers Ju 88 fighters. All 13 passengers and 4 crew died. 18 December 1949 - A Douglas DC-3 operated by Sabena crashes after suffering a structural failure of a wing, killing all 8 on board.
Handley Page W.8b inherited from Handley Page Transport when Imperial Airways was formed. Imperial Airways was created against a background of stiff competition from French and German airlines that enjoyed heavy government subsidies and following the advice of the government's Hambling Committee (formally known as the C.A.T Subsidies Committee) under Sir Herbert Hambling. [2]
The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week. In the spring of 1944, ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash; 1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash; 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching; 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash; 1929 Jask Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules crash; 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash; 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash