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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1960–1969) 0–9. 1962 Godthab Catalina crash; 1962 Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed ...
The crew attempted a go-around but insufficient altitude remained for the aircraft to climb successfully. May 22, 1962 45 0 0 Continental Airlines Flight 11: near Unionville: Missouri: Boeing 707-124: A suicidal passenger exploded a bomb in a lavatory causing loss of the tail and a crash. March 1, 1962 95 0 0 American Airlines Flight 1
June 19 – Four West German Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighters collide and crash, killing all four pilots. June 22 Flying a Dassault Mirage III C over a 100-kilometer (62-mile) closed circuit at Istres , France , French aviator Jacqueline Auriol sets a women's world speed record of 1,850.2 km/h (1,149.7 mph).
The response included a short list of causes of all Turkish Airlines crashes to date. [15] The cause for the Taurus crash in the response was: "Hit the Taurus mountains due to bad weather, the plane heading to Adana crashed while trying to fly around the clouds and adjusting the altitude to the clouds." [15]
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 745D, a British medium-range turboprop airliner, serial number 128. It was registered as tail number N7430 and manufactured on June 30, 1956. [1]: p15 [5] At the time of the crash, it had a total of 18,809 logged flight hours. [5] It was powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart 510 turboprop engines.
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A that occurred in 1962, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war involving military aircraft are outside the ...
Townspeople who heard the weather-plane crash are foiled at rescue attempts by searing heat. Nine charred bodies were pulled from the wreckage. The plane, on a routine weather mission, had been aloft from Yokota Air Base for about an hour. [32] [33] B-50D-105-BO, 48-122, converted to WB-50D. Crashed with 56th WRS. [34] 22 September
Aeroflot Flight 4225 – Shortly after takeoff, the Tupolev Tu-154B-2 encountered a massive blow of wind from above, causing it to stall and lose altitude rapidly. The plane stalled, nose-dived, slid, and exploded near Alma-Ata. All 166 people were killed in Kazakhstan's deadliest plane crash.