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An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not progress to an actual accident. Preventing accidents and incidents is the main goal of aviation safety . The first fatal aviation accident occurred on 10 ...
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).
Accident/incident Location Aircraft Cause Fatalities Notes 1913-08-07 Death of S F Cody: UK Cody Floatplane "inherent structural weakness" 2 Broke up 1919-08-02 Airliner crash at Verona: Italy Caproni Ca.48: Wing flutter followed by wing collapse 14, 15, or 17 (sources vary) The crash killed all aboard 1921-08-23 1921 Humber crash UK: Hull: R38 ...
Fairchild F-27. A passenger entered the cockpit and shot the captain and then the first officer and finally himself, causing the aircraft fall out of control in a murder-suicide. The incident led to an FAA requirement to keep the cockpit door locked during flight in most circumstances. March 1, 1964.
The Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) voluntary confidential reporting system that allows pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crew, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, ground operations, and UAS operators and drone flyers to confidentially report near misses or close call events in the interest of improving aviation safety.
TWA Flight 840(April 2, 1986) – Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board – the plane landed safely. Olympic Aviation Flight 545(August 3, 1989) – A Shorts330-200 (SX-BGE) crashed on Kerkis mountain coming from Thessalonikitowards airport Pythagoras in Samos. All 31 passengers and crew of 3 died.
Air Midwest Flight 5481. Air Moorea Flight 1121. Air Transat Flight 236. Alaska Airlines Flight 261. American Airlines Flight 1 (1962) American Airlines Flight 191. Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529. 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 crash.
List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location. List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft.