Airplane Accidents 1959-1969

1960 January 6th. USA, North Carolina, Bolivia: National Airlines DC-6 B , mid-air explosion due to a suicide bomber, all 34 people died

1960 January 18th. USA, Virginia, near Charles City: Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount 745 D crashed; all 50 people aboard died

1960 February 25th. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: U.S. Navy transport plane and Brazilian Real DC-3 airliner collided, 61 people died

1960 March 17th. USA, Tell-City, IND: Electra jet, mid-air explosion on flight from Minneapolis to Miami, 63 people died

1960 May 15th. Africa, Sudan near Toli: Balair DC-4 crashed, 12 people died

1960 July 18th.Danmark, Copenhagen Airport: aircraft crashed into the sea 40 metres off the coast, seconds after take-off, all 9 people on board died

1960 Sept 19th. Guam: World Airways DC6-B

1960 October 4th. USA, Massachusetts, Boston Harbor: Eastern Electra crashed and exploded after takeoff; 62 people died, 10 survived

1960 October 6th. Australia, Mackay: Trans Australia Airlines Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed into the ocean; all 29 people aboard died

1960 December 16th. New York, Brooklyn: United DC-8 from Chicago to Idlewild and TWA Super Constellation from Dayton to La Guardia Airport collided in fog over NYC, crashed in two boroughs, 134 people died, 1 child survived

1960 December 17th. Germany, Munich: A Twin Engine Convair 346 experienced engine difficulties a few minutes after take-off from Munich/Riem airport. The plane struck the tower of a downtown church and crashed into a major street. Burning fuel set fire to a tramcar. All 20 people aboard the pane and 32 passengers of the tram died.

1961 January USA, New York: Aeronares de Mexico airplane, few people died

1961 February 15th. - Belgium, Brussels National Airport: a Sabena Boeing 707 crashed on landing approach; all 72 people on board and 1 person on the ground died

1961 March 28th. East-Germany, Russelbach: a Ceskoslovenske Aeroline Ilyushin IL-18 exploded in mid-air and broke apart; all 52 people aboard died.

1961 May 10th. Libya, Ghadames: Air France Starliner

1961 June 30th. Argentina- Buenos Aires: Transcontinental Airlines Curtiss C-46 with 35 people aboard crashed during landing approach; 24 people died.

1961 July 11th. USA, Colorado, Denver-Stapleton Airport: United Airlines DC-8, flight 859 with 129 people on board experienced an hydraulic failure during the flight; during an emergency landing at Stapleton airfield two tires blew out, forcing the plane to veer off the runway. It crashed into construction equipment and caught fire; Fire-fighting and rescue efforts were initiated by an understaffed and ill-equipped ARFF department, using vehicles from the 1940's. Calls for assistance from nearby Lowry USAF base and city fire companies were delayed.
Seven months before the crash an FAA inspector had ruled that the airport fire department was deficient in emergency equipment, particularly water capacity, rate of discharge for foam, etc.
Denver's city officials praised nevertheless the efforts of its fire department.
17 people died (16 passengers and 1 person on the ground), 84 were injured.

1961 July 12th. Morocco, Casablanca: Czechoslovak Ilyushin-18

1961 July 16th. Brazil, Azul: Argentine Airlines Boeing 707

1961 September 1st. Illinois, Hinsddale: TWA Constellation

1961 September 10th. Ireland, Shannon: President Airlines DC-6

1961 September 12th. Morocco, Rabat: Air France Caravelle

1961 November 8th. USA, Virginia, Richmond: Imperial Airlines Lockheed Constellation

1961 November 30th. Australia, Sydney: Ansett Australia Vickers Viscount broke apart in severe turbulence; all 15 people aboard died

1962 March 1st. USA, New York, Idlewild Airport: American Boeing 707 crashed immediately after take-off into Jamaica Bay; all 95 people aboard died.

1962 March 4th. Cameroon, Douala: Trans-African British Caledonian DC-7C

1962 March 16th. Pacific Ocean: Flying Tiger Super Constellation

1962 May 22nd. USA, Iowa/ Missouri Border: Continental Air Lines Boeing 707, mid-air explosion due to a suicide bomber, all 45 people died

1962 June 3rd. France, Paris: French Boeing 707 airliner crashed, 130 people died

1962 June 22nd. West Indies, Guadaloupe: Air France Boeing 707

1962 July 7th.India, Bombay: Alitia DC-8

1962 November 27th.Peru, Lima: Vvarig Airlines Boeing 707

1962 December 14 USA, California, Los Angeles, Laurel Canyon: A Lockheed Super Constellation crashed into a residential area and came to its final rest short of a 100-unit apartment building. Impact and fire damaged 29 other buildings; all 5 people aboard and at least 3 persons on the ground died.

1963 February 1, Turkey, Ankara: Mid-air collision of a Lebanese Middle East Airlines Vickers Viscount 754 and a Turkish Air Force Douglas C-47; the aircrafts felt into separate parts of the city; all 17 occupants of the planes were killed; on the ground 87 people died and more than 50 were injured.

1963 February 12th. USA, Miami: Northwest Airlines Boeing 720, broke up in flight over the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami Airport, all 43 people died

1963 June 3rd. USA, Alaska, Anchorage: Northwest DC-7 charter

1963 September 4th. Switzerland, Zurich: Swissair Caravelle III, flight SR 206 en-route from Zurich to Geneva; one of the landing wheels broke away during take-off, the wheel's brake mechanism overheated while high engine power was used during slow taxiing on the ground; this caused an undetected fire in the retracted port undercarriage, while the aircraft was climbing; the intensifying fire caused a loss of power for the control systems and structural damage; the plane finally came to a steep dive and crashed into a farm; all 80 people aboard died.

1963 November 27th (29th?). Canada, Montreal: Trans-Canada jet airliner DC-8F crashed, all 118 people died

1963 December 8th. USA, Maryland, Elkton: Pan American Boeing 707 coming from Baltimore, was struck by lightning, igniting fuel vapor in wing reserve tank, mid-air explosion during landing approach at Philadelphia; all 81 people on board died

1964 February 29th. Austria, Innsbruck: British Eagle International Britannia

1964 March 1st. USA, California, Lake Tahoe: Paradise Airlines Constellation

1964 May 7th. USA, California, near Oakland: Pacific Air Lines Turboprop Fairchild F-27 crashed, suicide killer shot the pilots, all 44 people died

1964 July 9th.USA, Tennessee, near Pariottsville: United Airlines Vickers Viscount 745D crashed after an in-flight cabin fire, all 38 people on board died

1964 September 4th. Switzerland, Zurich: Swissair Caravelle III, caught fire after takeoff from Zurich, all 8 people died

1964 October 2nd. Spain, Granada: Union transports African DC-6

1964 November. Italy, Rome: TWA Boeing 707, Flight 800 (!) exploded on the airfield after an aborted takeoff; 49 people died.

1965 February 6th. Chile, Andes Mountains: Chilean Linea Area Nacionale DC-6B

1965 February 8th. Atlantic Ocean: Eastern DC 7-B

1965 May 20th. Egypt, Cairo: Pakistan International Boeing 707, all 124 people died

1965 June 25th. USA, California, El Toro: US Air Force C-135

1965 July 8th. Canada, British Columbia: Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-6B, mid-air collision, believed to be a sabotage act, all 52 people died

1965 November 8th. 19:01 USA, Cincinnati: American Airlines Boeing 727, crashed during landing approach, 58 people died, 4 survived

1965 November 11, USA, Utah, Salt Lake City: United Boeing 727 crashed on landing approach 300 feet short of the runway; 43 people died, 48 survived.

1966 January 29th. Germany, Bremen: a Lufthansa Convair CV-440 crashed on landing approach in bad weather and low visibility; all 46 people aboard died.

1966 February 4th. Japan, Tokyo: Nippon Airways Boeing 727 crashed into the bay, all 133 people died

1966 March 4th. Japan, Tokyo Airport: Canadian Pacific DC-8, crashed during landing approach on the runway, 64 people died, 8 survived

1966 March 5th. Japan, Tokyo: BOAC Boeing 707 crashed at Mt. Fuji, all 124 people died

1966 August 6th.USA, Nebraska, near Falls City: Braniff International Airways BAC-111 en route to Omaha, NE was caught in flight by extreme gust, that caused the starboard wing to rupture and fuel vapors to explode; all 42 people aboard died.

1966 September 1st. Yugoslavia, Ljubljana: Britannia Airways 102

1966 September 22nd. Australia, Winton: Ansett Australia Vickers Viscount 832 crashed after an engine caught fire; all 24 people aboard died

1966 November 24th.Czechoslovakia, Bratislava: TABSO Bulgarian Ilyushin-18 crashed into surrounding mountains after take off in very bad weather conditions (snowstorm), all 82 people died

1966 December 24th. South Vietnam, Binh Thai: Military-chartered C-44 crashed into village, 129 people died

1967 February 10th. Switzerland: SwissAir CV-440 crashed during training mission, 4 people died

1967 April 20th. Cyprus, Nicosia: Swiss Globe Britannia crashed into mountain, 126 people died

1967 June 3rd. France, Pyrenees: British Air Ferry Ltd. DC-6

1967 June 3rd. U.K., Stockport, near Manchester Ringway Airport: a British Midlands Argonaut plane (British version of a DC-4) on a charter flight from Palma, Majorca crashed on landing approach into the center of Stockport, a suburb of Manchester. The plane broke up on impact; police and others from nearby offices started rescuing survivors within minutes. After about 10 minutes a major fuel explosion took place and engulfed the fuselage in flames. Local fire service were unable to control the blaze and numerous passengers trapped with broken legs and other injuries perished in the fire. 72 of the 84 people aboard died

1967 July 19th. USA, North Carolina, Hendersonville: mid-air collision between a Piedmont Boeing 727 and Cessna 310, all 82 people died

1968 April 8th. UK, London Heathrow Airport: BOAC Boeing 707 G-ARWE, engine fire started just after takeoff; after a successful emergency landing, fuel fire increased, 5 people died, 117 survived

1968 April 20th. Southwest Africa, Windhoek: South African plane crashes, 129 people died

1968 May 3rd. USA, Texas, Dawson: Braniff Lockheed Electra, not explained mid-air explosion, all 88 people died

1968 May 22, USA, California, Paramount: Los Angeles Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashed en-route from Disneyland heliport to LAX; all 23 people aboard died

1968 August 9th. Germany, Pfaffenhofen: a British Eagle Airways Vickers Viscount 739A broke apart in-flight due to structural failure; all 48 people aboard died.

1968 August 14, USA, California, Compton: Los Angeles Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashed en-route from LAX to Disneyland heliport; all 21 people aboard died

1968 September 11th. France, Nice: Air France Caravelle

1968 December 24th. - USA, Pennsylvania, Bradford: Allegheny Airlines Convair CV-580 crashed on landing in a snowstorm; 20 of the 37 people aboard died

1968 December 31st. Australia, Port Hedland: Robertson-Miller Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 crashed after an in-flight separation of the right wing; all 26 people aboard died

1969 January 6th. - USA, Pennsylvania, Bradford: Allegheny Airlines Convair CV-440 crashed during landing approach in low visibility; 11 of the 28 people aboard died

1969 January 13th. USA, California, Los Angeles International Airport/Santa Monica Bay: a Scandinavian Air System (SAS) DC-8 plunged into the Ocean during landing attempt; 15 people died, 30 survived

1969 January 18th. USA, California, Los Angeles International Airport/Santa Monica Bay: a United Airlines Boeing 727 crashed into the Ocean Bay shortly after takeoff due to a loss of electrical power and pilot disorientation; all 28 people aboard died

1969 March 16th. Venezuela, Maracaibo: Venezuelan DC-8 carrying 83 people crashed into suburb, 155 people died, 100 injured

1969 March 20th. Egypt, Aswan: United Arab IL-18

1969 May 6th. Africa, Nigeria/Biafra near Uli: Balair DC-6 AC, crashed, 4 people died

1969 July 12th. Nepal, near Hitauda: a Royal Nepal Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed. All 35 passengers and crew aboard died.

1969 August 9th.USA, Indiana, Shelbyville: mid-air collision between Allegheny DC-9 and Piper Cherokee, all 83 people died

1969 November 20th. Nigeria: Nigerian Airlines DC-10

1969 December 8th. Greece, Athens: Olympia Airways DC-6B

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