![]() ![]() September 26 – Austrian Airlines Flight 901, a Vickers Viscount, crashes short of runway 07 at Sheremetyevo International Airport.July 15 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 372, a C-47 Skytrain, crashes into a mountain near Jimma, Ethiopia, killing the pilot.This crash was responsible for the mandatory installation of cockpit voice recorders in airliners in Australia, followed by the rest of the world. June 10 – Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, a Fokker F-27, crashes into the ocean near Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing all 29 on board in Australia's worst civilian air disaster. ![]() March 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra en route from Chicago to Miami, Florida, breaks apart at 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.February 25 – The 1960 Rio de Janeiro air crash: A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6A) collides with Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 753, a Douglas DC-3, over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of the 38 occupants of the American aircraft, 3 survive, and all 26 passengers and crew of the Brazilian aircraft are killed.January 21 – Avianca Flight 671, a Lockheed Constellation, crashes on landing at Sangster International Airport, Jamaica, killing 2 of 7 crew and 35 of 39 passengers on board in Jamaica's worst aviation accident.January 19 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes while on approach to Esenboğa Airport, Ankara, Turkey, killing all 42 on board an undetermined descent was to blame for the first fatal crash of the Sud Caravelle.January 18 – Capital Airlines Flight 20, a Vickers Viscount, en route from Washington National Airport to Norfolk International Airport crashes near Holdcroft, Virginia due to engine failure caused by icy conditions all 50 on board are killed.January 6 – National Airlines Flight 2511, a Douglas DC-6B bound from New York to Miami, crashes near Bolivia, North Carolina, when a bomb planted on board explodes in mid-air all 34 people on board are killed.This page is a list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft from 1960 to 1989. You can help Wikipedia by writing articles to help lower the number of red links. This article may have too many red links. ![]()
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