Major Commerical Airline Disasters
1960 - 1969

- Listing of Major Commerical Air Disasters 1960 - 1969

Date Crash Site Aircraft Airline Likely Reason for Crash as Reported Fatalities Report
06/01/1960 Wilmington, USA DC6B National Airlines Bomb 34
18/01/1960 Charles City, USA Viscount 745D Capital Airlines Engine Failure 50
19/01/1960 Ankara Caravelle SAS Crashed into Hill 42
05/02/1960 Laguna de Hunana - Costa, Bolivas DC4 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Engine Fire 59
26/02/1960 Shannon DC7-C Alitalia Not Available 52
17/03/1960 Tell City, Indiana Lockheed Electra 188C Northwest Airlines Structural Failure 63
10/06/1960 Orly France Caravelle Air Algeria Mid Air Collision 1
10/06/1960 Australia Fokker Friendship Trans-Australia Airlines Crashed into Sea 29
19/06/1960 Ankara, Turkey Carvelle SAS Crashed on Approach 42
24/06/1960 Rio de Janerio, Brazil Convair 340-62 REAL Not Available 53
29/08/1960 Dakar, Senegal Lockheed 1049G Air France Crashed into ocean 63
17/09/1960 Chicago, USA Lockheed Electra Noeth West Airlines Jammed Aileron 37
19/09/1960 Guam, Mariana Islands DC6-AB World Airways Crashed on take-off 80
04/10/1960 Boston, USA Lockheed 180A Eastern Airlines Bird Strike 62
14/10/1960 Elba, Italy DH Heron Itavia Hit a Mountain 11
16/12/1960 New York DC8-11 United Airlines Collision with below (134)
16/12/1960 New York Lockheed Constellation 1049 TWA Collision with above (134)
09/01/1961 Hinsdale, Illinois Lockheed Constellation TWA Elevator failure 78
15/02/1961 Brussels Boeing 707 Sabena Stalled 72
28/03/1961 Russelbach, East Germany Ilyushin 18 Ceskosloveneke Aerolinie Explosion 82
10/05/1961 Sahara Desert Lockheed L-1649 Air France Bomb 79
31/05/1961 Lisbon, Portugal DC8-53 KLM Crashed into ocean 61
11/07/1961 Denver, USA DC8 United Airlines Crashed on landing 17
01/09/1961 Hinsdale, USA Lockheed 049 TWA Elevator Failure 78
10/09/1961 Shannon DC6 President Airlines Engine Failure 86
12/09/1961 Rabat, Morrocco Caravelle III Air France Crashed on landing 77
17/09/1961 Chicago, USA Lockheed 188C Northwest Mechanical failure 37
08/11/1961 Richmond, USA Lockheed C69 Imperial Airlines Ground Collision 77
01/03/1962 Jamaica Bay 707-123B American Airlines Electrical Fault 95
04/03/1962 Douala Cameroon DC7C British Caledonian Airways Jammed elevator 111
16/03/1962 Pacific Ocean Lockheed Super Constellation Flying TigerLine Crashed into ocean 107
22/05/1962 Union Ville, USA 707-124 Continential Airlines Bomb 45
03/06/1962 Orly France 707-328 Air France At Take-off 130
22/06/1962 Pointe-a-Pitre 707-328 Air France Crashed into Hill 113
28/06/1982 Adler, USSR Antonov 10A Aeroflot Hit a Mountain 81
30/06/1962 Krasnoyarsk, USSR Tupelov 104A Aeroflot Ground Collision 84
07/07/1962 Bombay DC-8-43 Alitalia Hit a Hill 94
02/09/1962 Khabarovsk, USSR Tupolev 104A Aeroflot Ground Collision 86
23/09/1962 North Atlantic Ocean Lockheed 1049H Flying Tiger Airlines Engine Failure 28
23/11/1962 Ellicot, USA Vickers Viscount 745D United Airlines Bird Strike 18
27/11/1962 La Cruz Peek 707-441 Varig Hit a Hill 97
30/11/1962 New York DC-7B Eastern Airlines Crashed on landing 25
28/01/1963 Kansas City, USA Vickers Viscount 812 Continental Airlines Crashed on landing 8
01/02/1963 Ankara Vickers Viscount 754D Middle East Airlines Mid Air Collision 104
12/02/1963 Everglades, USA 707-720B North West Airlines Ground Collision 43
03/05/1963 Buca, Cameroons DC 6B Air Afrique Hit a Mountain 55
03/06/1963 Annette Islands DC-7CF Northwest Orient Airlines Crashed into ocean 101
28/07/1963 Bandra, India Comet 4C United Arab Airlines Crashed into Ocean 63
04/09/1963 Durrenasch, Switzerland Carvelle III Swisair Onboard fire 80
15/10/1963 Idlewild S-55 Helicopter New York Airways Structural Failure 6
29/11/1963 St. Therese, Montreal DC 8F-54F Air Canada Stalled 118
08/12/1963 Elkton, USA 707-121 Pan American World Airways Hit by lightning 81 Report
25/02/1964 Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans DC-8-21 Eastern Airlines Crashed into lake 58 Report
29/02/1964 Innsbruck, Austria Bristol, Britannia British Eagle International Airlines Hit a Mountain 84
01/03/1964 Nevada, USA Lockheed 049 Paradise Airlines Ground Collision 85
07/05/1964 San Romon, USA Fairchild 27A Pacific Airlines Pilots Shot 44
09/07/1964 Parrotts Ville, USA Vickors Viscount 745D United Airlines Fire 39
02/09/1964 Sakhalin, USSR Ilyushin 18B Aeroflot Hit a Hillside 84
02/10/1964 Granada, Spain DC-6B UTA Hit a Mountain 80
15/11/1964 Las Vegas, USA Fairchild 27A Bonanza Airlines Crashed on Approach 29
23/11/1964 Rome, Italy 707-331 TWA Crashed on take-off 51
08/02/1965 New York, USA DC-7B Eastern Airlines Near Collision, Hit Ground 84
31/03/1965 Tangiers, Morocco Convair 440-62 Iberia Not Available 50
07/05/1964 San Remon California Fairchild F27 Pacific Airlines Pilot Shot 44
20/05/1965 Cario 720-040B Pakistan Internatinal Airlines Crashed on landing 119
02/06/1965 San Jose, Chille DC-6-B LAN-Chille Hit a Mountain 87
01/07/1965 Kansas, USA 707-124 Continenal Airlines Overran Runway None
08/07/1965 British Columbia, Canada DC-6B Canadian Pacific Airlines Bomb 52
16/08/1965 Chicago 727-22 United Airlines Crashed into lake 30
08/11/1965 Cincinatta, USA 727-23 American Airlines Crashed on landing 58
11/11/1965 Salt Lake City 727 United Airlines On landing 41
05/12/1965 Carmel, USA 707 TWA Collision with below (4)
05/12/1965 Carmel, USa Constellation Eastern Airlines Collision with above (4)
15/01/1966 Cartegana, Columbia DC-6-54B Avancia Not Available 56
24/01/1966 Mont Blanc 707-437 Air India Hit a Mountain 117
04/02/1966 Tokyo Bay 727-81 All Nippon Airways On landing 113
04/03/1966 Haneda, Japan DC8-43 Canada Pacific Airlines Crashed on landing 64
05/03/1966 Mt. Fuji 707-436 BOAC Broke up in Flight 124
22/04/1966 Ardmore, USA Lockheed 188C American Flyers Airline Captain Became Ill 83
03/06/1966 Hatfield Trident BEA Deep Stall 4
01/09/1966 Ljubljana Bristol 175 Britannia Crashed into Forest 98
01/10/1966 Wemme, USA DC-9-14 West Coast Airlines Hit a Mountain 18
16/11/1966 Matsuyama, Japan NAMC Ys11 All Nippon Airways Overshot runway 50
24/11/1966 Bratislava, Czehoslovakia Ilyushin 18B TABO Hit a Hillside 82
24/12/1966 Da Nang Canadair CL-44 Flying Tiger Line Crashed into Village 111
09/03/1967 Urbana, USA DC-9-15 Trans World Airlines Mid Air Collision 26
20/04/1967 Nicosia Bristol 175 Globeair Crashed on landing 126
03/06/1967 Pyrenees DC4 Air Ferry Ltd. Crashed on landing 88
04/06/1967 Manchester Argonaut British Midland Engine Failure 72
23/06/1967 Elmira, NY, USA BAC-111 Mohawk Airlines Fire 34
19/07/1967 Hendersonville, USA 727-22 PiedMount Airlines Mid Air Collision 82
12/10/1967 South-Western Turkey Comet 4B BEA Bomb 66
06/11/1967 Cincinatti, USA 707-131 Trans World Airlines Crashed on take-off 1
16/11/1967 Sverdlovsk Ilyushin-18B Aeroflot Ground Collision 107
20/11/1967 Cincinatti, USA Convair 880-22-1 Trans World Airlines Crashed on Approach 70
29/02/1968 Bratsk, USSR Ilyushin 18D Aeroflot Emergency Descent 82
05/03/1968 Guadeloupe, West Indies 727-328C Air France Hit a Volcano 63
24/03/1968 Wexford, Ireland Vickers Vicount 803 Air Lingus Went into a Spin 61
08/04/1968 Hethrow 707 BOAC Engine Failure 16
20/04/1968 Windhoek 707-344C South African Airways Navigational error 123
03/05/1968 Dawson, Texas, USA Lockheed 180A Braniff Airlines Structural Damage 85
04/08/1968 Milwaukee, USA Convair 580 North Central Airlines Mid Air Collision 1
11/09/1968 Antibes Caravelle Air France Fire 95
12/12/1968 Caracas, Venezuela 707-321B Pan American World Airways Crashed into Ocean 51
05/01/1969 Gatwick, Surrey, UK 727-113C Ariana Afghan Airlines Crashed on landing 50
06/01/1969 Pennsylvania Convair 440 Allegherly During Approack 11
13/01/1969 Los Angeles, USA DC-8-62 SAS Crashed into Ocean 15
18/01/1969 Los Angeles, USA B727-22QC United Airlines Crashed into ocean 38
16/03/1969 Maracaibo DC9-32 VIASA Struck Power Lines 155
20/03/1969 Aswan Ilyushin 18D United Arab Airlines Crashed on landing 100
04/06/1969 Nuevo Leon, Mexico 727-64 Compania Mexicana de Avicion Hit High Ground 79
09/09/1969 Indianaplolis, USA DC-9-31 Allegheny Airlines Mid air Collision 84
20/09/1969 Hoi An, Vietnam DC-4 Air Vietnam Mid Air Collision 77
21/09/1969 Mexico City, Mexico 727-64 Mexicana Crashed on landing 27
20/11/1969 Nigeria BAC VC10 Nigerian Airways Crashed on landing 87
08/12/1969 Mt. Pan DC-6B Olympic Airways Hit a Mountain 90

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