• The creation of British Caledonian Airways was finalized on November 30, 1970, when Caledonian Airways successfully acquired British United Airways (BUA) from Air Holdings. This date marks t …
• "HolidayLiner Freedom" – Overseas National Airways (ONA) flight OV32, a non‑scheduled charter service preparing to depart New York–JFK for Frankfurt on November 12, 1975, was operated by th …
• Austral Líneas Aéreas flight AU9 was operating a night charter from Buenos Aires–Aeroparque Jorge Newbery to San Carlos de Bariloche on November 21, 1977, using the pictured BAC One‑Eleven 4 …
• On November 21, 1976, the pictured Pacific Western Airlines Lockheed 382E Hercules, registration CF‑PWX, was destroyed during approach to Lubumbashi–Luano Airport in Zaire (now the Democrati …
• Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR8524, operated by the pictured Boeing 737‑287C registered as LV‑JNE, was destroyed in a takeoff accident at San Luis Airport (LUQ) on the night of November 20, …

October Events:

• Air Canada Rouge officially retired its Boeing 767-300 ER fleet in October 2020 as part of a broader pandemic-driven restructuring. The final revenue flight was ROU1985, departing Athens, Gr …
• Metrojet flight 7K9268 (ICAO: KGL9268), operated by the pictured Airbus A321-231 registered as EI-ETJ, was destroyed by a terrorist bombing over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on October 31, 2015, …
• Singapore flight SQ006 crashed into construction equipment on takeoff at Taipei on October 31, 2000. Singapore Airlines Flight SQ006, operated by Boeing 747-412 9V-SPK, tragically crashed on …
• On October 30, 1941, Northwest Airlines flight NW5, operated by a Douglas DC-3A-269 registered as NC21712, crashed near Moorhead, Minnesota, just east of Fargo-Hector Field, killing 14 of th …
• On October 30, 1941, American Airlines flight AA1, a Douglas DC-3-277B registered as NC25663 and named "Flagship Erie", crashed near Lawrence Station, in Southwold Township, Ontario, Canada, …

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