• United Air Lines flight UA227 was a domestic transcontinental service operated by Boeing 727-22 N7030U, one of the earliest 727s delivered to the airline. On November 11, 1965, the aircraft …
• On November 10, 1972, Southern Airways flight SO49 became the subject of one of the most dramatic and consequential hijackings in U.S. aviation history. The aircraft involved was the picture …
• On November 10, 2009, Kingfisher Airlines flight IT4124, operated by ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) VT-KAC, was involved in a serious runway excursion accident at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Inte …
• On November 10, 1971, Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight MZ724 suffered one of the worst aviation disasters in Indonesian history when its Vickers 828 Viscount registered as PK-MVS, and named …
• On November 10, 1958, a serious ground collision and fire at New York's Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) destroyed two airliners but, remarkably, caused no fatali …

October Events:

• The hijacking of Lufthansa flight LH615 on October 29, 1972 became one of the most controversial aviation-related terrorist incidents of the 20th century because it directly led to the relea …
• On October 28, 2016, FedEx Express flight FX910, with the pictured McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F registered as N370FE, suffered a dramatic crash-landing accident at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood I …
• On October 28, 1960, Northwest Orient Airlines flight NW104, a Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4) registered as N48762, crashed into mountainous terrain approximately 13 nautical miles (15 mi / 24 k …
• On October 28, 1989, Aloha IslandAir flight WP1712, operated by the pictured de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter registered as N707PV, crashed into mountainous terrain on the island of …
• On October 28, 2016, American Airlines flight AA383, with the pictured Boeing 767-323 ER registered as N345AN, was preparing to operate a scheduled flight from Chicago O'Hare International A …

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