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The plane suffered an engine failure, stalled during a turn back towards the airport and impacted Lake Juurusvesi. [85] [86] 6 October A United States Navy Douglas C-118B Liftmaster, BuNo 131618, assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 crashes into a fog-shrouded hill 35 km south of Santiago de Chile, Chile. All 18 people on board are ...
On 4 April 1975, [note 1] a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in the first mission of Operation Babylift crashed on approach during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. The cause was ascribed to loss of flight control due to explosive decompression and structural failure. The accident marked the second operational loss ...
The crash of a Grumman S-2 Tracker moments after take-off from Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, kills all four U.S. Navy crew on board. A military spokesman said that the twin-engined anti-submarine warfare plane crashed and burned "after climbing to some 100-feet. Wreckage was spread over a wide area about one mile south of the base."
28 April. A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II being ferried from Robins AFB, Georgia to Torrejon Air Base, Spain, was disabled by a severe thunderstorm, forcing the crew to eject at 36,000 feet 150 miles E of Charleston, South Carolina, suffering minor injuries from hail while descending.
Southern Airways Flight 242. Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama. On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines ...
Z. 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash. Categories: Aviation accidents and incidents by year. 20th-century aviation accidents and incidents. Transport disasters in 1975. 1975 in aviation. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
A United States Air Force Boeing B-29A-65-BN Superfortress, 44-62164, crashes at night. Suspected reason – Fuel line issues. The crew bailed out over a farmer's field 8 miles (13 km) N/5.5 miles W of Onaga, Kansas, United States. The captain died in the crash and one airman perished when his parachute failed to open.