Thursday, August 7, 2008

TODAY'S TWD: WHERE WERE YOU IN '62?

While looking into that 1962 plane crash of American Airlines Flight 1 into Jamaica Bay, I found a list of all the planes crashes for that year. There were a LOT of them!

Maybe I just don't notice all of the plane crashes during any given year; so maybe this is normal. Especially it being on a global basis. Perhaps the standards of operations weren't as top-notch as they might be today, so that there were plenty of mechanical problems back then that just weren't taken care of properly before these planes took off.

Still, even being as conpiratorially-minded as I am, this is a LONG list of plane crashes for one calendar year!

Each listing is of the date, the location, and the airline involved.....

1962
13 Jan 1962

Near Tippi, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines

22 Jan 1962
Caranavi ,Bolivia
Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento

27 Jan 1962
Batataevka, USSR
Aeroflot


04 Feb 1962
Near Tino Maria, Peru
Faucett

25 Feb 1962
Portlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela
Avensa


25 Feb 1962
Municipio de Marulanda, Colombia
Avianca

01 Mar 1962
Jamaica Bay, New York, New York
American Airlines


04 Mar 1962
Douala, Cameroon
Caledonian Airways


06 Mar 1962
Near Seymour, South Africa
South African Airways


08 Mar 1962
Mt. Medetsiz, Turkey
Turkish Airlines (THY)


08 Mar 1962
Rome, Italy
Societa Aerea Mediterranea


08 Mar 1962
Near Alencon, France
Military - U.S. Air Force


15 Mar 1962
Adak, Alaska
Flying Tiger Line


15 Mar 1962
Western Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea
Flying Tiger Line


20 Mar 1962
Algeria
Military - French Air Force


27 Mar 1962
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Cubana de Aviacion


06 Apr 1962
Near Villavicencio, Colombia
Military - Colombian Air Force


22 Apr 1962
Serrania del Baudo, Colombia0A
AVISPA


06 May 1962
Near Portsmouth, England
East Anglian Flying Services


08 May 1962
Near Mong Pa Liao, Burma
Military - Union of Burma Air Force


09 May 1962
Vitoria, Brazil
Cruzeiro


12 May 1962
Godthaab, Greenland
East Provincial Airways Consolidated


15 May 1962
Near Cairo, Egypt
United Arab Airlines


17 May 1962
Near Nairobi, Kenya
Military - U.S. Air Force


22 May 1962
Near Markt Schwaben, West Germany
Military - U.S. Navy


22 May 1962
Near Unionville, Missouri
Continental Airlines


03 Jun 1962
Villeneuve-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France
Air France

04 Jun 1962
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aeroflot


22 Jun 1962
Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, West Indies
Air France


28 Jun 1962
Near Adler, Russia
Aeroflot


30 Jun 1962
Near Krasnoyarsk, USSR
Aeroflot

06 Jul 1962
Near Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR
Aeroflot


07 Jul 1962
Near Junnar, Maharashtra, India
Alitalia


09 Jul 1962
Off Brindisi, Italy
Trans Mediterranean Airways


15 Jul 1962
Near Lahore, Pakistan
Indian Airlines


16 Jul 1962
Loheshyphn, India
Kalinga Airlines


19 Jul 1962
Near Bangkok, Thailand
United Arab Airlines


22 Jul 1962
Honolulu, Hawaii
Canadian Pacific Air Lines


28 Jul 1962
Sochi, Russia
Aeroflot

30 Jul 1962
Coulommiers, France
Air France


01 Aug 1962
Near Kathmandu, Nepal
Royal Nepal Airlines


20 Aug 1962
Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Panair do Brazil


23 Aug 1962
Berranca Bermeja, Colombia
Taxader Airlines


24 Aug 1962
Cerro Puena Paz, Peru
Faucett

02 Sep 1962
Near Khabarovsk, USSR
Aeroflot


03 Sep 1962
Yanoyaki, Japan
Military - Japan Maritime Self Defense Force


04 Sep 1962
Near Lake Milton, Ohio
Private - Ashland Oil Company


10 Sep 1962
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie


10 Sep 1962
Near Milan, Washington
Military - U.S. Air Force


10 Sep 1962
Near Alcoche, Bolivia
Aerolineas Abaroa


21 Sep 1962
Sela, India
Kalinga Airlines


23 Sep 1962
North Atlantic Ocean
Flying Tiger Line


10 Oct 1962
Spt-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Trans Canada Air Lines


12 Oct 1962
Manila, Philippines
Philippine Air Lines


12 Oct 1962
Near Camona, Spain
Iberia Airlines


19 Oct 1962
Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Allegheny Airlines


25 Oct 1962
Near Mosco w, Russia
Aeroflot


10 Nov 1962
Near Tourane, South Vietnam
Air Vietnam (South Vietnam)


19 Nov 1962
Near Nagoya, Japan
All Nippon Airways


23 Nov 1962
Ellicott, Maryland
United Air Lines


23 Nov 1962
Sao Tomé & Principe
Military - Portuguese Air Force


23 Nov 1962
Le Bourget, France
Malev Hungarian Airlines 2


6 Nov 1962
Paraibuna, Brazil
VASP / Private


27 Nov 1962
Lima, Peru
Varig


30 Nov 1962
New York, New York
Eastern Air Lines


06 Dec 1962
Barranca Bermeja, Colombia
Taxader Airlines


14 Dec 1962
Near Manaus, Brazil
Panair do Brasil


14 Dec 1962
Burbank, California
Flying Tiger Line


19 Dec 1962
Warsaw, Poland
LOT Polish Airlines


20 Dec 1962
Kadena AB, Okinawa
Military - U.S. Air Force


22 Dec 1962
Near Brasilia, Brazil
Varig


28 Dec 1962
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Carvair


29 Dec 1962
Monte Renosa, Corsica, France
Air Nautic


An awful lot of Douglas aircraft were involved in those crashes, but there were plenty of different types of aircraft represented. It was a Boeing that went down in Jamaica Bay with Pete Campbell's father on board in 'Mad Men'.

BCnU!
Toby O'B

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