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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