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