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This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 5, 2003 Etihad Airways launched its first commercial flight.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 1933 Brazilian airline VASP is established.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 1967 Iberia Airlines Flight 062, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes at Black Down Hill, Sussex, United Kingdom; all 37 passengers and crew are killed. *Controlled flight into terrain for undetermined reasons.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 1982 Pan Am inaugurates service from Los Angeles to Sydney; at 7,487 non-stop miles (11,979 km), it is the longest non-stop flight in the world.

This day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 1993 China Airlines Flight 605, a Boeing 747-409, overruns Kai Tak Airport runway 13 while landing during a typhoon. The 747 was unable to stop before crashing into Hong Kong harbor; all 374 aboard escape.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 2008 A Learjet 45 carrying Mexican interior secretary Juan Camilo Mourino and 8 others plunged into a Mexico city neighborhood, killing all on board and 7 on the ground. *Encounter with wake turbulence. (similar)

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 2010 Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffered a substantial mechanical failure of its left inboard engine after taking off from Singapore Changi Airport. The flight turned back and landed safely.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 2010 Aero Caribbean Flt. 883, an ATR-72, crashed in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, killing all 68 on board in the worst ever accident involving the ATR 72 (at the time of the incident). *Crashed following loss of control in icing conditions.

This day in Aviation History... Nov. 4, 2025 UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, crashes shortly after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 7 people. *Crashed following left engine detachment due to pylon failure.

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This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 3, 1973 The number three engine of National Airlines Flt. 27, a DC-10, experienced an uncontained engine failure, causing significant damage to the plane. The aircraft later managed to make a safe emergency landing in New Mexico.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 3, 1950 Air India Flight 245, a Lockheed L-749 A Constellation, crashes into Mont Blanc in France; all 40 passengers and 8 crew are killed. *Controlled flight into terrain in poor weather.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 3, 2003 The supersonic Concorde (G-BOAG) made its final-ever flight, landing at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, to retire.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1922 QANTAS begins its first scheduled flights, between Charleville, Queensland and Cloncurry, Queensland.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1929 The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as 99s, was founded at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, New York, for the mutual support and advancement of women pilots.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1947 With Howard Hughes at the controls, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the “Spruce Goose, ” makes its first flight, traveling at 135 mph for about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet over Long Beach Harbor in California.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1988 LOT Flight 703, an Antonov An-24, crashed on approach to Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Poland killing one passenger, all others survive. *Crashed following attempted emergency landing after a dual engine failure.

This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1992 First flight of the Airbus A330.

All Nine Aboard Killed as Learjet 60 Crashes Near Greenacres, Florida; NTSB Sends Go-Team aerocorner.com/news/n722bd-l…