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1961 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1961.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
First flights
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Entered service
April
June
September
October
Retirements
Deadliest crash
Two crashes claim the joint title of 1961's deadliest plane crash. The first took place on 10 May, when Air France Flight 406, a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over the Sahara desert in Algeria, killing all 78 people on board. The second, an accident, took place on 1 September when TWA Flight 529, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashed shortly after taking off from Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., also killing all 78 people on board.
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