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1974 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974. 1974 had been deemed as "the single worst year in airline history" although this has since been surpassed.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
First flights
January
February
March
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Entered service
February
March
May
September
November
Retirements
Deadliest crash
The deadliest crash of this year was Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, France on 3 March, killing all 346 people on board. At the time, the accident was the deadliest in aviation history, more than doubling the previous record. Flight 981 would hold the title until March 1977, the Tenerife airport disaster; and remained the deadliest single-aircraft accident of all time until August 1985, when Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed. It still remains one of the deadliest aviation accidents of all time.
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