List of Accidents and Incidents Involving Commercial Aircraft - 1946

1946

  • January 6 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-3, crashes in Birmingham, Alabama, killing three of the four crew members; the flight attendant and all 16 passengers survive.
  • March 10 – the 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash near Hobart, Tasmania kills all 25 on board.
  • July 11 – TWA Flight 513, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashes near Reading, Pennsylvania after a fire in the baggage compartment; of the 6 crew on board, only one survives.
  • November 14 – in the 1946 KLM Douglas DC-3 Amsterdam accident, a Douglas DC-3 crashes while attempting to land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands; all 26 passengers and crew on board are killed.

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