1953
- January 5 – The 1953 Nutts Corner Viking accident: a British European Airways Vickers Viking crashes on approach to Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport, 27 of the 31 on board killed.
- February 2 – In the 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance, a plane with 39 on board disappears over the North Atlantic.
- September 16 – American Airlines Flight 723, a Convair 240, crashes while on approach to Albany Airport, all 28 passengers and crew die.
- October 29 – BCPA Flight 304, a Douglas DC-6B, crashes into King's Mountain, southeast of Half Moon Bay, California, on its approach to San Francisco International Airport, killing all 11 passengers, including American pianist William Kapell, and a crew of eight.
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