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1948

Occurrences with an event date in 1948.

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Occurrences3938 accidents · 0 incidents · 26 mapped
Fatal occurrences34Fatality total known for 36 of 39
Reported fatalities677Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthApril6 occurrences

By month

1948: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January3 occurrences in January 1948, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).263
February1 occurrences in February 1948, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).112
March3 occurrences in March 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).362
April6 occurrences in April 1948, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).5111
May1 occurrences in May 1948, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).131
June1 occurrences in June 1948, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).143
July4 occurrences in July 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).372
August3 occurrences in August 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).3102
September5 occurrences in September 1948, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).549
October5 occurrences in October 1948, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).471
November3 occurrences in November 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).322
December4 occurrences in December 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to April (6).339

Aircraft types

1948: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas DC-34469
Douglas DC-43344
Ilyushin IL-123323
Douglas C-542232
Douglas DC-62282
Lisunov LI-22243
Lockheed L-0492270
Vickers 6102115
Avro 6881131
Avro LANCASTER117

Countries

1948: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 9 occurrences, 23.1% of the occurrences shown. 5 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.23.1%5154
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 6 occurrences, 15.4% of the occurrences shown. 6 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).15.4%669
UnknownUnknown: 6 occurrences, 15.4% of the occurrences shown. 6 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).15.4%6159
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 4 occurrences, 10.3% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).10.3%399
BelgiumBelgium: 2 occurrences, 5.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).5.1%221
FranceFrance: 2 occurrences, 5.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).5.1%29
NorwayNorway: 2 occurrences, 5.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).5.1%232
AustraliaAustralia: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).2.6%113
CanadaCanada: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).2.6%12
GermanyGermany: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 9).2.6%115

Deadliest occurrences

1948: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Air France Flight 0721 Aug 194852Atlantic Ocean1
United Air Lines Flight 62417 Jun 194843Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States1
1948 KLM Constellation air disaster20 Oct 194840Prestwick, Scotland1
1948 Northwood mid-air collision4 Jul 194839Northwood, London, United Kingdom2
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 42129 Aug 194837Fountain City, Wisconsin, 4.1 mi NW of Winona, Minnesota, US1
1948 Lae air accident18 Apr 194837Lae, Territory of New Guinea1
1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash28 Jan 194832Diablo mountains, west of Coalinga, California, United States1
1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash12 May 19483127 km south of Libenge1
BSAA Star Tiger disappearance30 Jan 194831Atlantic Ocean1
Pan Am Flight 1-1015 Apr 194830Shannon, Ireland1

All occurrences

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  1. TS-62 crash near Minsk

    30 Dec 1948 · village of Petrovshchina, Minsk District, Minsk Oblast, near Minsk airport (Byelorussian SSR, USSR) · 3 fatal · not on the map

  2. 1948 Airborne Transport DC-3 disappearance

    28 Dec 1948 · Off the eastern coast of Florida · not on the map

  3. Collision over Vnukovo (1948)

    23 Dec 1948 · near the village of Valuyevo, Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 12 fatal · not on the map

  4. ČSA Flight 584

    21 Dec 1948 · near Pylos, Greece · 24 fatal

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  5. 1948 Air France accident near Toulouse

    23 Nov 1948 · near Toulouse, France · 1 fatal

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  6. 1948 disappearance of a Beechcraft Model 18 near Dieppe

    8 Nov 1948 · English Channel, near Dieppe, France · 8 fatal · not on the map

  7. Bleaklow Bomber

    3 Nov 1948 · Higher Shelf Stones near Glossop · 13 fatal

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  8. Northwest Airlines Flight 6427

    27 Oct 1948 · 55 km north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · 2 fatal · not on the map

  9. 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster

    20 Oct 1948 · Prestwick, Scotland · 40 fatal

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  10. 1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash

    12 Oct 1948 · Main Caucasian Range near Yevlakh, Azerbaijan SSR · 10 fatal · not on the map

  11. 1948 Georgia USAF Boeing B-29 crash

    6 Oct 1948 · Unknown location

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  12. Bukken Bruse disaster

    2 Oct 1948 · Hommelvik, Malvik Municipality, Norway · 19 fatal

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  13. Li-2 crash near Balkhash (1948)

    30 Sept 1948 · 39 kilometres from Balkhash airport · 15 fatal · not on the map

  14. Førdesveten accident

    6 Sept 1948 · Førdesveten in Sund Municipality · 13 fatal

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  15. 1948 Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster crash

    3 Sept 1948 · Island of Montecristo · 7 fatal

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  16. Australian National Airways Flight 331

    2 Sept 1948 · Near Nundle, New South Wales, Australia · 13 fatal

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  17. Il-12 crash in Novosibirsk (1948)

    2 Sept 1948 · Severny Airport, Novosibirsk (RSFSR, USSR) · 1 fatal

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  18. 1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash

    31 Aug 1948 · Near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo · 13 fatal · not on the map

  19. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 421

    29 Aug 1948 · Fountain City, Wisconsin, 4.1 mi NW of Winona, Minnesota, US · 37 fatal

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  20. Air France Flight 072

    1 Aug 1948 · Atlantic Ocean · 52 fatal · not on the map

  21. 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash

    21 Jul 1948 · Lake Mead, Nevada, US · not on the map

  22. Miss Macao

    16 Jul 1948 · Jiuzhou Yang (Pearl River Delta) just northeast of Green Island, Xiangzhou, Zhuhai · 25 fatal

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  23. 1948 Northwood mid-air collision

    4 Jul 1948 · Northwood, London, United Kingdom · 39 fatal

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  24. 1948 Keerbergen Fiat G.212 crash

    1 Jul 1948 · Keerbergen, Belgium · 8 fatal

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  25. United Air Lines Flight 624

    17 Jun 1948 · Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States · 43 fatal

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  26. 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash

    12 May 1948 · 27 km south of Libenge · 31 fatal

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  27. Li-2 crash near Bodaybo

    24 Apr 1948 · Vitim River, near Mamakan, 15 km from Bodaybo, Bodaybinsky District, Irkutsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 28 fatal

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  28. British European Airways Flight S200P

    21 Apr 1948 · Irish Law Mountain, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  29. 1948 Lae air accident

    18 Apr 1948 · Lae, Territory of New Guinea · 37 fatal

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  30. Pan Am Flight 1-10

    15 Apr 1948 · Shannon, Ireland · 30 fatal

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  31. 1948 Air France accident in Kano

    10 Apr 1948 · near Kano Airport, Nigeria · 1 fatal · not on the map

  32. 1948 Gatow air disaster

    5 Apr 1948 · near RAF Gatow, Berlin, Germany · 15 fatal

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  33. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 4422

    12 Mar 1948 · Mount Sanford, Alaska Territory · 30 fatal

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  34. Delta Air Lines Flight 705

    10 Mar 1948 · near Forest View, Illinois, United States · 12 fatal · not on the map

  35. 1948 Heathrow disaster

    2 Mar 1948 · Heathrow Airport · 20 fatal

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  36. 1948 Ulrichstein air accident

    12 Feb 1948 · near Ulrichstein, Hesse, West Germany · 12 fatal

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  37. BSAA Star Tiger disappearance

    30 Jan 1948 · Atlantic Ocean · 31 fatal · not on the map

  38. 1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash

    28 Jan 1948 · Diablo mountains, west of Coalinga, California, United States · 32 fatal

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  39. Mantell UFO incident

    7 Jan 1948 · near Franklin, Kentucky

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