1969 in aviation

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Years in aviation: 1966   1967   1968   1969   1970   1971   1972
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Decades: 1930s   1940s   1950s   1960s   1970s   1980s   1990s
Years: 1966   1967   1968   1969   1970   1971   1972

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

First flights

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Entered service

March

May

August

October

Retirements

February

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was Viasa Flight 742, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Maracaibo, Venezuela on 16 March, killing all 84 people on board, as well as 71 on the ground. This was the deadliest civil accident in the 1960s decade, and was at the time the world's deadliest civil aviation disaster.

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978.

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979.

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