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

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

First flights

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Entered service

January

May

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on 25 May, killing all 271 people on board, as well as two on the ground.

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