This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A that occurred in 1969, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war involving military aircraft are outside the scope of this list.
Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1949:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1970:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1976:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977, This is the year of the deadliest air disaster in history, the Tenerife airport disaster. Here are the aviation events of 1977:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979:
Active from 1951 to 1975, Air Viet Nam was South Vietnam's first commercial air carrier, headquartered in District 1, Saigon. Established under a decree by Chief of State Bảo Đại, the airline flew over two million passengers, throughout the Vietnam War, and until its collapse due to Fall of Saigon.
^Note A Military versions of the DC-3 were known as C-47 Skytrain, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53 Skytrooper, C-68, C-84, C-117 Super Dakota and YC-129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy. In Royal Air Force (and other British Commonwealth air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.