1977 in aviation

Years in aviation:	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
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Years:	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977:

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January 15 – A Skyline Sweden Vickers Viscount 838 crashes in Kälvesta, Sweden just outside Stockholm killing all 22 on board.

March 27 - 579 people are killed when two Boeing 747s collide on the runway at Santa Cruz airport, Tenerife.

April 4 - Southern Airways Flight 242 crash-landed on a highway after engine failure, 62 out of 85 aboard killed, 8 ground fatalities.
April 28 - An Aviateca Convair 240 crashes near Guatemala City, Guatemala killing all 28 people on board

July 23 - After threats of shutting down transatlantic air traffic, the U.S. and British governments reach the Bermuda II accord, giving British airlines additional ports of entry in the United States and removing American airlines' rights to carry passengers beyond London and Hong Kong.

August 23 - Gossamer Condor became the first human-powered aeroplane, flying a figure-8 course to demonstrate sustained, controlled flight.
August 31 - A Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 sets the current world altitude record for airbreathing aircraft of 123,524 ft. (37,650 m).

September 26 - Laker Airways inaugurates its no-booking "Skytrain" service between London and New York
September 28 – Japan Airlines Flight 472, a Douglas DC-8, is hijacked after taking off from Mumbai, India by Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorists. The terrorists forced the plane to land in Dhaka, Bangladesh were they demanded a US$6 million and the release of nine imprisoned JRA members being held in Japan. The Japanese government complied and all of the hostages were eventually released.