Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/July in aviation/July 9
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- 2006 - an S7 Airlines Airbus A310, flight 778, crashes at Irkutsk International Airport, after overshooting the runway and hitting a concrete barrier.
- 1982 - a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes while en route from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to New Orleans, killing 137 passengers plus people on the ground.
- 1960 - Sabena begins airlifting Belgian nationals out of Congo. Over the next three weeks, 25,711 will fly home
- 1959 - a Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant makes the first non-stop flight from England to Cape Town
- 1918 - British ace James McCudden is killed when his aircraft crashes on take-off.
- 1910, Frenchman Léon Morane sets a new speed record of 106 km/h.
