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Following is a list of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-8s from 1960 through the present: ==1960s== ;16 December 1960: United Air Lines Flight 826, a DC-8-11 (named ''Mainliner Will Rogers'') collided over Staten Island, New York City with TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Constellation (named ''Star of Sicily'').〔 The 1960 New York air disaster killed all 128 people on both aircraft and six on the ground. ;19 January 1961: Aeronaves de Mexico Flight 401, a DC-8-21 (XA-XAX, named ''20 de Noviembre'') was damaged beyond repair following an aborted take off at Idlewild Airport, New York, United States, killing four of 106 on board.〔(Accident description XA-XAX ) Aviation Safety Network〕 ;30 May 1961: Viasa Flight 897, a KLM DC-8-53 (named ''Fridtjof Nansen'') was operating on lease to VIASA when it crashed into the sea off Fonte da Telha while en route between Lisbon, Portugal and Santa Maria in the Azores.〔 All 47 passengers and 14 crew on board were killed. ;11 July 1961: United Airlines Flight 859, a DC-8-12, was damaged beyond repair after running off the runway at Denver, Colorado, United States, killing 17 of 122 on board and one person on the ground; the cause was traced to the thrust reversers.〔 ;7 July 1962: Alitalia Flight 771, a DC-8-43, crashed on approach to Bombay, India due to a navigation error, killing all 94 on board.〔 ;20 August 1962: A Panair do Brasil DC-8-33 (PP-PDT) crashed into the sea after departing from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport.〔 Of the 120 passengers and crew aboard, 14 died. ;29 November 1963: Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 a DC-8-54F, crashed at Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Canada.〔 All 118 on board were killed; the cause was not determined, but pitot icing, vertical gyro failure, and pitch trim compensator problems were suspected. ;25 February 1964: Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a DC-8-21, crashed into Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans.〔 All 51 passengers and 7 crew were killed; the cause was a loss of control in turbulence. ;25 November 1965: A Trans Caribbean Airways DC-8-54F (N8784R, named ''Barbara Henry II'') was destroyed by fire at Miami International Airport, Florida, United States.〔 ;4 March 1966: Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402, a DC-8-43 (named ''Empress of Edmonton''), crashed on approach to Haneda Airport, Japan due to pilot error.〔 Of the 62 passengers and 10 crew, only 8 passengers survived. ;4 July 1966: An Air New Zealand DC-8-52 (ZK-NZB) crashed on take off at Auckland, New Zealand during a training flight, with two fatalities of five on board. A design fault of the DC-8 had caused the thrust reverser of #4 engine to engage when the thrust lever was rapidly set to idle.〔 ;13 August 1966: An Aeronaves de Mexico DC-8-51 (XA-PEI, named ''Tenochtitlan'') crashed 21 mi from Acapulco after a descent was made while turning during a training flight, killing the six crew.〔 ;24 December 1966: An Aeronaves de Mexico DC-8-51 (XA-NUS, named ''Acapulco'') crashed on the dry Lake Texcoco while approaching Mexico City; all 109 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.〔 ;5 March 1967: Varig Airlines Flight 837, a DC-8-33, crashed on approach to Roberts International Airport, Monrovia.〔 Of the 71 passengers and 19 crew on board, 50 passengers and the flight engineer were killed as well as five on the ground. ;30 March 1967: Delta Air Lines Flight 9877, a DC-8-51 (N802E), crashed into the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans (Kenner), United States while on a training flight. Of 19 fatalities 13 were on the ground.〔 ;19 May 1967: A Trans Canada Air Lines DC-8-54F (CF-TJM) lost control and crashed on approach to Ottawa, Canada while on a training flight, killing the three crew.〔 ;21 February 1968: Lawrence Rhodes hijacked a Delta Air Lines DC-8 from Tampa, Florida to Cuba with 108 other crew and passengers aboard, including golfer Barbara Romack. Cuban authorities provided the passengers with lemonade, coffee, cigarettes, and pictures of Che Guevara and the plane was released after three hours. Rhodes surrendered in Spain on February 10, 1970. A January 4, 1971 hijacking charge against him is dismissed; he was committed to a mental institution; on July 8, 1971 he returns to prison; he is sentenced to 25 years for robbery on July 17, 1972.〔(Cuban Political Violence in the United States ) Disorders and terrorism, National Advisory Committee, on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals Washington: 1976. Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism Appendix 6: Chronology of incidents of terroristic, quasi-terroristic attacks, and political violence in the United States:January 1965 to March 1976 By Marcia McKnight Trick〕 ;28 April 1968: A Capitol Airways DC-8-31 (N1802) crashed at Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States during crew training due to crew error; all four crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.〔 ;29 June 1968: A KLM DC-8-53 on lease to Viasa (PH-DCH, named ''Orville Wright'') was destroyed in a hangar fire at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands.〔 The fire was caused by an explosion in a fuel tank while the aircraft was being serviced. ;1 July 1968: Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a DC-8-63, was operating a military charter flight when it was forced to land on one of the Soviet-controlled Kuril Islands with all 238 Americans aboard being detained for two days. ;2 August 1968: Alitalia Flight 660, a DC-8-43 (I-DIWF, named ''Antoniotto Usodimare'') crashed northwest of Milan while on approach to Malpensa, Italy due to crew error, killing 13 of 95 on board.〔 ;22 November 1968: Japan Airlines Flight 2, a DC-8-62 (named ''Shiga'') crashed on landing in San Franscisco Bay due to pilot error; all 107 on board survived. The aircraft was recovered 55 hours after the incident and repaired by United Airlines; it was returned to JAL (renamed ''Hidaka'') on March 31, 1969 and remained in JAL service until 1983. ;13 January 1969: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933, a DC-8-62 (named ''Sverre Viking''), crashed in Santa Monica Bay while on approach to Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States due to poor CRM resulting in an unintentional descent.〔 Fifteen of the 45 on board were killed. ;17 October 1969: A Seaboard World Airlines DC-8-63CF (registration N8634) was destroyed by fire after it overran the runway at Oakland International Airport, California, United States following an aborted landing during a training flight; all five crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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