List of flight accidents 1950 to 1959

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This is a partial list of flight accidents from 1950 to 1959 in the operation of commercial aircraft. For other periods, see lists of flight accidents.

For military aviation accidents see list of aviation accidents (military aviation) until 1980.

For flight accidents of General Aviation aircraft, see List of Flight Accidents (General Aviation).

Entries with own articles in Wikipedia are marked with (A).

List

1950
January 10 – A Douglas DC-3/C-47B-1-DK of the French Air Nolis (F-BEFQ aircraft) crashed at the airport of Zinder (French West Africa, now Niger). The plane was irreparably damaged. Nothing is known about personal injury.

January 21 – A Douglas DC-3/C-47 of TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM-10) crashed in bad weather near Vacas (Bolivia), 60 kilometres east-south-east of the destination airport Cochabamba. All 32 passengers, four crew members and 28 passengers, were killed, as was a woman on the ground.

January 22 – A Douglas DC-4-1009 of the French Air France (F-BBDB) burned out at the Paris-Orly airport (France). A dropped, broken light bulb lit a collection vessel for fuel and oil, which first caught the left wing fire. People were not harmed. The plane was irreparably damaged.

January 24 – A Douglas DC-3/C-47A-50-DL of the French Société Transatlantique Aérienne (STA) (F-BFGD) was flown against a 4600 foot (190 meters) high mountain, 48 kilometers west of Tamatave Airport. The plane came from the airport Antananarivo-Arivonimano (Madagascar). This CFIT (Controlled flight into terrain) killed all 14 occupants, three crew members and 11 passengers.

January 25 – A Douglas DC-3/C-47A-25-DK of Indian Airways (India) (VT-CPQ) crashed during the take-off from Shella Airstrip (India). The machine was to fly with a load of oranges from Assam to Calcutta. At the start, she first sled and then crashed. Two of the three crew members of the cargo flight were killed.

January 30 – A Douglas DC-3/C-47B-15-DK of the French Air Nolis (F-BEIH) crashed at Le Treport (Département Seine-Maritime). The plane was irreparably damaged. Nothing is known about personal injury.

February 2 – A Douglas DC-3 of Dutch KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (PH-TEU) crashed on a cargo flight to London 65 km off the Dutch coast into the North Sea. The three regular crew members and all four trainees were killed.

February 5 – A Douglas DC-4 (C-54A) from Israel’s El Al (4X-ACD) slipped off the runway during takeoff at Tel Aviv Lod Airport and caught fire. All 50 inmates survived the incident.

February 16 – A Douglas DC-3A of Air France (F-BAOD) arrived upon landing on the flight