What the records say
- When
- 4 Jul 1966
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.01° S, 174.79° E
- Description
- 1966 fatal air crash in Auckland
- Deaths
- 2
1966 Air New Zealand DC-8 crash
1966 aviation accident in New Zealand
On 4 July 1966, an Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 crashed on takeoff from Auckland International Airport on a training flight, killing 2 out of the 5 crew members on board. The crash was the first fatal accident in the history of Air New Zealand and the only accident to that date of a commercial airliner in New Zealand.
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