1988 Event Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board 1984 Event Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner 1980 Event Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1973 Event At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes 1972 Event Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 1970 Event Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport 1968 Event 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) 1966 Event Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die 1962 Event 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 1952 Event 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet 1939 Event NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight 1927 Event 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 1919 Event 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
