1921: Edward Stinson and Lloyd Bertaud set a world endurance record of 26 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds flying a BMW-engined Junkers-Larsen over Roosevelt Field.

1972: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades after the pilots are distracted by a faulty lightbulb; 101 people die.

1975: A bomb explodes at LaGuardia airport, killing 11, injuring 74.

2012: Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268, a Tupolev Tu-204 on a repositioning flight, overruns the runway on landing at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport, then breaks apart and catches fire; five of the eight crew on board are killed in the first fatal accident involving the Tu-204.