On this day — September 25

Japan.

a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.

Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.

armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.

a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.