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The first fatal aviation accident?

According to the lede;

The first fatal aviation accident occurred on 10th May 1785, when a hot air balloon crashed in the town of Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. The town was seriously damaged from the resultant fire that burned down over 130 homes.

Following the link I haven't found a number for how many died. In fact, I'm not sure if it it was a 'fatal' accident at all.
The first? Or just the first recorded accident? The source says that it could be described as the first air disaster in history, so there is doubt.

Just a heads-up; the source is a local history group located in Tullamore, where the event occurred, so you might expect them to exaggerate the story somewhat.

Besides, surely the first fatal aviation accident was Icarus? Although I'm not sure if the citations would satisfy WP:RS

WendlingCrusader (talk) 17:39, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A)

This is described in this article as a non-government organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, compiles statistics on aviation accidents .

But what exactly is its status? As far as I can tell it is a website run by one person (Ronan Hubert) who has a full-time career in aviation de-icing at Geneva Airport, and a part-time career in aviation safety, writing four books, appearing on TV a few times, and running BAA-ACRO.com. It is a very useful site, and one that I would happily cite here on wikipedia, up to a point.

My sister has a website that compiles recipes for fudge-brownies, and you could probably dress it up and describe her site as a non-government organisation. Or maybe not. Does anybody have anything more that explains why BAAA-ACRO.com is noteworthy? I'm sure Ronan is an excellent 'expert witness' when a local TV station needs someone to talk about a recent accident, but I do not see any evidence that he has been involved in any crash investigation in a professional capacity, and to present BAAA-ACRO as a 'non-government organisation' might be a stretch.

What have I missed? WendlingCrusader (talk) 13:14, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]