| DATE | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REG. | NOTES |
| 05.01.60 | V. Viscount | B.E.A. | G-AMNY | Hit the old control tower building situated between Parks 1 & 2. Pilot suffered slight injuries, with damage occurring to the control tower. NOTE – The upper part of the tower (i.e. the glass area) was dismantled in the nineties. The aircraft was described as “damaged beyond repair”. |
| 07.08.61 | V. Vanguard | B.E.A. | | Aircraft with 70 passengers on board burst the tyres on landing at Luqa Airport; no injuries reported. |
| 09.09.64 | Constellation | Skyways Ltd | | Aircraft forced to return to Luqa by engine problems. |
| 04.02.65 | L. 1049G Constellation | | 9G-28 | Diverted to Luqa Airport because of an unserviceable engine. Loaded with 200 boxes of 17,991 rounds of rifle ammunition, 40 boxes containing 115,200 rounds of sub-machine gun ammunition, 1000 rifles, 2 sub-machine guns, 1000 pouches and 100 parachutes, which were confiscated by the Maltese authorities. The (American) pilots were allowed to leave after paying a fine for a) contravening the Colonial Air Navigation Ordinance 1961, which stated that an aircraft may not be used for the carriage of munitions of war, and b) piloting a falsely-registered aircraft. Aircraft spent several moths impounded at Luqa, being allowed to leave a number of months later. Departure date unknown, but I’ve been informed it was a Saturday. |
| 16.11.65 | DH Comet | BEA | G-APMF | Aircraft collided with an RAF sweeper, and damaged right wing tip. |
| 20.11.66 | DH Comet | BEA | | Aircraft struck by lightning on flight to Malta. |
| __.12.67 | F. F-27 | Linair | OY-DNF | According to a report which appeared in The Times of Malta dated 12 December, the aircraft had been in Malta for “about 10 days” waiting the necessary permit to land in Libya. |
| 16.02.68 | L. 1049G Constellation | | 5T-TAF | Aircraft was carrying a cargo of tires for the Biafra war effort in Nigeria. Registration actually belonged to a Cessna. The crew was arrested, and – despite the objections of the Director of Civil Aviation – allowed out on bail. Crew promptly escaped from the island. Aircraft eventually sold by auction, and converted for use as a bar & restaurant, being officially inaugurated as such on 06.06.74. Aircraft eventually destroyed in arson attack, Jan 97. |
| 25.07.68 | | | | General Workers' Union (G.W.U.) calls for a 24 hour general strike but full support is not forthcoming. The Airport is badly hit by the strike and all Malta flights have been cancelled. |
| 02.01.69 | L. C-130 | | | Aircraft had arrived on 29.12.68. Crew, spending Christmas holidays in Malta, were asked to leave as the aircraft was taking up parking space. As the aircraft was on park 8, it is assumed this was a civilian operator. |
| __.__.__ | DH Comet | BEA | G-____ | Aircraft arrived on a flight from Gatwick with a blown tire. Second tire on the same bogey also blew up after the aircraft has arrived at its parking slot. Date for this incident as yet unknown. |