Editing 1985 (section)

===August===
* [[August 2]] – [[Delta Air Lines Flight 191]] crashes near [[Dallas, Texas]], United States, killing 137 people.
* [[August 12]] – [[Japan Air Lines Flight 123]] crashes in Japan, killing 520 people, including Japanese singer [[Kyu Sakamoto]]; it is the worst single-aircraft disaster in aviation history.<ref name="aviation-safety.net">{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747SR-46 JA8119 Ueno|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850812-1|access-date=October 23, 2023|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – The [[Accomarca massacre]] takes place in [[Ayacucho]], [[Peru]].
* [[August 22]] – [[British Airtours Flight 28M]]: The 737's left engine catches fire while on its takeoff roll at [[Manchester Airport]] in the UK and 55 people are killed while trying to evacuate the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Service held to mark 1985 Manchester air disaster|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11050362|work=BBC News|date=22 August 2010|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808]] crashes in the United States, killing all 8 on board, including thirteen-year-old American celebrity schoolgirl [[Samantha Smith]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Andropov's Pal Samantha Smith Dies in Plane Crash|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-26-mn-26337-story.html|access-date=14 May 2017|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|agency=Associated Press|date=26 August 1985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310124254/http://articles.latimes.com/1985-08-26/news/mn-26337_1_samantha-smith|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>