2002 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2002:
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[edit] Events
A depression in North American commercial aviation begins in the aftermath of economic recession and the September 11 attacks.
[edit] January
- January 5 – A Cessna 172 piloted by high-school student Charles J. Bishop crashes into the side of the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa, Florida, killing the teenager and damaging an office.
- January 16 – Both engines of a Boeing 737-3Q8 operating as Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 with 60 people on board flame out while the aircraft is flying through a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail during an Indonesian domestic flight from Ampenan on Lombok to Yogyakarta on Java. Unable to restart the engines, the pilots attempt to ditch the aircraft in the Bengawan Solo River on Java. A flight attendant is sucked from the aircraft after it strikes a rock; she is the only fatality.
[edit] March
- March 4 - Ansett (Mark II) permanently ceases operations.
- March 8 - A Portuguese Air Force 201 Squadron F-16 crashes in Monte Real while landing, killing the pilot.
- March 31 - Swiss International Air Lines begins operations, taking over many routes from bankrupt Swissair.
[edit] April
- April 9 - A Portuguese Air Force 552 Squadron Alouette III crashes, killing the three crewman.
- April 15 - Air China Flight 129 a Boeing 767, crashes at a mountainside near Busan. 128 of 166 on board are killed.
- April 18 The crash happened when a Rockwell Commander A112 crashed on 17:48 (local time)into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower. The crash killed the pilot Fasulos and four others in the building. Sixty more people sustained injuries in the building and on the ground.
[edit] May
- May 4 – EAS Airlines Flight 4226 a BAC One-Eleven, crashes shortly after takeoff in Kano. 75 on board and 73 on the ground are killed.
- May 7 – EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737-566, crashes near Tunis, Tunisia, killing 14 of the 62 people on board.
- May 25 – China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200B, breaks apart in flight and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, killing all 225 passengers and crew. An investigation blames the accident on metal fatigue caused by inadequate maintenance 22 years earlier.
[edit] July
- July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, collides with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, over Germany, killing all 69 on the Tu-154 and the two pilots on the DHL 757.
- July 1 – The captain and first officer of America West Flight 556, an Airbus A319 with 132 people on board, are arrested at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, for being legally drunk just after pushback from the gate for a flight to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. They later are jailed.
- July 4 – An Egyptian-American man, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, opens fire on the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, killing two Israelis and wounding four other people before an El Al security guard shoots him to death.
- July 7-14 – The 15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship takes place in Zagreb, Croatia. The individual winners are 1. Lubos Hajek (Czech Republic, in a Cessna 152), 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland, in a Cessna 152), 3. Predrag Crnko (Croatia, in a Cessna 150). Team winners are 1. the Czech Republic, 2. Poland, 3. Croatia.
- July 17 – Midway Airlines suspends operations.
- July 27 – A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show in Sknyliv near Lviv, Ukraine, killing 77.
- July 29 - Vanguard Airlines ceases operations. The next day it files for reorganization under Chapter 11 of United States bankruptcy law.
- July-December – Italian conservationist and pilot Angelo d'Arrigo guides a flock of 10 endangered Western Siberian cranes bred in captivity with a foot-launched powered hang glider 5,500 km ( miles) from the Arctic Circle in Siberia across Kazakhstan to the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran, avoiding Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he feared the birds would fall victim to the abundant guns there.
[edit] August
- August 10 - US Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- August 13 - Midway Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
[edit] October
- October 18 - Boeing reveals its Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator, which has conducted a number of flights during the period 1996 to 1999.
[edit] November
- November 6 - National Airlines, already operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, permanently ceases operations.
- November 18 - American Airlines and British Airways announce plans to codeshare some transatlantic flights, but the partnership is heavily restricted by US regulators.
[edit] December
- December 9 - United Airlines files for Chapter 11 reorganization, the largest airline bankruptcy in US history.
[edit] First flights
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[edit] January
- January 15 - Millennium Jet SoloTrek XFV
- January 15 - Airbus A318
- January 23 - IITB PADD Micro airship
[edit] February
- February 11 - Airbus A340-500
- February 16 - WD D5 Evolution
- February 19 - Embraer 170
- February 27 - Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign
- February ?? - Socata TBM 700C2
[edit] March
- March 4 - Van's RV-9
- March 7 - Aviat Husky Pup
- March 28 - AATG AT-10 airship
[edit] April
- April 4 - Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk
- April 21 - Irkut A-002
- April 26 - Extra 500
- April 29 - Saab JAS 39C Gripen
[edit] May
- May 18 - Tomair Cobra Arrow
- May 22 - Zlin Z 400 Rhino
- May 22 - Boeing X-45
- May 29 - Aceair Aeriks A-200
- May 31 - Toyota TAA-1
[edit] June
- June 1 - Aero L159B
- June 22 - Tupolev Tu-214VSSN
- June 28 - CAC J-10
- June 30 - 21st Century Airships SPAS-R1
[edit] July
- July 1 - Pilatus PC-21
- July 9 - CargoLifter Scala
- July 11 - Adam A500
- July 18 - Boeing YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL)
- July 31 - Boeing 747-400ER
[edit] August
- August 1 - Scaled Composites White Knight
- August 5 - BAE Systems Hawk NDA
- August 20 - KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
- August 26 - Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500
- August 31 - Learjet 40
[edit] September
- September 18 - GE90-115B, world's most powerful jet engine
- September 20 - BAE Systems Harrier GR Mk 7A
[edit] November
- November 9 - MVEN MVEN-1 Fermer
- November 30 - Sauper Aviation Papango
[edit] December
- December 9 - Diamond Twin Star
- December 12 - Grob G 140TP
[edit] Entered service
[edit] March
- March 18 - HAL Dhruv with the Indian Coast Guard
[edit] References
- ^ Jackson, Paul (2003). "First Flights". Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004: p. 30–31. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
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