2006 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2006:
[edit] Events
[edit] January
[edit] February
- February 1 – UAL. Corp, United Airlines' parent company emerges from bankruptcy after being in such position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
- February 11 – Steve Fossett broke the record for absolute longest distance flight without landing by taking off from Kennedy Space Center on February 8, heading around the world eastbound, and then upon returning to Florida airspace, continued across the Atlantic for a second time to land in Bournemouth, England after a 76 hour 43 minute flight covering 42,469.46 km.
- February 16 – Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.
- July 7 – Antonov An-12B operated as Mango Airlines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had engine failure after departure from Goma for Kisangani, and crashed into a hill and burned 10 km NW of Sake, DRC on return to Goma, killing all 6 aboard. (Reg RA-11338 was sold to Angola as D2-FRC in May 2000, then 9U-BHN and later 9Q-CVT)
- July 8 – Aerospace scientists in Toronto conduct the first confirmed flight of a manned ornithopter operating under its own power.
- July 9 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes in Irkutsk, Russia, killing at least 118 people of the 192 on the plane.
- July 10 – All 45 passengers aboard Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688, a Fokker F27 Friendship, die in a crash on takeoff in Multan, Pakistan. Following the crash, the Pakistan International withdraws all of its Fokker aircraft from service and replaces them with ATR aircraft.
- July 21–26 – the 17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship is held in Troyes, France. Individual winners are 1. Krzysztof Wieczorek (Poland) in a 3Xtrim, 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland) in a Cessna 152, 3. Krzysztof Skrętowicz (Poland) in a 3Xtrim. Team winners are 1. Poland, 2. Czech Republic, 3. France.
- July 26–31 – The 15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship takes place in Troyes, France. Individual winners are Wacław Wieczorek/Michał Wieczorek (Poland), Jiří Filip/Michal Filip (Czech Republic), and Petr Opat/Tomas Rajdl (Czech Republic). Team winners are 1. Czech Republic, 2. Poland, and 3. France.
[edit] August
- August 10 – British authorities announce that a plot to simultaneously denonate bombs smuggled in hand luggage aboard ten airliners bound for the United States over the Atlantic Ocean has been foiled.[1] Tightened security measures in the United Kingdom and United States and flight cancellations which happen afterwards cause severe chaos at several London airports.
- August 22 – A Tupolev Tu-154 plane carrying 160 passengers and 10 crew from southern Russia to Saint Petersburg crashes in eastern Ukraine
- August 25 – Rollout of the first Block 20 RQ-4 Global Hawk at Northrop Grumman's Plant 42 manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California.
- August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, a Bombardier CRJ100 ER carrying 47 passengers and three crew members, attempts to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, using the wrong runway. The runway is too short, and the aircraft runs off the end of the runway and crashes without becoming airborne. The first officer survives in critical condition; the other 49 people on board die.
- August 27 – The Boeing 737-900ER/9GP, is unveiled, with the first operator being Lion Air.
[edit] September
- One of five existing Aerocar flying cars is put up for sale for $3.5 million [1]
- September 1 – An Iran Air Tours Tu-154 carrying 148 people crashes while attempting to land in Mashad, Iran killing 29 people.
- September 6 – Frontier Airlines operated a new airline named Lynx Aviation (United States).
- September 22 – Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213) retires the last Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter, an F-14D, from United States Navy service. During a U.S. Navy career of over 33 years, the F-14 has served as a long-range fleet air defense fighter, attack aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft, and scored five air-to-air kills, shooting down four Libyan Air Force fighters and an Iraqi helicopter. The F-14 remains in service only with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.[2]
- September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737, collides with an Embraer Legacy business jet and crashes in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Embraer Legacy, with seven on board, lands safely with no reported injuries. All 154 people on board the Boeing 737 perished.
[edit] October
- October 3 – Hakan Ekinci hijacks Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, a Boeing 737–400, over Greece, demanding to be flown to Rome, Italy, to speak to Pope Benedict XVI. Greek and Italian F-16 Fighting Falcons escort the plane to a landing in Brindisi, Italy, where Ekinci is arrested. No one is injured in the incident.
- October 10 – Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a BAe 146, slides off the runway at Stord, Norway killing four of the 16 people on board.
- October 11 – New York Yankees baseball pitcher Cory Lidle's Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashes in New York City, killing Lidle and his flight instructor.
- October 25–26 – Oasis Hong Kong Airlines originally began service with initial service to London-Gatwick on the 25th but due to problems with rights flying over Russia, the initial flight OHK 700/O8 700 was delayed to the 26th.
- October 28 – Continental Airlines Flight 1883, a Boeing 757–224 with 154 people on board, mistakenly lands on a taxiway instead of a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. It rolls to a stop without incident.
- October 31 – ajet, formerly Helios Airways, ceased operations.
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] First flights
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
- October 23 – Production CH-47F
[edit] December
[edit] Entered service
[edit] Retirements
[edit] References
- ^ "Today in History," The Washington Post Express, August 10, 2011, p. 30.
- ^ Polmar, Norman, "Historic Aircraft: A Premier Fighter," Naval History, April 2012, p. 14.
- ^ Polmar, Norman, "Historic Aircraft: A Premier Fighter," Naval History, April 2012, p. 14.
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