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-related events from 2007.


Events


January

*1 January **After its pilots became preoccupied with troubleshooting the
inertial navigation system An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning th ...
, inadvertently disconnect the
autopilot An autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allow ...
, and lose control of the aircraft,
Adam Air Flight 574 Adam Air Flight 574 (KI574 or DHI574) was a scheduled domestic Airline, passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesia, Indonesian cities of Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, an ...
, a
Boeing 737-400 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
, crashes into the
Makassar Strait Makassar Strait () is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat P ...
near Polewali in
Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. **
Caribbean Airlines Caribbean Airlines Limited is the state-owned airline and flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco, the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, North America and South America from its base at P ...
begins operations, replacing
BWIA West Indies Airways BWIA West Indies Airways Limited, known locally as "Bee-Wee" and previously as British West Indian Airways and BWIA International Airways, was the flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. At the end of operations, BWIA was the largest airline operat ...
, which had shut down the previous day. *6 January –
BA Connect BA Connect was a regional airline and a wholly-owned subsidiary airline of British Airways. It was headquartered in Didsbury, Manchester, England, it operated a network of domestic and European services from a number of airports in the United ...
,
easyJet EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlin ...
,
XL Airways UK XL Airways was a British low-cost charter and scheduled airline, which ceased operations when it went into Administration (insolvency), administration on 12 September 2008. Its headquarters were in Crawley, West Sussex, near Gatwick Airport, L ...
,
Thomsonfly Thomsonfly Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of TUI AG's plans to expand its business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. After TUI UK merged with First Choice Holidays in September 2007, it ...
,
Thomas Cook Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. It s ...
,
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Balkan Bulgarian Airlines () was Bulgaria's government-owned flag carrier airline between 1947 and 2002. During the 1970s, the airline became a significant European carrier. The company encountered financial instability following the fall of co ...
,
First Choice Airways First Choice Airways Limited (originally Air 2000 Limited) was a British charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel plc, based in Crawley, England until its merger with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways (now TUI Airways) in 2008. It ...
,
Air Malta Air Malta, stylized as airmalta, was a Maltese airline headquartered in Luqa and based at Malta International Airport. It operated services as the country's flag carrier to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Air Malta ...
,
KLM Cityhopper KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM, headquartered in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands. It is based at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. As a subsidiary of Air France–KLM, it is an affiliate of SkyTeam. The airli ...
and
SN Brussels Airlines SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) was the flag carrier of Belgium, which mainly operated from Brussels Airport. SNBA was the trading name of the Belgian airline Delta Air Transport. SNBA was a full-service airline, connecting Brussels with the rest ...
cancel all their flights to and from Bristol International Airport in
North Somerset North Somerset is a unitary authorities of England, unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The council is based in Weston-super-Mare, the area's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Clevedon, Nailsea ...
,
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
, in a row over runway safety. *9 January – An Antonov An-26B of AerianTur-M crashes while attempting to land at
Balad Air Base Balad Air Base () , is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle north of Baghdad, Iraq. Built in the early 1980s, it was originally named Al-Bakr Air Base. In 2003 the base was captured by the United States Armed Force ...
in Balad, Iraq, killing 34 of the 35 people aboard. Officials blame the crash on fog, but some witnesses say that they saw a
surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...
strike the aircraft, and the
Islamic Army in Iraq The Islamic Army in Iraq (, IAI) was an underground Islamist militant organization formed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led Coalition forces, and the subsequent collapse of the Ba'athist regime headed by Saddam Hussein. ...
claims to have shot it down. *16 January –
Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...
aircraft and
Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...
helicopter gunship A gunship is a military aircraft armed with heavy aircraft guns, primarily intended for attacking ground targets either as airstrike or as close air support. In modern usage the term "gunship" refers to fixed-wing aircraft having laterally-mo ...
s strike Zamzola in
South Waziristan South Mahsud Waziristan District () was a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan D ...
,
Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
, killing 25 to 30 Islamic militants. *22 January – The government of
Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...
establishes the '' Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Togo'' ("National Agency of Civil Aviation of Togo") as Togo's national civil aviation authority. It replaces the ''Direction de l’Aviation Civile'' ("Directorate of Civil Aviation").


February

*21 February ** Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-33A with 149 people on board, suffers a bent fuselage – the fuselage cracking in the center of the passenger cabin – when it makes a hard landing at
Juanda International Airport Juanda International Airport is an international airport, international joint-use airport located in Sedati, Sedati District, Sidoarjo Regency, Sidoarjo, Indonesia. It is now the List of the busiest airports in Indonesia, third busiest airport ...
in
Sidoarjo Sidoarjo Regency () is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. It is bordered by Surabaya City and Gresik Regency to the north, by Pasuruan Regency to the south, by Mojokerto Regency to the west, and by the Madura Strait to the east. It has a l ...
,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
, near
Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...
. Some of those aboard suffer minor injuries, but there are no fatalities. Adam Air's other six Boeing 737s are grounded immediately. **The
Lebanese Army The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; ), also known as the Lebanese Army (), is the national military of the Republic of Lebanon. It consists of three branches, the ground forces, the air force, and the navy. The motto of the Lebanese Armed Forces is ...
fires at an
Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; , commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Indep ...
unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, but rather is controlled remotely or is autonomous.De Gruyter Handbook of Dron ...
(UAV) flying over southern
Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
south of Tyre, claiming it is violating both Lebanese sovereignty and the terms of the ceasefire that ended the
2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...
. The UAV is not damaged. It is the first time that the Lebanese armed forces have fired at an Israeli aircraft since the end of the war in August 2006.


March

*7 March –
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200/GIA200) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-400 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The aircraft overran the runway, crashed into a rice field and burst ...
, a Boeing 737-497, crashes and bursts into flames on landing at
Adisucipto International Airport Adisutjipto Airport or Adisucipto Airport is a minor domestic airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. It was formerly the principal international airport serving this area. The airport is located in the Sleman Reg ...
at
Yogyakarta Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by Hamengkubuwono, a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an importan ...
on
Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
in Indonesia, killing 21 of the 140 people on board. *9 March – On final approach to a landing at Mogadishu International Airport in
Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...
, Somalia, during the Battle of Mogadishu, a
TransAVIAexport Airlines TAE Avia, formerly named TransAVIAexport Airlines, is a Belarusian national cargo airline. It is based at Minsk International Airport in Belarus, with a hub at Sharjah International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates. History TransAVIAexpor ...
Ilyushin Il-76TD The Ilyushin Il-76 (; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12. ...
with a crew of nine and six
Uganda People's Defence Force The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–4 ...
soldiers serving as peacekeepers aboard as passengers is struck by a
rocket-propelled grenade A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), also known colloquially as a rocket launcher, is a Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon that launches rockets equipped with a Shaped charge, shaped-charge explosive warhead. Most RPGs can ...
apparently fired from a boat that the aircraft passed over at an altitude of . It catches fire, but lands at the airport without injury to anyone on board. *12 March – The first two Joint Fighter-17 aircraft are delivered to the
Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...
. *15 March – The
Government of Argentina The government of Argentina, within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential system, presidential Representative democracy, representative democratic republic. The president of Argentina is both head of state and head of government. ...
establishes the
National Civil Aviation Administration The National Civil Aviation Administration (), otherwise known by its local initialism ANAC, is the civil aviation authority of Argentina. It was created by a presidential decree on 15 March 2007 to succeed the Argentine Air Force in its function ...
as Argentina's national civil aviation authority. It replaces the
Argentine Air Force The Argentine Air Force (, or simply ''FAA'') is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military and 6,900 civilian personnel. FAA commander in chief is Brigadie ...
in this role. *17 March – Landing at Samara Kurumoch Airport near
Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...
, Russia, in heavy fog, UTair Flight 471, a Tupolev Tu-134A3 with 57 people on board, touches down short of the runway. The left
wing A wing is a type of fin that produces both Lift (force), lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform (aeronautics), planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-d ...
separates and the aircraft bounces and flips over. Although no fire breaks out, the crash kills six and injures 20 of the people on board. *23 March – Shortly after takeoff from Mogadishu International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, during the Battle of Mogadishu, a TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft experiences an engine problem. While it attempts to return to the airport, one of its
wing A wing is a type of fin that produces both Lift (force), lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform (aeronautics), planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-d ...
s explodes, separates from the aircraft, and falls into the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...
. The aircraft crashes on the outskirts of Mogadishu, killing all 11 people on board. The
Government of Somalia The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS; , DFS; ) is the internationally recognised government of Somalia, and the longest running attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic in 1991. It ...
claims that the crash was an accident, while the
Government of Belarus The Government of the Republic of Belarus (), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (), is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and is appointed by the President of Belarus. The head of the Government ...
and at least one eyewitness said that a
surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...
shot the Il-76 down. *27 March – The last
Airbus A300 The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first Twinjet, twin-engine, double-aisle Wide-body aircraft, (wide-body) airliner. It was developed by ''Airbus Industrie GIE'', now merged into Airbus SE, and manufactured f ...
leaves the
Airbus Airbus SE ( ; ; ; ) is a Pan-European aerospace corporation. The company's primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate Airbus Defence and Space, defence and space and Airbus Helicopters, he ...
assembly line.


April

* 1 April **
Japan Airlines Japan Airlines (JAL) is the flag carrier airline of Japan. JAL is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport, Narita and Haneda Airport, Haneda airports, as well as secondary hubs in Osaka's Kansai ...
,
J-Air J-Air is a Japanese regional airline with its headquarters at Itami Airport near Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan and its main base at Itami Airport. J-Air previously had its headquarters in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Its operations include sch ...
, JAL Express,
JALways , formerly , was an international airline registered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, with its headquarters and its airline hub, main hub at Narita International Airport. The airline had a secondary hub at Osaka's Kansai Internationa ...
,
Japan Asia Airways (JAA) was a subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL) founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow Japan Airlines to continue flying to Taiwan from Japan. ...
,
Japan Transocean Air Japan Transocean Air (JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as ''Southwest Air Lines''. ...
, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador,
Malév Hungarian Airlines MALÉV Ltd. (), which did business as MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (, abbreviated ''MALÉV'', ), was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until 2012. Its head office was in Budapest, with its main hub at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airpor ...
, and
Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian Airlines (formerly known as Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines) is the flag carrier of Jordan with its head office in the capital, Amman. The airline operates scheduled international services over four continents from its main base at ...
join the
Oneworld Oneworld (Computer reservations system, CRS: *O, stylised as oneworld) is a global airline alliance consisting of 14 member airlines. It was founded on 1 February 1999. The alliance's stated objective is to be the first choice airline alliance f ...
airline alliance An airline alliance is an aviation industry arrangement between two or more airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level. Alliances may provide marketing branding to facilitate travelers making inter-airline codeshare agreement, codeshare ...
. Although
Aer Lingus Aer Lingus ( ; an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish , meaning "air fleet") is an Irish airline company which is the flag carrier of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 201 ...
exits the alliance on the same day, the additions expand the Oneworld network to almost 700 airports in nearly 150 countries served by 9,000 daily departures. ** The
Government of Latvia The government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia () defines Latvia as a parliamentary republic represented by a unicameral parliament (Saeima) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republ ...
's Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau of the Republic of Latvia, the forerunner of the country's
Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau The Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau (TAIIB, ) is a government agency of Latvia that investigates transport accidents and incidents. It has its head office in Riga.
, takes on the responsibility for investigating
railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
accidents and incidents. * 17 April – The airline go! begins operations, providing interisland service in
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
. * 21 April – During an
air show An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are trade fair, exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without which they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The ...
at
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort or MCAS Beaufort is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) air base located northwest of the central business district of Beaufort, South Carolina, Beaufort, a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Beaufort C ...
, the pilot of an
F/A-18 Hornet The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twinjet, twin-engine, carrier-based aircraft, carrier-capable, Multirole combat aircraft, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a Fighter aircraft, fighter and attack airc ...
of the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
(USN)
Blue Angels The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a Aerobatics, flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy.. Blue Angels official site. Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatics ...
flight demonstration squadron loses consciousness during a low-altitude, high-G maneuver. The F/A-18 crashes, killing him, striking homes and ground vehicles, and injuring eight people on the ground. * 27 April **An air-to-ground missile strike against the village of Saidgi in
North Waziristan North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...
,
Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
, near the border with
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
kills four people. The United States and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental transnational military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermat ...
(NATO) both deny involvement. **A
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
n military
Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union, Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the ...
helicopter carrying 15
special forces Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
troops, two liaison officers, and a crew of three crashes in mountainous terrain near Shatoy in
Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...
, killing all 20 people on board. It is the Russian military's deadliest aviation accident since August 2002. **The
Government of Portugal A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...
establishes the
National Institute of Civil Aviation of Portugal The Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (), often shortened to ''ANAC'', is the civil aviation authority of Portugal. It oversees all aspects of civil aviation within the Portuguese territory and all its dependencies. The ''ANAC'' was create ...
(''Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil, I.P.'') to serve as
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
's national civil aviation authority. It replaces the National Institute of Civil Aviation (''Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil''), which is abolished on this date. * 30 April ** The
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
and the United States sign the initial phase of the
EU–US Open Skies Agreement The EU–US Open Skies Agreement is an open skies air transport agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). The agreement allows any airline of the European Union and any airline of the United States to fly between ...
at a ceremony in
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
The agreement allows any airline of the EU and any airline of the US to fly between any point in the EU and any point in the US. It also allows airlines of the US to fly between points in the EU, and airlines of the EU to fly between the US and non-EU countries like
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. The agreement is to become effective on 30 March 2008.


May

* During the month, the final assembly of the first
Boeing 787 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, wh ...
begins. * 2 May – Compass Airlines, a
subcontractor A subcontractor is a person or business which undertakes to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract, and a subcontract is a contract which assigns part of an existing contract to a subcontractor. A general contractor, prime ...
regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...
for
Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it Delta Air Lines–Northwest Airlines merger, merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. The merger made Delta the largest airline ...
, begins flight operations with a single
Bombardier CRJ200 The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) are regional jets designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991 and 2006, the first of the Bombardier CRJ family. The ''Canadair Regional Jet'' (CRJ) pr ...
. The first flight is from
Washington Dulles International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport ( ) – commonly known by its former name of Dulles International Airport, by its airport code of IAD, or simply as Dulles Airport – is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located w ...
in
Fairfax County Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington ...
,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in
Hennepin County Hennepin County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,281,565, and was estimated to be 1,273,334 in 2024, making it the List of counties in ...
,
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
. * 5 May – Kenya Airways Flight 507, a Boeing 737-8AL bound for
Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
,
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, crashes into a swamp just after takeoff from
Douala International Airport Douala International Airport () is an international airport located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. With its 4 terminals and an average of 1.5 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of frei ...
outside
Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...
,
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
, killing all 114 people on board. * 6 May – A
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plane operating in support of the
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force along the border between
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and
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attempts an emergency landing on a desert road on Egypt's
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, collides with a truck, and is destroyed, killing all nine people on board. * 17 May – A Let L-410UVP Turbolet cargo aircraft suffers an engine fire just after takeoff from Walikale in the
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. While trying to return to the airstrip, it crashes in a forest, killing all three people on board. * 26 May –
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(operating as
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) Flight 5741, an
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with 12 people on board, nearly collides with
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(operating as
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) Flight 4912, an Embraer E-Jet family, Embraer 170 Regional Jet with 15 people on board, at the intersection of two runways at San Francisco International Airport in South San Francisco, California, South San Francisco, California. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration describes it as the most serious incident of its kind in at least a decade. * 30 May – ''N898AT'', one of only two remaining Aviation Traders Carvair, ATL-98 Carvairs, crashes at Nixon Fork Mine near McGrath, Alaska, McGrath, Alaska.


June

* 1 June – A Tanzania People's Defence Force Short C-23 Sherpa develops dual engine failure on approach to land at Dodoma Airport in Dodoma, Tanzania, and crash-lands in the Kizota area of Dodoma. All 13 people aboard survive. * 3 June – A Paramount Airlines
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helicopter carrying a Russian crew of two and 20 Togolese Association football, football fans returning from watching
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's national team play that of Sierra Leone 2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, crashes near Lungi International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone, Lungi, Sierra Leone. Togolese Ministry of Sports, Minister of Sport Richard Attipoe is among the dead. * 4 June – A Martinair Cessna 550 Citation II air ambulance carrying organs for a transplant patient and with two physicians (David A. Ashburn, MD, Martin Spoor, MD), two organ procurement specialists (Richard Chenault, II, Ricky LaPensee) and a crew of two (Dennis Hoyes, Bill Serra) aboard crashes into Lake Michigan northeast of General Mitchell International Airport, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All aboard the plane die. * 19 June – An explosion near Mami Rogha in
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,
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, just across the border from
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kills at least 20 people. Eyewitnesses claim to have seen an American
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flying nearby over Afghanistan fire air-to-ground missiles at the site of the explosion, but the US and NATO deny involvement and Pakistans government claims that Islamic militants accidentally caused the explosion while building bombs. * 21 June – An overloaded Let L-410UVP Turbolet listed as operated by both Free Airlines and the supposedly defunct Karibu Airways 2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash, crashes just after takeoff from Kamina Airport in Kamina,
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, and comes to rest inverted in a swamp. The crash kills Mbuyu Mibanga, a member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the other 21 people on board survive, but 12 of them suffer injuries. * 24 June – During the Galway Air Show in Galway, Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the door from a hovering Royal Air Force helicopter detaches and falls into a large crowd below, injuring three people on the ground. * 25 June – PMTair Flight 241, an Antonov An-24, Antonov An-24B, crashes in southwestern Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board. * 28 June – A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737, Boeing 737-2M2 touches down short of the runway at Mbanza Congo Airport in Mbanza Congo, Angola. Its right landing gear collapses, and it collides with cars and strikes two buildings before coming to rest. The crash kills one person on the ground and five of the 78 people on board. * 29 June – Three
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s strike the Fokker 100 carrying Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast Guillaume Soro just after it lands at Bouaké Airport in Bouake, Ivory Coast. One grenade penetrates the fuselage, killing four people and seriously injuring five others. Soro survives the attack.


July

* 1 July – The
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's Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau of the Republic of Latvia is renamed the
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, reflecting its 2007 in aviation#April, April assumption of the responsibility for investigating
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accidents and incidents as well as aviation accidents. * 5 July ** A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan attempting a go-around after a mistaken attempt to land downwind at Connemara Airport in Inverin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, fails to gain altitude, strikes a mound with its left wing, cartwheels, and crashes. The crash kills the pilot and one passenger and injures the other seven people on board. ** A North American Sabreliner, North American CT-39A Sabreliner cargo aircraft operated by Jett Paqueteria suffers a blown tire during takeoff at Bachigualato Federal International Airport in Culiacan, Mexico. The Sabreliner continues off the end of the runway and onto the Culiacán-Navolato, Sinaloa, Navolato highway, where it strikes several cars. The crash kills all three people on the aircraft and seven people on the ground. * 8 July – Boeing rolls out the
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at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington, Everett, Washington (state), Washington. * 17 July – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054, an Airbus A320 family, Airbus A320-233, fails to slow down normally upon landing at São Paulo–Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. It overruns the runway, crosses a road, crashes into a four-story TAM Cargo, TAM Express building, and explodes, starting a large fire. The deadliest aviation accident in Brazil's history, the crash kills all 187 people on the airliner and 12 people on the ground. * 27 July – As five television news helicopters cover a Car chase, police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, two of them – both Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Eurocopter AS350 AStar helicopters, one belonging to KNXV-TV and the other to KTVK, and each with two people on board – 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision, collide in Mid-air collision, mid-air above Steele Indian School Park and crash. All four people in the two helicopters die. *28 July – American Aerobatics, aerobatic pilot Jim LeRoy is killed in the crash of his Pitts Special, Pitts S2S Bulldog II during an aerobatic performance at the Dayton Air Show at Dayton International Airport outside Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio.planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 2000s
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August

* 7 August – A 2007 Georgia missile incident, missile lands, but does not explode, in the Georgian-government-controlled village of Tsitelubani, Georgia (country), Georgia. Authorities there claim that two Russian jets violated Georgian airspace and fired the missile at a nearby Georgian radar outpost, while Russian and South Ossetian authorities accuse Georgia of staging a false flag operation to provoke tension in the region. Two investigative groups from NATO countries report that the jet which fired the missile entered Georgian airspace from Russia, but Russia rejects this conclusion. * 8 August **Virgin America begins operations. **At Edwards Air Force Base, United States Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne announces the certification of B-52 Stratofortress, B-52H Stratofortresses of the United States Air Force (USAF) to fly on a fuel made of a blend of conventional JP-8 jet fuel and Fischer–Tropsch process, Fischer–Tropsch fuel made from coal. The U.S. Air Force next plans to seek the same certification for its C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. * 9 August – Air Moorea Flight 1121, a
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, suddenly noses over shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia and crashes into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 20 people on board. * 20 August – China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737-809 with 165 people on board, catches fire after landing at Naha Airport on Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan. There are no fatalities; three people on the aircraft and one member of the ground crew are injured. * 20 August – Loch Lomond Seaplanes launches scheduled services from Glasgow Seaplane Terminal to Oban in Scotland. * 29–30 August * A 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, nuclear weapons incident occurs when six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80 (nuclear warhead), W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, are mistakenly loaded onto a USAF Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on 29 August, and flown to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, on 30 August in violation of various mandatory security precautions for nuclear weapons. The incident has wide-ranging repercussions, including reforms in the handling procedures for nuclear weapons and the U.S. Air Force's creation in 2008 in aviation#October, October 2008 of a Air Force Global Strike Command, Global Strike Command to control all USAF nuclear bombers, nuclear missiles, and nuclear-associated personnel.


September

*1 September – Two Zlin Z-526 aircraft of the Polish Zelazny aerobatics team collide during a performance at the Radom Air Show in Radom, Poland, killing both pilots. *3 September – American aviation adventurer Steve Fossett disappears during a flight in a Bellanca American Champion Decathlon, Super Decathlon from the Flying-M Ranch near Smith Valley, Nevada, Smith Valley, Nevada. The wreckage of his plane and his remains are not found until 2008 in aviation#October, October 2008, allowing a determination that he had crashed into a granite cliff from Mammoth Lakes, California, Mammoth Lakes, California, at an altitude of . *13 September – In the "Celestial Eagle Remembrance Flight," USAF Captain (United States O-3), Captain Todd Pearson flies a Florida Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, F-15A Eagle based at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, on the 22nd anniversary of the "Celestial Eagle Flight," in which his father, retired U.S. Air Force Major General (United States), Major General (then Major (United States), Major) Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, had flown the same F-15A for a test launch of the ASM-135 ASAT, ASM-135 Anti-satellite weapon, anti-satellite missile on 13 September 1985 in which he became the only person in history to destroy a satellite with an aircraft-launched missile. *15 September – Scottish Ralying, rally driver Colin MacRae and his five-year-old son are among four people killed when the Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil he is piloting crashes near Lanark, Scotland. *16 September – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, McDonnell Douglas MD-82 ''HS-OMG'' carrying 123 passengers and 7 crew members, strikes an embankment adjacent to the runway while making a failed attempt to initiate a go-around at Phuket International Airport in Phuket (city), Phuket, Thailand. It crashes and catches fire, killing 89 of the people on board. *21 September – Fifteen-year-old List of wheel-well stowaway flights, stowaway Andrey Shcherbakov survives a flight in
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from Perm, Russia, Perm to Moscow inside a Boeing 737's wheel well, but suffers severe frostbite. *24 September – A Free Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet carrying seven people crashes on landing in Malemba-Nkulu Territory,
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, coming to rest in a cemetery. Five of the people on board suffer serious injuries, and one of the pilots dies shortly afterward.


October

* 4 October – An Antonov An-26 leased from Africa One (Congo), Africa One, operated by El Sam Airlift, and chartered by Malift Air loses a propeller shortly after taking off from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa,
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. One of its
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s strikes an obstacle and detaches before the aircraft 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, crashes into a market and comes to rest in a house. The crash kills 20 people on the aircraft, leaving one or two survivors, and 31 people on the ground. At least 30 more people suffer injuries. The country's President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, president, Joseph Kabila, fires its Ministry of Transport, transport minister after the accident.. * 15 October –
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delivers its first Airbus A380, A380 superjumbo jet. Singapore Airlines takes delivery of it. * 26 October – Philippine Airlines Flight 475, an Airbus A320, Airbus A320-214, overruns the runway on landing at Bancasi Airport in Butuan, the Republic of the Philippines, Philippines, and is destroyed when it plows into the tropical rainforest beyond the end of the runway. All 154 people on board survive.


November

* 2 November **Air Asia X, a Malaysian low-cost, long-haul airline and sister company of AirAsia, begins flight operations. Its first flight is from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Gold Coast Airport in Australia. **An
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fires missiles at a compound outside Miran Shah,
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,
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, killing five Islamic militants and injuring six other people. The US denies involvement. * 7 November – Nationwide Airlines Flight 723, a 737-200, had its right engine detached from the airframe during its Rotation (aeronautics), rotation. The pilots managed to safely maneuver the aircraft into landing at Cape Town International Airport, the airport which the flight had departed from, saving all 112 occupants onboard without injury. * 15 November – Delegates to the World Radiocommunication Conference, World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 declare the United States Governments use of airplanes to beam the signals of Radio y Televisión Martí, Radio Martí and TV Martí into Cuba to be illegal, stating "A radio broadcasting station that functions on board an aircraft and transmits only to the territory of another administration without its agreement cannot be considered in conformity with the radio communications regulations." The United States nonetheless continues the broadcasts. *28 November – German aviator Elly Beinhorn dies aged 100. *30 November – Atlasjet Flight 4203, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes on a hill outside Keçiborlu, Turkey, and breaks into two pieces, killing all 57 people on board.


December

*
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begins flight operations from Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland, its first base outside the Republic of Ireland. * 12 December – Air China and Shanghai Airlines become the first major People's Republic of China airlines to join the Star Alliance. * 21 December – Comac rolls out the ACAC ARJ21 Advanced Regional Jet. * 30 December – A Boeing 737-300 operating on charter as TAROM Flight 3107 with 123 people on board, strikes a maintenance car on the runway while taking off in thick fog at Henri Coandă International Airport at Otopeni, Romania. The plane is Write-off, written off, but there are no injuries or fatalities.


First flights


January

* 23 January – Lockheed CATBird


February

* 27 February – Bell 429 GlobalRanger


April

* 4 April – Diamond DA50 * 14 April – Comp Air CA-12


June

* 28 June – Rans S-19 Venterra * 29 June – Piasecki X-49


July

* 2 July – Eclipse 400 * 6 July – Epic Victory * 14 July – Dornier S-Ray 007 * 20 July – Boeing X-48 * 26 July – Embraer Phenom 100 Executive Jet (in São José dos Campos, Brazil)


August

* 3 August – Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye * 20 August – Freedom Aviation Phoenix * 22 August – Lisa Akoya * 23 August – Hawker 750


September

* 13 September – Tecnam P2006T * 28 September – Kawasaki P-1 * 30 September – DuPont Aerospace DP-1


October

* 26 October – Embraer Lineage 1000


December

* 21 December – OMA SUD Skycar


Entered service

* Sukhoi Su-30MKM with the Royal Malaysian Air Force


October

*25 October – The Airbus A380 with Singapore Airlines completed its first commercial flight, flying between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.


Retirements

* 25 October – The RQ-2 Pioneer by the Military of the United States, United States Armed Forces; its last American operator is USN VC-6, Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6))


Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was TAM Airlines Flight 3054, a Airbus A320 which crashed in a runway overrun in São Paulo, Brazil on 17 July, killing all 187 people on board, as well as 12 on the ground.


References

* {{Aviation timelines navbox 2007 in aviation, Aviation by year