This is a list of aviation-related events from 2009.

Events

During the year, the airlines Aeromak, City Link Air,

FlyMontserrat Montserrat Airways Ltd (MA LTD), trading as FlyMontserrat, is an airline with its headquarters at John A. Osborne Airport in Gerald's, Montserrat, British West Indies. The airline flies from Montserrat to and from Antigua, with their Britten ...

KentuckySkies KentuckySkies was a subsidiary of Pacific Wings founded in 2009. The carrier was offered to fly to the destinations stated below on an Essential Air Service contract. Also travelers can connect to sister carrier Georgia Skies at Hartsfield-Jackson ...

Mint Airways Mint Airways was an airline based in Madrid, Spain. History Mint Airways was founded on 3 June 2009 by Inter-Flights —part of the International Flights Network SA, a Spanish company with its headquarters in Madrid. It began operating charter ...

, and Trawel Fly are established, the airlines

Air Arabia Maroc Air Arabia Maroc ( ar, العربية للطيران المغرب) is a Moroccan low-cost airline, set up as a joint venture between various Moroccan investors and Air Arabia. Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of Mohammed V Int ...

Arik Niger Arik Niger was the Nigerien subsidiary of Arik Air based in Niamey, Niger. The airline suspended operations in February 2010. Destinations Arik Niger served the following destinations from Niamey before ceasing operations: *Benin **Cotonou - ...

, and

Nile Air Nile Air ( ar, النيل للطيران) is an Egyptian airline based at Cairo International Airport that operates scheduled services to destinations in Egypt and the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Southern Europe, Asia and Africa. Nile Air is t ...

commence flight operations, and

Sol Dominicana Airlines Sol Dominicana Airlines (also known as Sol Airlines) was a Dominican airline that operated charter flights from the Dominican Republic. The airline's main hub was La Romana International Airport. Destinations Sol Dominicana Airlines planned to o ...

ceases operations.

January

*The

Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
''The Wor ...

airline

Coral Sun Airways Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines (after flag carrier Air Kiribati), established in January 2009. The airline operated domestic service to all 17 airports in the Gilbert Islands, but stopped any regular service and offers on ...

is established. * The

Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic m ...

revokes the Operating Certificate of American airline

Air Tahoma Air Tahoma was an American cargo airline (Part 121) based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was established and started operations in 1996 in San Diego then later moved to Indianapolis in 1998 and to its last location at Rickenbacker Intern ...

. ;4 January * A

Caribair Caribair was an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It operated scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base was La Isabe ...

Cessna 550 Citation II The Cessna Citation II are light corporate jets built by Cessna as part of the Citation family. Stretched from the Citation I, the Model 550 was announced in September 1976, first flew on January 31, 1977, and was certified in March 1978. The ...

(N815MA) is substantially damaged at

Wilmington International Airport Wilmington International Airport is a public airport located just north of Wilmington, North Carolina, in unincorporated Wrightsboro, Cape Fear Township, New Hanover County. ILM covers 1,800 acres (728 ha). During the calendar year 2018 IL ...

, United States when it makes a wheels-up landing after running out of fuel. * A

Sikorsky S-76C Sikorsky or Sikorski may refer to: * Sikorsky (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Sikorsky (crater), a lunar crater * Sikorsky Aircraft, an American aircraft manufacturer People with the surname * Brian Sikorski (born 1974), Major League Baseball ...

helicopter strikes a

red-tailed hawk The red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'') is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members wit ...

seven minutes after taking off from

Amelia Amelia may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Amélia'' (film), a 2000 Brazilian film directed by Ana Carolina * ''Amelia'' (film), a 2009 film based on the life of Amelia Earhart Literature * ''Amelia (magazine)'', a Swedish w ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

, on a charter flight to an offshore oil platform in the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United S ...

and crashes, killing its pilot and copilot and six of their seven passengers. ;5 January * C-GEAJ, an Antarctic Logistic Center International

Basler BT-67 The Basler BT-67 is a utility aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is a remanufactured and modified Douglas DC-3; the modifications are designed to significantly extend the DC-3's serviceable lifetime. Design ...

, crashes on landing at Tony Camp,

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

. All four occupants survive but the aircraft is damaged beyond repair. ;6 January *

Ted TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Depart ...

, a brand of the American airline

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

for their economy flights, is discontinued. Economy flights are rebranded under the main United Airlines brand. ;9 January * EP-858, a

Peruvian Army The Peruvian Army ( es, Ejército del Perú, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land through military force. Additional mission ...

Cessna Grand Caravan The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna. The project was commenced on November 20, 1981, and the prototype first flew on December 9, 1982. The production model was certified by the FAA in October 1984 and its Cargoma ...

crashes on take-off from Rio Tigre, Intutu Region. ;10 January * The Zambian airline

Zambian Airways Zambian Airways was the flag carrier of Zambia, based in Lusaka, Zambia. Zambian Airways suspended operations on January 10, 2009. History Mines Air Services Limited (MAS) was incorporated in 1948 as a subsidiary of Zambia Consolidated Cop ...

suspends operations. ;11 January *

Zest Airways Zest Airways, Inc., operated as AirAsia Zest (formerly Asian Spirit and Zest Air), was a Low-cost carrier, low-cost airline based at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila in the Philippines. It operated scheduled domestic ...

Flight 895, an AVIC I MA-60, registration RP-C8893, crashes on landing at

Godofredo P. Ramos Airport Godofredo P. Ramos Airport ( Aklanon: ''Paeoparan it Godofredo P. Ramos'', Hiligaynon: ''Hulugpaan sang Godofredo P. Ramos'', fil, Paliparang Godofredo P. Ramos) , also known as Caticlan Airport and recently, Boracay Airport by its developer ...

, Philippines, hitting an airport building. Over twenty people are injured and the aircraft is damaged beyond repair. ;13 January * S9-KAS, an

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 ( Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) ( NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, I ...

RV operated by

Daallo Airlines Daallo Airlines is a Somali-owned airline based at Dubai Airport Free Zone in Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With its main hub at the Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, the airline operates scheduled services in the Horn of A ...

, lands at

Bender Qassim International Airport Bosaso Airport ( so, Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Bender Qaasim, ar, مطار بوصاصو), also known as Bosaso International Airport, is an airport in Somalia. It sits at 11°16′32″N 49°9′0″E on the outer edge of the city of Bosaso, the ...

, Somalia with the nose

landing gear Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally needed for both. It was also formerly called ''alighting gear'' by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Marti ...

retracted. ;15 January US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) after crashing into the Hudson River (crop 2)

* Two

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-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. It was first planned as a com ...

aircraft of the

Russian Air Force "Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , batt ...

collide on the ground at

Uytash Airport Makhachkala Uytash Airport (russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and Kaspiysk cities. It is named after Amet-khan Sultan, World War II fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union ...

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North ...

killing four of the seven crew. *

US Airways US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation, which soon ...

Flight 1549 US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City (LaGuardia Airport), to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds short ...

, an

Airbus A320-214 The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. The A320 was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France. The first member of the fa ...

(N106US) with 155 people aboard flies into a flock of

Canada geese The Canada goose (''Branta canadensis''), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is ...

just after takeoff from New York Citys

LaGuardia Airport LaGuardia Airport is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering , the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia ...

and

ditches A ditch is a small to moderate divot created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches ar ...

in the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...

after both engines are disabled by

birdstrike A bird strike—sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)—is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a moving vehicle, usually an aircraft. The term ...

s. All passengers and crew are rescued, and only five people are injured. ;17 January * A

Eurocopter AS 532 The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar (now Airbus Helicopters H215M) is a twin-engine, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter developed by France. The AS532 is a development and upgrade of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma in its militarized form. Its civil ...

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribut ...

of the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ...

crashes into the sea off

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

shortly after take-off from the amphibious assault ship , killing eight of the ten personnel on board. * The bankrupt Lithuanian airline FlyLal-Lithuanian Airlines ceases operations. ;19 January *

Iran Air The National Airline of Iran ( fa, هواپیمايی ملی ایران, Havâpeymâyi-ye Melli-ye Irân), branded as Iran Air, is the flag carrier of Iran, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. As of 2018, it operates schedul ...

flight 498, a

Fokker 100 The Fokker 100 is a regional jet produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 is based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, an ...

, registration EP-CFN, suffers a collapse of the right main landing gear during landing at

Mehrabad Airport Mehrabad International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین المللی مهرآباد, ''Foroudgâh-e Beyn Almelali-ye Mehrâbâd'') , is an international airport serving Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Prior to the construction of the larger ...

and is substantially damaged. ;20 January * The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute suspends

from operating for "operational irregularities". ;25 January * The operating licence of Swedish airline

Nordic Airways Nordic Airways was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and wet lease services. The company's low-cost airline subsidiary Nordic Regional also operated a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and on ...

is suspended, the Swedish Transport Agency stating that the airline is "no longer able to fulfill its commitments and duties to its passengers." ;27 January * FedEx Express Flight 8284 operated by Empire Airlines, an ATR 42-320-Cargo, registration N902FX, crashes short of the runway at

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is five miles north of Lubbock, in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. Originally Lubbock International Airport, it was renamed in 2004 for former Texas governor Preston E. Smith, an alumnus of Tex ...

in the United States, and is destroyed in the subsequent fire. * OEGAA, a

Cessna Citation V The Cessna Citation V is a business jet built by Cessna. A stretched version of the Citation S/II, a Model 560 prototype flew in August 1987, it was certified on December 9, 1988, and delivered from April 1989; were delivered until 2011. The ...

operating as the Tyrol Air Ambulance is substantially damaged in a

belly landing A belly landing or gear-up landing occurs when an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extended and uses its underside, or belly, as its primary landing device. Normally the term ''gear-up landing'' refers to incidents in which the pilot ...

Tolmachevo Airport Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport (russian: Аэропо́рт Толмачёво) is situated in the town of Ob, west of the center of Novosibirsk, an industrial and scientific center in Siberia and Russia's third-largest city. Overview There ...

Russia. ;29 January *The Australian airline

MacAir Airlines MacAir Airlines Pty Ltd was a regional airline based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It operated scheduled passenger services throughout Queensland from major regional locations, as well as regular and ad hoc charters for the minerals indu ...

enters voluntary administration and ceases operations. ;30 January C-17A 06-0002 No-wheels Landing Bagram Afghanistan lg

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...

C-17A Globemaster III The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two ...

06-0002 makes a belly landing at

Bagram Air Base Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base , is located southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Sitting on the site of the ancient Bagram at an elevation of above sea lev ...

, Afghanistan.Army Times, Military Times Media Group, Springfield, Virginia, 25 May 2009, page 28.

February

*The British airline Skysouth ceases operations. ;4 February * N834TP, a Douglas Aero Modified Turbo DC-3 operated by the

National Test Pilot School The National Test Pilot School (NTPS) is the only civilian test-pilot school in the United States, located in Mojave, California. It is organized as a not-for-profit educational institute under California state law and is governed by a board o ...

is involved in a take-off accident at

Mojave Air & Space Port The Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field is in Mojave, California, United States, at an elevation of . It is the first facility to be licensed in the United States for horizontal launches of reusable spacecraft, being certified as a s ...

, United States, and substantially damaged. * C-FCCE, a DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 operated by

Transwest Air Transwest Air was a scheduled and Air charter, charter airline primarily serving the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base was at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert. Trans ...

, crashes on take-off from

La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport is located northeast of La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada. Airlines and destinations Passenger See also *List of airports in Saskatchewan This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Na ...

, Canada and is substantially damaged. ;7 February * PT-SEA, an Embraer EMB 110-P1 Bandeirante operated by

Manaus Aerotáxi Manaus Aerotáxi is a passenger airline in Brazil; it operates air taxi services across jungle cities and South America. Its main office is located at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus.crashes into the

Manacapuru River Manacapuru River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It flows into the Amazon River ( Solimões section) at the city of Manacapuru Manacapuru (''Munychapur'') is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. P ...

, Brazil killing 24 of the 28 people on board. ;11 February *Two

Grob Tutor The Grob G 115 is a general aviation fixed-wing aircraft, primarily used for flight training. It is built in Germany by Grob Aircraft ( Grob Aerospace before January 2009). The E variant with a 3-blade variable pitch propeller is in service w ...

aircraft of the United Kingdom's

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

collide mid-air over

Porthcawl Porthcawl (, ) is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, west of the capital city, Cardiff and southeast of Swansea. Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the ...

, Wales. Both aircraft crash, killing all occupants. ;12 February *

Colgan Air Colgan Air was an American certificated regional airline subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. The headquarters of Colgan Air were located in Memphis, Tennessee. Colgan Air operated for Continental Express/United Express, and US Airways Express ...

Flight 3407 Colgan Air Flight 3407 (marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407 under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines), was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009. Th ...

, a DHC-8-402 Q400, registration N200WQ, crashes at

Clarence Center, New York Clarence Center is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Clarence in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,257 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Buffalo– Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical A ...

, killing all 50 people on board and another on the ground. ;13 February * BA CityFlyer Flight 8456, an

Avro RJ100 The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2001. Manufacture by Avro Internation ...

, registration G-BXAR, is substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapses on landing at

London City Airport London City Airport is a regional airport in London, England. It is located in the Royal Docks in the Borough of Newham, approximately east of the City of London and east of Canary Wharf. These are the twin centres of London's financial ...

. All 71 people on board are successfully evacuated via emergency chutes. ;14 February *N440RA, a

CASA C-212 Aviocar The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium cargo aircraft designed and built by the Spanish aircraft manufacturer Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). It is designed for use by both civil and military operators. The C-212 w ...

operated by Arctic Transportation Services lands short of the runway at

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport Ralph Wien Memorial Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located on the south side of Kotzebue, a city on the Baldwin Peninsula in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Ralph Wien Memorial Ai ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...

, and is significantly damaged. ;16 February *90-09, a

HESA IrAn-140 The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared airstrips. Design and development First flown ...

operated by the Iranian Police crashes on approach to

Isfahan International Airport Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید بهشتی اصفهان) is an international airport serving the city of Isfahan, Iran. Overview The airport is named in honor of Shahid Behesht ...

, Iran and is destroyed, killing all five people on board. *TC-SGD, a Boeing 737-48E operated by

Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA ( ar, الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, ; ber, Aeriverdan idzayriyen) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Air ...

overruns the runway at

In Aménas Airport In Amenas Airport, also called Zarzaitine Airport , is an airport serving In Amenas, a town in the Illizi Province of southeastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption ...

, Algeria after landing in a tailwind, and is substantially damaged. A number of people are injured in the subsequent evacuation. ;18 February * PNC-0211, a

operated by Policía Nacional de Colombia is destroyed at

Olaya Herrera Airport Olaya Herrera Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera) is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, that serves regional and domestic flights. Additionally, the airport is used by general aviation and features several hangars for charters. Tod ...

, Colombia, by the detonation of a mishandled

hand grenade A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern ...

. *FAC 1670, a

operated by

Fuerza Aérea Colombiana , "We are the Force" , colours = , colours_label = , march = Colombian Air Force Hymn , mascot = Capitan Paz , anniversaries = 8 November , ...

crashes shortly after take-off from

, killing all five people on board. The aircraft is destroyed. *N652UA, a Boeing 767-322ER operated by

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

, is damaged significantly by the automatic discharge of a sprinkler system in the hangar it is parked in while undergoing maintenance at

O'Hare International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport , sometimes referred to as, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is the main international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately northwest of the Loop busines ...

, Chicago. Eleven cabin windows are knocked out by the force of the discharge, damaging the aircraft's avionics systems. ;20 February *

Aerolift Aerolift was a South African airline based in Bryanston, Gauteng, Johannesburg, operating chartered passenger and cargo flights within Africa using Soviet-built aircraft. Aerolift also offered aircraft lease services. The airline was launched i ...

Flight 1015, an

Antonov AN-12 The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than ...

, registration S9-SVN, crashes shortly after take-off from

Luxor International Airport Luxor International Airport is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt. It is located 6 km (4 miles) east of the city. Many charter airlines use the airport, as it is a popular tourist destination for those visiting the River ...

, Egypt, killing all five crew. The aircraft is destroyed. ;22 February *The Australian airline

SkyAirWorld SkyAirWorld was a scheduled and charter airline based in Brisbane, Australia. It provided a range of services including charter work for the Australian military, and also provided wet-leases for other carriers, particularly airlines in the So ...

suspends operations pending a restructure of its business. ;23 February *

Lion Air PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost airline. Based in Jakarta, Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia (after AirAsia) and the l ...

Flight 972, a

McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) MD-90 is an American five-abreast single-aisle airliner developed by McDonnell Douglas from its successful model MD-80. The airliner was produced by the developer company until 1997 and then by Boeing Comme ...

, registration PK-LIO, lands at

Hang Nadim Airport Hang Nadim International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Hang Nadim) is an international airport located in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. It is named after Hang Nadim, Laksamana Hang Nadim Pahlawan Kechik, a legendary warrior from t ...

, Indonesia, with the nosewheel stuck in the raised position. The aircraft is damaged significantly. ;25 February Crash Turkish Airlines TK 1951 cockpit 2

Crash Turkish Airlines TK 1951 cockpit 2

Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines (Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları'') is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 340 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the wo ...

Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-8F2, registration TC-JGE, crashes short of the runway at

Schiphol Airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport ( nl, Luchthaven Schiphol, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province ...

, Amsterdam. Six passengers and three crew members are killed. ;28 February *

Carpatair Carpatair S.A. is a privately owned Romanian charter and former regional airline headquartered in Timișoara. History Carpatair was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999 in Cluj-Napoca. The present title was adopted in ...

Flight 128, a

Saab 2000 The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and cruise at a speed of . Production took place in Linköping in southern Sweden. The Saab ...

, registration YR-SBI, lands at

Traian Vuia International Airport Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presid ...

, Romania, with the nosewheel stuck in the raised position. An emergency landing is successfully made on a partially foamed runway. The nose area of the aircraft is damaged. *

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional U.S. airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of ...

Flight 5563, a Canadair CRJ-200ER, registration N830AS, suffers a fire on the ground at

Tallahassee Regional Airport Tallahassee International Airport is a city-owned airport five miles southwest of downtown Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida, United States. It serves the state capital of Florida, and its surrounding areas; it is one of the major airports i ...

, United States. The crew evacuate, and the fire is extinguished after burning through the cockpit wall, the flight deck being significantly damaged.

March

Iraqi Airways Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways ( ar, الخطوط الجوية العراقية ''al-Xuṭūṭ al-Jawwiyyah al-ʿIrāqiyyah, Kurdish: ھێڵی ئاسمانی عێراق''), is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered ...

begins its first service to Sweden since the outbreak of the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

in January 1991, flying from

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

to Stockholm using a Boeing 737-2300 leased from

Seagle Air Seagle Air was a charter airline based in Trenčín, Slovakia. It had its operations out of M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, with a second base in Prague. The airline operated non-scheduled air services, including passenger, cargo and ma ...

. *

Continental Airlines Continental Airlines, simply known as Continental, was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental started ...

becomes the first U.S. airline to inaugurate scheduled service to

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China, offering daily nonstop flights from the airline's

hub A hub is the central part of a wheel that connects the axle to the wheel itself. Hub, The Hub, or hubs may refer to: Geography Pakistan * Hub Tehsil, Balochistan, an administrative division ** Hub, Balochistan, capital city of the tehsil * Hub ...

Newark Liberty International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport , originally Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport straddling the boundary between the cities of Newark in Essex County and Elizabeth in Union Cou ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...

. ;3 March *

Perimeter Aviation Perimeter Aviation is an airline with its head office on the property of Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Perimeter Aviation operates more than 30 aircraft on scheduled, charter, and medevac ...

Flight 460, a Swearingen SA-226TC Metroliner, registration C-FSLZ, makes a wheels-up landing at

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (commonly known as Winnipeg International Airport or Winnipeg Airport) is a Transport Canada designated international airport located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the seventh b ...

, Canada. The same aircraft had an unsafe gear indication the previous day. ;6 March * VT-XRM, an

NAL Saras The NAL Saras (Sanskrit: "Crane") is the first Indian multi-purpose civilian aircraft in the light transport aircraft category as designed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL). In January 2016, it was reported that the project had be ...

prototype operated by the National Aerospace Laboratory, crashes from

Bengaluru International Airport Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Inte ...

, India, killing all three crew members. ;9 March *

Flight 793, a

, registration PK-LIL, departs the runway at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, and spins through 180°. All 172 people on board are evacuated safely but the aircraft is damaged beyond economic repair. * S9-SAB, an

Ilyushin IL-76TD The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-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. It was first planned as a comm ...

operated by

, crashes into

Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...

shortly after take-off from

Entebbe International Airport Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business distri ...

, Uganda, killing all 11 people on board. The aircraft is destroyed. ;12 March *

Cougar Helicopters Cougar Helicopters (a VIH Aviation Group Company) is a St. John's based commercial helicopter company servicing offshore oil and gas fields off the coast of Newfoundland. Cougar has permanent facilities in St. John's and Halifax. The company ...

Flight 91, a Sikorsky S-92A, registration C-GZCH, ditches in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada, killing 17 of the 18 people on board. ;13 March *The Mexican airline

MexicanaLink MexicanaLink, a subsidiary of Mexicana, was a regional airline based in Guadalajara International Airport that operated as a feeder airline for both Mexicana and MexicanaClick. It operated into markets that were considered too thin to justify ...

commences operations. ;19 March * A Beechcraft B200 King Air of the

Ecuadorian Air Force The Ecuadorian Air Force ( es, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana, FAE) is the Air arm of the Military of Ecuador and responsible for the protection of the Ecuadorian airspace. Mission To develop the military air wing, in order to execute institutional ...

crashes at

Guápulo Guápulo is a district of Quito, Ecuador, also called an electoral parish (''parroquia electoral urbana''). The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes ...

while attempting to land at

Mariscal Sucre International Airport Mariscal Sucre International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre) is an international airport serving Quito, Ecuador. It is the busiest airport in Ecuador and one of the busiest airports in South America. It is located in t ...

in thick fog, killing all five people on board and a further two on the ground. ;20 March *

Emirates Airline Emirates ( ar, طَيَران الإمارات DMG: ''Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt'') is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Etihad). Based in Garhoud, Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which i ...

Flight 407, an

Airbus A340-500 The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel wit ...

, registration A6-ERG, suffers a

tailstrike In aviation, a tailstrike or tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft strikes the ground or other stationary object. This can happen with a fixed-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage, in both takeoff where the pilot ro ...

during its take-off run at

Melbourne Airport Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is ...

, Australia. Although take off is achieved, the aircraft overruns the end of the runway and destroys some of strobe lights on the ground. The damaged aircraft dumps fuel and makes a safe landing at Melbourne. The investigation found that an incorrect weight value was entered into the aircraft's computer, resulting in an incorrect calculated take-off speed. ;22 March * N128CM, a

Pilatus PC-12 The Pilatus PC-12 is a pressurized, single-engined, turboprop aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland, since 1991. It was designed as a high-performance utility aircraft that incorporates a large aft cargo door in add ...

, crashes near

Butte, Montana Butte ( ) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers , and, according to th ...

, killing all 14 people on board. ;23 March *

FedEx Express FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. As of 2020, it is one of the world's largest airlines in terms of fleet size and freight tons flown. It is the ...

Flight 80, a

McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is an American Trijet, tri-jet wide-body aircraft, wide-body airliner manufactured by American McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and later by Boeing. Following McDonnell Douglas DC-10, DC-10 development studies, the MD-11 prog ...

F, registration N562FE, crashes on landing at

Narita International Airport Narita International Airport ( ja, 成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) , also known as Tokyo-Narita, formerly and originally known as , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airpo ...

, Tokyo, killing both crew members. *

Dniproavia Dniproavia ( uk, Дніпроавіа) was an airline headquartered at Dnipro International Airport in Dnipro, Ukraine, which operated scheduled and chartered passenger flights. History Dniproavia was established in 1933 as ''Dnipropetrovsk Inte ...

Flight 207, an Embraer E-145EU, registration UR-DNE, overruns the runway at Atatürk International Airport, Turkey and is substantially damaged. ;25 March * A Bell 206L-4 Longranger helicopter of Medair crashes at Mount Keş, Turkey, killing all six people on board. ;26 March * Arrow Air Cargo Flight 431, a

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the Douglas DC-8, DC-8 for long-Range (aeronautics), range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970; i ...

30F, suffers a major failure of the No. 2 (tail-mounted) engine shortly after take-off from

Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus International Airport – Eduardo Gomes is the airport serving Manaus, Brazil. It is named after Brazilian politician and military figure Air Marshal Eduardo Gomes (1896–1981). It is operated by Vinci Airports History Manaus In ...

, Brazil. 12 houses and several cars were damaged by falling debris. The aircraft subsequently makes a safe landing at

El Dorado International Airport El Dorado International Airport is an international airport serving Bogotá, Colombia and its surrounding areas. The airport is located mostly in the Fontibón district of Bogotá, although it partially extends into the Engativá district ...

, Colombia. ;31 March * A PZL M28TD Bryza 2RF operated by Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej crashes at Gdynia-Babie Doły Airport, Poland, during a simulated single-engine approach, killing all four people on board.

April

;April * A criminal stole a Cesna 172 plane from Thunder Bay airport and went for a joy ride. He crossed into US airspace where he was intercepted by two US Air Force planes. After few hours he landed on US Highway 60. ;1 April * Eurocopter AS332 L2 Super Puma Mk2 G-REDL of

Bond Offshore Helicopters Offshore Helicopter Services (OHS) (known as Bond Offshore Helicopters until April 2016) is a British helicopter operator, specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services to North Sea and Irish Sea oil and gas platforms. C ...

crashes in the North Sea off

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

after the main rotor gearbox failed and all four main rotor blades were lost. All 18 people on board are killed. ;2 April * Chemtrad Aviation

Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial ai ...

RP-C764 crashes at

Baggao Baggao, officially the Municipality of Baggao ( ibg, Ili nat Baggao; ilo, Ili ti Baggao; tl, Bayan ng Baggao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,753 p ...

, Philippines, killing all thirteen people on board. The aircraft was destroyed. ;3 April * Quebec Service Aérien

Canadair CL-415 The Canadair CL-415 (Super Scooper, later Bombardier 415) and the De Havilland Canada DHC-515 are a series of amphibious aircraft built originally by Canadair and subsequently by Bombardier and Viking Air, and De Havilland Canada. The CL-415 ...

C-GQBG makes a belly landing at

Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport (French: ''Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec'', or ''Aéroport de Québec'') , is the primary airport serving Quebec City, Canada. Design ...

, Canada and suffers substantial damage. ;4 April *

Air China Air China Limited () is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines). Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District, ...

Airbus A321-213 B-6556 is substantially damaged in a heavy landing and tailstrike at

Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...

. A vertical deceleration of 3.03G is recorded. A go-around is initiated and the aircraft subsequently lands safely. ;6 April * A

Fokker F27 The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful Euro ...

of the

Indonesian Air Force The Indonesian Air Force ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU), literally "''Indonesian National Military-Air Force''") sometimes shortened as IDAF / IdAF, is the aerial branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. The I ...

crashes into a hangar at

Husein Sastranegara International Airport Husein Sastranegara International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Husein Sastranegara, Sundanese: ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮁ ᮅᮓᮛ ᮄᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮁᮔᮞᮤᮇᮔᮜ᮪ ᮠᮥᮞᮨᮄᮔ᮪ ᮞᮞ᮪ᮒᮢᮔᮨᮌᮛ) is an airport in Ba ...

, killing 24 people. A

CASA CN-235 The CASA/IPTN CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engined transport aircraft that was jointly developed by CASA of Spain and Indonesian manufacturer IPTN. It is operated as both a regional airliner and military transport; its primary military roles ...

and

are substantially damaged by falling debris and two

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two ...

s slightly damaged. ;8 April *

SA Airlink Airlink is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its main business is to provide services between smaller, under-served towns and larger hub airports. It has since expanded to offer flights on larger, mainline routes. The airline has ...

Avro RJ-85 ZS-ASW is substantially damaged when it jumps its chocks and subsequently collides with a fence then a brick wall at

OR Tambo International Airport O. R. Tambo International Airport is an international airport situated in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to/from South Africa and since 2020, it is Africa's second ...

, South Africa. ;9 April *

Aviastar Mandiri PT Aviastar Mandiri, operating as Aviastar is an Indonesian growing domestic passenger airline based in East Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. History The airline was established on 12 June 2000 by Capt. Sugeng Triyono and his 4 colleagues which ...

BAe 146–300 PK-BRD crashes into Gunung Pike on approach to

Wamena Airport Wamena Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Wamena) is an airport serving the town of Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport also serves the neighboring Lanny Jaya Regency and Tolikara Regency. It is currently the only airpo ...

, Indonesia, killing all six people on board. ;15 April * The Russian

Federal Air Transport Agency The Federal Air Transport Agency (russian: Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта - ''Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta'', ''FAVT''), also known as Rosaviatsiya (russian: Росавиац� ...

cancels the operating license of airline

Elbrus-Avia Elbrus Avia (russian: Эльбрус-авиа) was a passenger airline company based in Nalchik, Russia. The airline offered scheduled flights to Moscow. It was the only airline flying to Kabardino-Balkaria where Mount Elbrus, the highest pea ...

. ;17 April *

Mimika Air Flight 514 Mimika Air Flight 514 was a chartered passenger flight operated by Mimika Air with a Pilatus PC-6 Porter from Ilaga, Papua to Mulia, a town nearby. On the morning of 17 April 2009, while en route to Mulia, the aircraft impacted Mount Gergaji, k ...

, operated by

Pilatus PC-6 The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine- an ...

PK-LTJ crashes into

Mount Gergaji Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, ...

, Indonesia, killing all ten people on board. * TAROM ATR 42–500 YR-ATA suffers a birdstrike on approach to

Iași International Airport Iași International Airport is an international airport located in Iași, Romania, east of the city centre. One of the oldest accredited airports in Romania and the most important airport in the historical region of Moldavia, Iași Airport was ...

, Romania, resulting in a large hole in the nosecone. A safe landing is subsequently made. *

Línea Turística Aereotuy Linea Turistica Aereotuy LTA, C.A. was a Venezuelan regional and domestic airline headquartered in Caracas and based at Simón Bolívar International Airport. History The airline was established in 1982 and started operations on June 30 of the ...

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna. The project was commenced on November 20, 1981, and the prototype first flew on December 9, 1982. The production model was certified by the FAA in October 1984 and its Cargomas ...

YV-1811 crashes shortly after take-off from

Canaima Airport Canaima Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Canaima; ) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and downstream of Angel ...

, Venezuela, killing one of the eleven people on board. ;18 April *

Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...

Boeing 747-2B6B CN-RME is substantially damaged when it lurches forward during an engine ground run and subsequently goes through a fence at

Mohammed V International Airport Mohammed V International Airport, ; ber, ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5; french: Aéroport International de Mohammed V is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Provin ...

, Morocco. ;19 April *

Canjet CanJet was a Canadian low-cost air carrier headquartered in Enfield, Nova Scotia and based at Halifax International Airport. In addition to initially flying scheduled passenger service, CanJet operated charter flights using its own brand as well ...

Flight 918, operated by

Boeing 737-800 The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a narrow-body aircraft powered by two jet engines and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third generation derivative of the Boeing ...

C-FTCZ is hijacked at

Sangster International Airport Sangster International Airport is an international airport located east of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The airport is capable of handling nine million passengers per year. It serves as the most popular airport for tourists visiting the north coast ...

, Jamaica. The lone hijacker is overpowered by members of the

Jamaica Defense Force The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is the combined military of Jamaica, consisting of an infantry Regiment and Reserve Corps, an Air Wing, a Coast Guard fleet and a supporting Engineering Unit. The JDF is based upon the British military model, wit ...

. * A

Kenyan Air Force The Kenya Air Force (KAF) or sw, Jeshi la Wanahewa is the national aerial warfare service branch of the Republic of Kenya. The main airbase operating fighters is Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, while Moi Air Base in Eastleigh, Nairobi is the ...

Habin Y-12 crashes at

Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevation ...

killing 14 of the 17 people on board. Among the dead are four Members of

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

's parliament and two Deputy Ministers. * The Russian airline

Arkaim Arkaim (russian: Аркаим) is an archaeological site, dated to 2050-1900 BCE, of an ancient fortified settlement, belonging to Sintashta culture, situated in the steppe of the Southern Urals, north-northwest of the village of Amursky and e ...

is established. ;20 April *

Flight 200, operated by Boeing 767-36NER CN-RNT, is substantially damaged in a heavy landing at

John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport (colloquially referred to as JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK) is the main international airport serving New York City. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the Ne ...

. Cracks are discovered in the forward fuselage on inspection. ;24 April * The

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

ese airline

Air Sénégal International Air Sénégal International was an airline with its head office in Dakar, Senegal. It was a regional carrier operating a scheduled domestic network and regional flights to neighbouring countries. It also operated charter and air taxi flights. Its ...

suspends all operations. ;25 April * Lockheed P-2V Neptune N442NA of

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crashes into a hill at

Stockton, Utah Stockton is a town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 616 at the 2010 census. History Stockton was born of the first mining boom in the Utah Territor ...

, while on a ferry flight. The aircraft is destroyed and all three crew members are killed. ;26 April *

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper versi ...

C N136FS of

Four Star Air Cargo Four Star Air Cargo was a cargo airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It operated cargo services within the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and to Puerto Rico. Its main base was Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. History The airlin ...

is destroyed by fire at

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín) is a joint civil-military international airport located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, southeast of San Juan. It is named for Luis Mu� ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

. ;27 April *

Magnicharters Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., known under the commercial name Magnicharters, is an airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport. H ...

Flight 585, operated by Boeing 737-2K9 XA-MAF is damaged beyond economic repair when it makes a belly landing at

Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla) or simply Guadalajara International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara) , is the main airport ...

, Mexico. There are four injuries during evacuation by the 116 people on board. * The Indonesian airline Linus Airways suspends operations as it has no aircraft to operate. ;29 April * Bako Air

Boeing 737-275 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two und ...

TL-ADM crashes near Massamba,

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, killing all seven crew. The aircraft is destroyed. *

is founded. It will begin flight operations on

6 May Events Pre-1600 *1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. *1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spa ...

May

* The Indonesian airline

Megantara Air Megantara Air was an Indonesian cargo airline based at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Operations started in May 2007; the airline operated freight charters and regular flights between Indonesia and Singapore. In May 2009, the airline dec ...

suspends operations. ;1 May *The Fijian airline

Air Fiji Air Fiji was an airline based in Nausori, Fiji. It operated inter-island services to destinations within the Fijian Islands. Its main base was Nausori International Airport, Suva, with a base at Nadi International Airport.Flight International 2 ...

ceases operations. ;3 May * EV 08114, a

Mil Mi-35 The Soviet and later Russian Mil Mi-24 helicopter has been produced in many variants, as described below. History In 1966, Soviet aircraft designer Mikhail Mil created a mock-up design of a new helicopter (derived from the Mil Mi-8) which was ...

operated by the

Venezuelan Army The Venezuelan Army, officially the National Army of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Ejército Nacional de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is one of the six professional branches of the Armed Forces of Venezuela. Also known ...

crashes at Táchira,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

, killing all 21 personnel on board. * XM715, a

Handley Page Victor The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War. It was the third and final '' V bomber'' to be operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the other two being the Avr ...

, briefly becomes airborne during a fast taxi run at

Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground is a privately-owned former airport near the village of Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire to the south of Leicester. It was opened as RAF Bruntingthorpe in 1942. History The aerodrome was origin ...

, United Kingdom. The aircraft is not airworthy and was not intended to have flown.YouTube video
;4 May *

Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA) was a major American airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines, Inc. by a merger. The merger, approved on October 29, 2008, made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airline ...

Flight 557, an

Airbus A320-211 The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliner A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast airline seat, seating in a aircraft cabin, cabin less than ...

, registration N311US, is substantially damaged in a heavy landing at

Denver International Airport Denver International Airport , locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , it is the largest airport in ...

, United States. Vertical deceleration in excess of 3G is recorded. The aircraft may be written off. ;6 May *

begins flight operations. Its first flight is from Casablanca,

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, to

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in the

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. *

World Airways World Airways, Inc. was a United States airline headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia in Greater Atlanta. The company operated mostly non-scheduled services but did fly scheduled passenger services as well, notably with McDonnell Douglas DC ...

Flight 8535, a

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, registration N139WA, makes a hard landing at

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, United States, causing overhead panels to detach. A go-around is initiated and the aircraft subsequently lands safely. The damage to the aircraft was described as substantial. ;8 May *

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, registration HZ-APW, departs the runway at

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, Saudi Arabia, while taxiing and suffers a main gear collapse and engine fire. The damage is described as "substantial". ;10 May * YV-1467, a BAe 3201 Jetstream 31, crashes near

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, Honduras during an illegal drug smuggling flight carrying almost of

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. One of the three occupants are killed. ;18 May * An

veers off the runway during take-off at Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport, Ethiopia. Damage was described as "substantial". ;20 May * A

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of the

crashes at

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killing 97 people on board the aircraft and a further two on the ground. ;25 May ;26 May * 9Q-CSA, an

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operated by

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crashes short of the runway at

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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing three of the four people on board. The aircraft is destroyed in the crash. It had previously been placed on a

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by the

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and

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. ;30 May *

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Flight 668, an ATR 42–500, registration AP-BHO, departs the runway on landing at

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, Pakistan, resulting in a collapsed nosewheel and damaged mainwheel.

June

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ian airline

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commences operations. ;1 June *

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, an

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, registration F-GZCP, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil killing all 228 people on board. *

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airline Air Express Sweden is taken over by MCA Airlines ;2 June * 8Q-MAG, a

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operated by Maldavian Air Taxi is destroyed when it crashes into the sea at the Haliveli Atoll,

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. All seven people on board survive. ;6 June *

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Flight 409, a

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, registration XY-ADW, overruns the runway at

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, Myanmar. The aircraft is damaged beyond repair. ;7 June * A Strait Air

crashes on approach to Port Hope Simpson Airport, Canada, killing the pilot. The aircraft is destroyed. ;9 June * An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 crashes in Arunachal Pradesh province killing all thirteen people on board. ;11 June * Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5414, a Canadair CRJ-200ER, registration N857AS, makes an emergency landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, United States after an undercarriage malfunction. The aircraft is substantially damaged. ;14 June * Express Air Flight 9000, a Dornier 328, registration PK-TXN, veers off the runway on landing at Tanah Merah Airport, Indonesia. The aircraft is substantially damaged. ;25 June *

Flight 863, a Xian MA60, registration RP-C8892, overruns the runway at

, Philippines. The aircraft is substantially damaged but is to be repaired. ;26 June * HK-4094, a Let L-410 Turbolet operated by TAC Colombia, Transporte Aéreo de Colombia overruns the runway at Capurganá Airport, Colombia, and is substantially damaged. ;27 June * Kingfisher Airlines Flight 3334, an Airbus A320 family, Airbus A320, registration VT-ADR, collides with a building at Bagdogra Airport, India. The aircraft was substantially damaged. ;29 June * PK-BRO, a

operated by

, crashes on approach to

, Indonesia, killing all three crew. ;30 June * Yemenia Yemenia Flight 626, Flight 626, an Airbus A310, Airbus A310-324, registration 7O-ADJ, crashes into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands. There is one survivor from the 153 people on board.

July

begins offering its passengers in-flight access to DirecTV, with a 95-channel lineup. ;3 July * A Mil Mi-17 operated by the Pakistan Army 2009 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash, crashes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, killing all 43 people on board. ;5 July * ZK-LGR, Britten-Norman Trislander operated by Great Barrier Airlines suffers an in-flight propeller disintegration, and débris penetrates the passenger cabin. An emergency landing is made at Great Barrier Aerodrome, New Zealand. No injuries are reported among the 11 people on board. The aircraft is substantially damaged. * SU-TYB, an Antonov An-28 operated by El Dinder Aviation, is damaged beyond repair when the nosewheel collapses on landing at Saraf Omra Airfield, Sudan. ;13 July SW-737-exterior

* Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, Flight 2294, a Boeing 737, Boeing 737-3H4, registration N387SW, suffers a structural failure of the fuselage in flight and subsequent decompression. An emergency landing is successfully made at Yeager Airport, United States. ;14 July * American airline Pet Airways commences operations. * Airfast Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and Premiair are removed from the European Commission List of air carriers banned in the European Union, blacklist. * The Strategic Airlift Capability consortium, composed of ten North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and the United States) and two Partnership for Peace member countries (Finland and Sweden) which have formed it to pool resources in order to operate Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for joint strategic airlift purposes, receives its first C-17 in a ceremony at the Boeing assembly plant in Long Beach, California, Long Beach, California. ;15 July * Caspian Airlines Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, Flight 7908, a Tupolev Tu-154M, registration EP-CPG, crashes at Jannatabad, Qazvin, Jannatabad, Iran, after an in-flight fire on board. All 168 people on board are killed. * The Spanish Low-cost carrier, low-cost airlines Clickair and Vueling complete their merger. with Clickair absorbed into Vueling. ;16 July * N350AN, a Boeing 767, Boeing 767-323ER operated by American Airlines, is substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapses on the ground at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, United States, during post-maintenance checks. ;19 July * A Mil Mi-8 operated by Vertical-T 2009 Afghanistan Mil Mi-8 crash, crashes at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan killing 16 of the 21 people on board. ;21 July * Aeroméxico Flight 665, a Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737-752, registration XA-NAM, suffers a nosewheel collapse on pushback at San Francisco International Airport. The aircraft is substantially damaged. ;24 July * The Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile, Italian Civil Aviation Authority suspends the operating licence of MyAir due to financial problems and service failures. * Aria Air Aria Air Flight 1525, Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62M, registration UP-I6208, crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Iran, killing 16 of the 143 or more people on board. ;27 July * The Strategic Airlift Capability consortium activates its Heavy Airlift Wing to operate its C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. ;28 July *The Cambodian airline Cambodia Angkor Air commences operations. ;29 July * An Airbus A330, Airbus A330-203 operated by

is substantially damaged at Maya-Maya Airport, Brazil, when a wing strikes a building during ground manoeuvres.

August

;2 August * Merpati Nusantara Airlines Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760, Flight 9760, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, registration PK-NVC, crashes at Oksibil, Indonesia killing all 16 people on board. ;3 August * Saha Air Lines Flight 124, a Boeing 707, Boeing 707-3J9C, registration EP-SHK, suffers engine fires in both port engines shortly after take-off from Ahwaz Airport, Iran. The fires are extinguished and a successful two-engine emergency landing is made back at the airport. The aircraft is substantially damaged. ;4 August * Bangkok Airways Bangkok Airways Flight 266, Flight 266, an ATR 72, ATR 72-212A, registration HS-PGL, overruns the runway at Saumi Airport, Thailand, and crashes into a disused control tower, killing one of the 72 people on board. ;5 August * Baitullah Mehsud, head of the Pakistani Taliban, is on a rooftop in South Waziristan, Pakistan, when an American unmanned aerial vehicle strike kills him and several other people. *SATA International Flight 466, an

, registration CS-TKO, makes a very heavy landing at Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal, with a force of 4.6G being recorded. The aircraft is substantially damaged but may have flown twice since. ;7 August *The Canadian airline Island Express Air commences operations. ;8 August * N71MC, a Piper PA-32R, and N401LH, a Eurocopter AS350 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision, collide mid-air over New York. Both aircraft crash into the

, killing all three people on board the aircraft and all six people on board the helicopter. ;11 August * Airlines PNG Airlines PNG Flight 4684, Flight 4684, operated by

P2-MCB, crashes into a mountain in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea, killing all 13 people on board. ;14 August *The Australian airline Strategic Airlines commences operations. ;16 August * Two Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft of the Russian Knights are involved in a 2009 Russia Sukhoi Su-27 mid-air collision, mid-air collision while practicing a display for the 2009 MAKS Airshow. One pilot is killed as well as one person on the ground. * YV-212T, a

, ditches into the sea short of Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela. The aircraft is written off but all nine people on board are rescued. * The unregistered prototype AVCEN Jetpod crashes shortly after take-off from Taiping Airport, Malaysia, killing its pilot. ;20 August * An Afriqiyah Airways aircraft (registration 5A-IAY) that serves as the personal plane of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi picks up Abelbasset al-Megrahi at Glasgow,

, and flies him to Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, Libya. Convicted in the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Pan American World Airways Flight 103 and serving a Life imprisonment, life sentence, Megrahi has been released from prison on compassionate grounds because he is suffering from terminal prostate cancer. ;23 August * South East Asian Airlines Flight 014, a Dornier 328, Dornier Do-328-100, registration RP-C6328, overruns the runway on landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines, and is substantially damaged, but is to be repaired. * The Denmark, Danish airline Wings of Bornholm commences operations. ;26 August * TN-AIA, an Antonov An-12 operated by of Aéro-Frêt, suffers an in-flight fire, breaks up in mid-air and 2009 Aéro-Frêt Antonov An-12 crash, crashes at Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo. All six people on board are killed. ;27 August * T-906, an

TD, of the National Air Force of Angola runs off the runway at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Angola, and is substantially damaged. One of the 41 people on board is injured. * The Chinese airline East Star Air declares bankruptcy. * The Russian airline Avianova (Russia), Avianova begins operations. ;29 August *A

E-3 Sentry, Boeing E-3 Sentry catches fire on landing at Nellis Air Force Base, United States. All 32 people on board are safely evacuated. ;31 August *The Slovakia, Slovak airline SkyEurope files for bankruptcy. *The U.S. Evergreen 747 Supertanker, the world's largest aerial firefighting aircraft, see its first service in the United States, fighting the August 2009 California wildfires, Oak Glen Fire in California.

September

;1 September *The Slovakia, Slovak airline SkyEurope suspends operations. ;2 September * A Bell 430 helicopter 2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash, crashes at Rudrakonda Hill, India, killing all five people on board, including Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. ;3 September * BA CityFlyer accepts delivery of its first Embraer 170. ;4 September * Air India Air India Flight 829, Flight 829, a Boeing 747, Boeing 747-437, registration VT-ESM, suffers a fire in No.1 engine while taxiing for take-off at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, India. All 229 people are successfully evacuated from the aircraft via the emergency chutes. The aircraft is substantially damaged. ;7 September * P-827, a GAF Nomad, GAF Nomad N.24A operated by the Indonesian Navy, crashes at Long Ampung Airport, killing five of the nine people on board. ;8 September * The Russian airline KD Avia suspends flight operations. ;9 September * Aeroméxico Aeroméxico Flight 576, Flight 576, a Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737-852, registration EI-DRA, is hijacked and landed at Mexico City International Airport, its intended destination. Five people are detained, one of whom is later identified as the hijacker. *The Egyptian airline Air Arabia Egypt announces that operations will start in late 2009 or early 2010. ;11 September * Shortly after takeoff in a Cirrus SR22 from Rock Hill/York County Airport in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Rock Hill, South Carolina, American businessman William Beck (businessman), William "Skipper" Beck, owner of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats, attempts to return to the airport, but nose-dives into the taxiway, after which the plane catches fire. Beck dies instantly in the crash. ;13 September * D-ALCO, a

operated by Lufthansa Cargo is severely damaged in a heavy landing at Mexico City International Airport. Post landing inspection revealed that there were wrinkles in the fuselage skin and the nose gear was bent. It is reported that the aircraft may be written off. ;14 September * Lufthansa Lufthansa Flight 288, Flight 288, a

operated by Contact Air, registration D-AKFE, makes an emergency belly landing at Stuttgart Airport, Germany, after the undercarriage fails to deploy correctly. ;18 September * N349TA, a CASA 212, Casa 212 Aviocar 200 operated by Bering Air, departs the runway at Savoonga Airport, Savoonga, Alaska, and is substantially damaged when the undercarriage collapses. ;19 September * The Malta, Maltese airline Efly commences operations. ;22 September * 5-8208, an Ilyushin Il-76, Ilyushin IL76-MD operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force is involved in a 2009 Iranian Air Force mid-air collision, mid-air collision with a Northrop F-5, Northrop F-5E Tiger II and crashes near Varamin killing all seven people on board. ;24 September * Airlink, SA Airlink Airlink Flight 8911, flight SA 8911, a BAe Jetstream 41, registration ZS-NRM, crashes shortly after take-off from Durban International Airport due to an engine failure. The aircraft is destroyed but the three crew members survive with serious injuries. ;28 September * 9044, a NAMC YS-11, NAMC YS-11M-A operated by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, overruns the runway upon landing at Ozuki Air Field and is substantially damaged. ;29 September * British Airways operates the first transatlantic flight from

: BA001 (a flight number unused since Concorde retired), an all-business class Airbus A318. * Greece, Greek state-owned airline Olympic Airlines ceased operation. It was replaced by privately owned Olympic Air, which commenced operations on this day. ;30 September * The Serbian airline Jat Airways suspends flights due to a maintenance company refusing to work on their aircraft in a dispute over unpaid bills. * American unmanned aerial vehicles have conducted 87 missile strikes against targets in Pakistan since the first recorded one on 2004 in aviation#June, 14 June 2004. Seventy-six of them have occurred since 1 January 2008.

October

* American airlines Go! (airline), Go! and Mokulele Airlines merge to form Go! Mokulele. * The Greece, Greek airline Viking Hellas commences operations. * The United States Navy successfully operates a static F414 engine (used in the F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on an aviation biofuel made from ''Camelina sativa''. ;2 October * The Serbian airline Jat Airways resumes flights following the resolution of the dispute with their maintenance company. * 9M-MMR, a Boeing 737, Boeing 737-4H6 operated by Malaysia Airlines, is substantially damaged when the port main undercarriage collapses while the aircraft is parked at the gate at Kuching International Airport. *The

airline Feel Air is established. ;9 October * FAU-531, an

operated by the Uruguayan Air Force, being operated as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, crashes west of Fonds-Verettes killing all eleven on board. ;15 October * An Antonov An-28 of Blue Wing Airlines departs the runway on landing at Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip, Suriname, and hits an obstacle. The aircraft is substantially damaged and four people are injured, one seriously. ;17 October * RP-C550, a

operated by Victoria Air, crashes shortly after take-off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines, on a flight to Puerto Princesa International Airport after an engine malfunctions. All four people on board are killed. ;21 October * Azza Transport Azza Transport Flight 2241, Flight 2241, a Boeing 707, Boeing 707-320, crashes shortly after take-off from Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates. All six crew are killed. *An agreement is announced for the sale of London Gatwick Airport from BAA Limited to Global Infrastructure Partners, to comply with Competition Commission requirements. * Northwest Airlines Flight 188, an Airbus A320, Airbus A320-212 with 149 people on board, lands in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an hour late after its pilots overshoot Minneapolis when they become distracted by a discussion of their schedules. ;22 October * PJ-SUN, a

operated by Divi Divi Air, ditches off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. The pilot is killed but the nine passengers escape from the aircraft before it sinks. ;23 October *The Slovakian airline

ceased operations. ;24 October *

and Copa Airlines leave the Skyteam airline alliance. ;26 October * S-Air Flight 9607, a British Aerospace BAe 125, BAe 125, registration RA-02807, crashes on approach to Minsk International Airport. All three crew and both passengers are killed. ;27 October * Continental Airlines joins the Star Alliance airline alliance.

November

;1 November * An

operated by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs 2009 Yakutia Il-76 crash, crashed shortly after take-off from Mirny Airport. All eleven crew are killed. *

begins new daily nonstop service from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas, to Edmonton International Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; from Houston and Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia; and daily nonstop service from Houston to Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. ;3 November * UM-239, a Xian MA60 operated by Air Zimbabwe, hits five warthogs on take-off from Harare International Airport. The take-off is rejected but the undercarriage collapses causing substantial damage to the aircraft. ;5 November * N120FB, a HU-16 Albatross, Grumman Albatross operated by Albatross Adventures, crashes shortly after take-off from St. Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida, after suffering an engine failure. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair. ;7 November * A Tupolev Tu-142 (NATO reporting name "Bear F") of the Russian Navy's Pacific Ocean Fleet (Russia), Pacific Ocean Fleet crashes in the Tatar Strait some off Sakhalin Island. All eleven crew are missing, presumed dead. ;10 November * Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines Flight 4124, Flight 4124, operated by ATR 72-212A VT-KAC skidded off the runway after landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The aircraft suffered substantial damage but all 46 passengers and crew escaped unharmed. *Mexicana de Aviación, Mexicana, MexicanaClick, and

join the Oneworld airline alliance. ;11 November * The

airline MCA Airlines declares bankruptcy. ;12 November * Rwandair RwandAir Flight 205, Flight 205 operated by Canadair CRJ-100 5Y-JLD ended up embedded in the departure building at Kigali International Airport after an engine malfunction. One passenger was killed. * Over Lake Elsinore, California, Lake Elsinore, California, 68 Wingsuit flying, wingsuit jumpers set a U.S. national record for the largest wingsuit formation. No criteria yet exist with which to officially declare it a world record; the ''Fédération Aéronautique Internationale'' will not develop such criteria until 2015 in aviation#February, February 2015. ;14 November * English Electric Lightning, English Electric Lightning T5 ZU-BEX crashed during an airshow at AFB Overberg, Bredasdorp, South Africa after a hydraulic failure, killing the pilot. ;18 November *

EP-CFO suffers an undercarriage malfunction on take-off from

. The aircraft is on a flight to

, Tehran when the undercarriage fails to retract. The aircraft lands at Isfahan but suffers substantial damage when the left main gear collapses. ;19 November * Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Flight 3711, operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-80, McDonnell Douglas MD-82 9Q-CAB overran the runway on landing at Goma International Airport, suffering substantial damage. The overrun area was contaminated by solidified lava. * A Bombardier Dash 8, de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 being operated on behalf of United States Africa Command was substantially damaged when the undercarriage collapsed and the starboard wing was ripped off in an emergency landing at Tarakigné, Mali. ;20 November * Interlink Airlines commences first every passenger flights from Wonderboom Airport outside Pretoria, South Africa. This is the first time the South African capital is connected to other centres in South Africa, instead of using OR Tambo International, Johannesburg. Flights started with 737-200 aircraft, although the runway is inadequate for these aircraft, so severe weight penalties, supposed to use BAe146 aircraft in the near future. Currently flights only to Cape Town and Durban ;23 November * Aeronautica Militare, Italian Air Force C-130 Hercules, Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 crashes just after take-off from Galileo Galilei Airport, Pisa. All five crew members are killed. ;24 November * Batavia Air Flight 711, operated by a Boeing 737 Classic, Boeing 737-400 made an emergency landing at El Tari Airport, Kupang after a problem is discovered with its landing gear. ;27 November * The European Commission extends its List of air carriers banned in the European Union, blacklist to cover all airlines based in Djibouti, the Republic of the Congo and São Tomé. In Ukraine, Ukrainian Cargo Airways and Volare Airlines (Ukraine), Volare Airlines were removed from the blacklist as their Air Operator's Certificates had been revoked. Motor Sich Airlines were also removed from the blacklist and Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines were allowed to operate a single aircraft. TAAG Angola Airlines was allowed to increase the number of aircraft used for flights to Portugal. ;28 November * Avient Aviation Avient Aviation Flight 324, Flight 324, operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Z-BAV, crashed on take-off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on a flight to Bishkek–Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan with the loss of 3 lives. The plane was written off.

December

* The

-based airline East African Air commences operations. ;2 December *Merpati Nusantara Airlines

PK-MJD makes an emergency landing at El Tari Airport, Kupang when the left main gear fails to extend. There are no injuries among the passengers and crew. ;3 December T*he first Solar Impulse aircraft, ''HB-SIA'', the first Solar power, solar-powered aircraft capable of flying both day and night thanks to batteries charged by solar power that provide it with power during darkness, makes its first flight, a short hop of 350 meters (1,148 feet) at an altitude of 1 meter (3.28 feet) at Dubendorf, Switzerland. ;7 December *

Flight 8625, operated by Embraer ERJ 135 ZS-SJW overruns the runway at George Airport, South Africa, arriving from Cape Town. The aircraft sustains substantial damage when it runs down a bank onto a road and may be declared a write-off. ;8 December *In the United Kingdom, Coventry Airport announces that it is to close with immediate effect due to its owners being wound up in the High Court. ;9 December *Brussels Airlines joins the Star Alliance. ;14 December *Flight attendant, Cabin crew at British Airways vote overwhelmingly in favour of a History of British Airways#Industrial dispute, planned 12 days of strike action over Christmas and the New Year in a dispute over job cuts and changes to staff contracts. On 17 December the High Court rules that Unite (trade union), Unite, the representing trade union, had not correctly balloted its members on the strike action, meaning that the strikes could not go ahead. ;16 December *

's largest airline, Flyglobespan, enters administration and ceases all flights. ;18 December *Continental Micronesia inaugurates new service from Guam and Honolulu to Nadi, Fiji, Nadi, Fiji. ;19 December *A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 overruns the runway at Tonj Airfield, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, killing one person on the ground. The aircraft is carrying security personnel in preparation for a visit from List of Presidents of the Government of Southern Sudan, President Salva Kiir Mayardit. ;21 December *The Spain, Spanish airline Air Comet ceases operations. ;22 December * American Airlines American Airlines Flight 331, Flight 331, a

, overshoots the runway on landing at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica, injuring 15 of the 154 people on board. ;25 December * Northwest Airlines Flight 253, operated by Airbus A330-323E N820NW is subjected to an attempted terrorist attack. The terrorist, Nigerian Islamist Abdulfarouk Umar Muttalab, is overpowered by other passengers and is arrested when the aircraft lands at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

Deaths

;13 January * Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton, 93. ;8 February * American aviator Wesley L. McDonald, 84. ;2 June * British Air Vice-Marshal John Ernsting, 81. ;20 June * American aviator Kenneth L. Reusser, 89. ;18 July * British World War I veteran and last surviving founding member of the

, Henry Allingham, 113.

First flights

;25 April *Boeing P-8 Poseidon ;21 October *BAE Systems Mantis ;12 November *AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat ;13 November *AgustaWestland AW149 ;25 November * Gulfstream G650. ;3 December * First Solar Impulse aircraft, ''HB-SIA''. ;4 December *Eurocopter EC175 ;9 December *Elbit Hermes 900 ;11 December * Airbus A400M, in Spain. *Gulfstream G250. ;15 December *Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in Seattle.

Entered service

* Evergreen 747 Supertanker, fighting a fire in Spain's Province of Cuenca.

Retirements

* 31 July – Cessna T-37 Tweet by the

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 which crashed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1 June, killing all 228 people on board.

References

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