2002 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 2002:
Events
A depression in North American commercial aviation begins in the aftermath of economic recession and the September 11 attacks.
January
March
April
- April 9 - A Portuguese Air Force 552 Squadron Alouette III crashes, killing the three crewman.
- April 15 - Air China Flight 129 a Boeing 767, crashes at a mountainside near Busan. 128 of 166 on board are killed.
- April 18 The crash happened when a Rockwell Commander A112 crashed on 17:48 (local time)into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower. The crash killed the pilot Fasulos and four others in the building. Sixty more people sustained injuries in the building and on the ground.
May
July
- July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, collides with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, over Germany, killing all 69 on the Tu-154 and the two pilots on the DHL 757.
- July 1 – The captain and first officer of America West Flight 556, an Airbus A319 with 132 people on board, are arrested at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, for being legally drunk just after pushback from the gate for a flight to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. They later are jailed.
- July 4 – An Egyptian-American man, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, opens fire on the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, killing two Israelis and wounding four other people before an El Al security guard shoots him to death.
- July 7-14 – The 15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship takes place in Zagreb, Croatia. The individual winners are 1. Lubos Hajek (Czech Republic, in a Cessna 152), 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland, in a Cessna 152), 3. Predrag Crnko (Croatia, in a Cessna 150). Team winners are 1. the Czech Republic, 2. Poland, 3. Croatia.
- July 17 – Midway Airlines suspends operations.
- July 27 – A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show in Sknyliv near Lviv, Ukraine, killing 77.
- July 29 - Vanguard Airlines ceases operations. The next day it files for reorganization under Chapter 11 of United States bankruptcy law.
- July-December – Italian conservationist and pilot Angelo d'Arrigo guides a flock of 10 endangered Western Siberian cranes bred in captivity with a foot-launched powered hang glider 5,500 km ( miles) from the Arctic Circle in Siberia across Kazakhstan to the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran, avoiding Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he feared the birds would fall victim to the abundant guns there.
August
October
- October 18 - Boeing reveals its Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator, which has conducted a number of flights during the period 1996 to 1999.
November
December
First flights
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January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 1 - Aero L159B
- June 22 - Tupolev Tu-214VSSN
- June 28 - CAC J-10
- June 30 - 21st Century Airships SPAS-R1
July
August
September
November
- November 9 - MVEN MVEN-1 Fermer
- November 30 - Sauper Aviation Papango
December
Entered service
March
References
- ^ Jackson, Paul (2003). "First Flights". Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004: p. 30–31. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
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