2009 in aviation

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

Events

During the year, the airlines Aeromak, City Link Air, FlyMontserrat, KentuckySkies, Mint Airways, and Trawel Fly are established, the airlines Air Arabia Maroc, Arik Niger, and Nile Air commence flight operations, and Sol Dominicana Airlines ceases operations.

January

• The Kiribati airline Coral Sun Airways is established.
• The Federal Aviation Administration revokes the Operating Certificate of American airline Air Tahoma.^[1]

4 January

• A
  Cessna 550 Citation II (N815MA) is substantially damaged at Wilmington International Airport, United States when it makes a wheels-up landing after running out of fuel.^[2]
• A Sikorsky S-76C helicopter strikes a red-tailed hawk seven minutes after taking off from Amelia, Louisiana, on a charter flight to an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and crashes, killing its pilot and copilot and six of their seven passengers.^[3]

5 January

• C-GEAJ, an Antarctic Logistic Center International Basler BT-67, crashes on landing at Tony Camp, Antarctica. All four occupants survive but the aircraft is damaged beyond repair.^[4]

6 January

• Ted, a brand of the American airline United Airlines for their economy flights, is discontinued. Economy flights are rebranded under the main United Airlines brand.^{[citation needed]}

9 January

• EP-858, a
  Cessna Grand Caravan crashes on take-off from Rio Tigre, Intutu Region.^[5]

• The Zambian airline Zambian Airways suspends operations.^[6]

11 January

• AVIC I MA-60, registration RP-C8893, crashes on landing at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, Philippines, hitting an airport building. Over twenty people are injured and the aircraft is damaged beyond repair.^[4]

• S9-KAS, an
  Bender Qassim International Airport, Somalia with the nose landing gear retracted.^[4]

• Two
  Dagestan killing four of the seven crew.^{[citation needed}
  ]
• birdstrikes. All passengers and crew are rescued, and only five people are injured.^[7]

• A
  crashes into the sea off Gabon shortly after take-off from the amphibious assault ship Foudre, killing eight of the ten personnel on board.^[8]
• The bankrupt Lithuanian airline FlyLal-Lithuanian Airlines ceases operations.^[9]

19 January

• Mehrabad Airport and is substantially damaged.^[4]

• The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute suspends Caribair from operating for "operational irregularities".^[10]

25 January

• The operating licence of Swedish airline Nordic Airways is suspended, the Swedish Transport Agency stating that the airline is "no longer able to fulfill its commitments and duties to its passengers."^[11]

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 in the United States, and is destroyed in the subsequent fire.^[4]
• OEGAA, a Cessna Citation V operating as the Tyrol Air Ambulance is substantially damaged in a belly landing at Tolmachevo Airport Russia.^[12]

29 January

• The Australian airline MacAir Airlines enters voluntary administration and ceases operations.^[13]

30 January

• Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.^[14]

• The British airline Skysouth ceases operations.^[15]

4 February

• N834TP, a
  Mojave Air & Space Port, United States, and substantially damaged.^[16]
• C-FCCE, a
  Transwest Air, crashes on take-off from La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport, Canada and is substantially damaged.^[16]

• PT-SEA, an
  crashes into the Manacapuru River, Brazil killing 24 of the 28 people on board.^[17]

• Two
  Grob Tutor aircraft of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force collide mid-air over Porthcawl, Wales. Both aircraft crash, killing all occupants.^[18]

• DHC-8-402 Q400, registration N200WQ, crashes at Clarence Center, New York, killing all 50 people on board and another on the ground.^[19]

• Avro RJ100, registration G-BXAR, is substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapses on landing at London City Airport. All 71 people on board are successfully evacuated via emergency chutes.^[16]

• N440RA, a
  Arctic Transportation Services lands short of the runway at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, Alaska, and is significantly damaged.^[16]

• 90-09, a
  Isfahan International Airport, Iran and is destroyed, killing all five people on board.^[16]
• TC-SGD, a
  In Aménas Airport, Algeria after landing in a 28 knots (52 km/h) tailwind, and is substantially damaged. A number of people are injured in the subsequent evacuation.^[16]

• PNC-0211, a
  hand grenade.^[16]
• FAC 1670, a
  Fuerza Aérea Colombiana crashes shortly after take-off from Olaya Herrera Airport, killing all five people on board. The aircraft is destroyed.^[16]
• N652UA, a Boeing 767-322ER operated by United Airlines, 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. Eleven cabin windows are knocked out by the force of the discharge, damaging the aircraft's avionics systems.^[16]

20 February

• Antonov AN-12, registration S9-SVN, crashes shortly after take-off from Luxor International Airport, Egypt, killing all five crew. The aircraft is destroyed.^[16]

• The Australian airline SkyAirWorld suspends operations pending a restructure of its business.^[20]

23 February

• Hang Nadim Airport, Indonesia, with the nosewheel stuck in the raised position. The aircraft is damaged significantly.^[16]

• Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-8F2, registration TC-JGE, crashes short of the runway at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Six passengers and three crew members are killed.^[21]

28 February

• Traian Vuia International Airport, 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.^[16]
• Tallahassee Regional Airport, United States. The crew evacuate, and the fire is extinguished after burning through the cockpit wall, the flight deck being significantly damaged.^[16]

• Iraqi Airways begins its first service to Sweden since the outbreak of the Gulf War in January 1991, flying from Baghdad to Athens to Stockholm using a Boeing 737-2300 leased from Seagle Air.
• Continental Airlines becomes the first U.S. airline to inaugurate scheduled service to Shanghai, China, offering daily nonstop flights from the airline's hub at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

3 March

• Perimeter Aviation Flight 460, a Swearingen SA-226TC Metroliner, registration C-FSLZ, makes a wheels-up landing at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Canada. The same aircraft had an unsafe gear indication the previous day.^[22]

6 March

• VT-XRM, an
  Bengaluru International Airport, India, killing all three crew members.^[23]

• 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.^[24]
• S9-SAB, an Ilyushin IL-76TD operated by Aerolift, crashes into Lake Victoria shortly after take-off from Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, killing all 11 people on board. The aircraft is destroyed.^[25]

12 March

• Sikorsky S-92A, registration C-GZCH, ditches in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada, killing 17 of the 18 people on board.^[26]

• The Mexican airline MexicanaLink commences operations.^[27]

19 March

• A Beechcraft B200 King Air of the Ecuadorian Air Force crashes at Guápulo while attempting to land at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in thick fog, killing all five people on board and a further two on the ground.^[28]

20 March

• Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG, suffers a tailstrike during its take-off run at Melbourne Airport, Australia. Although take off is achieved, the aircraft overruns the end of the runway and destroys some 200 metres (220 yd) 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.^[29]

• N128CM, a Pilatus PC-12, crashes near Butte, Montana, killing all 14 people on board.

23 March

• McDonnell-Douglas MD-11F, registration N562FE, crashes on landing at Narita International Airport
  , Tokyo, killing both crew members.
• Atatürk International Airport, Turkey and is substantially damaged.^[22]

• Arrow Air Cargo Flight 431, a McDonnell Douglas DC-1030F, suffers a major failure of the No. 2 (tail-mounted) engine shortly after take-off from Eduardo Gomes International Airport, Brazil. 12 houses and several cars were damaged by falling debris. The aircraft subsequently makes a safe landing at El Dorado International Airport, Colombia.^[30]

31 March

• A
  Gdynia-Babie Doły Airport, Poland, during a simulated single-engine approach, killing all four people on board.^[31]

• 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.[32]

1 April

• crashes in the North Sea off Scotland
  after the main rotor gearbox failed and all four main rotor blades were lost. All 18 people on board are killed.

• Chemtrad Aviation
  Baggao, Philippines, killing all thirteen people on board. The aircraft was destroyed.^[33]

• Quebec Service Aérien
  Canadair CL-415 C-GQBG makes a belly landing at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Canada and suffers substantial damage.^[33]

• Air China Airbus A321-213 B-6556 is substantially damaged in a heavy landing and tailstrike at Beijing Capital International Airport. A vertical deceleration of 3.03G is recorded. A go-around is initiated and the aircraft subsequently lands safely.^[33]

6 April

• A
  CASA CN-235 and CASA C-212 Aviocar are substantially damaged by falling debris and two Boeing 737s slightly damaged.^[33]

• OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa.^[33]

• BAe 146–300 PK-BRD crashes into Gunung Pike on approach to Wamena Airport, Indonesia, killing all six people on board.^[34]

• The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency cancels the operating license of airline Elbrus-Avia.

17 April

• Pilatus PC-6 PK-LTJ crashes into Mount Gergaji
  , Indonesia, killing all ten people on board.
• TAROM ATR 42–500 YR-ATA suffers a birdstrike on approach to Iași International Airport, Romania, resulting in a large hole in the nosecone. A safe landing is subsequently made.^[33]
• Cessna 208B Grand Caravan YV-1811 crashes shortly after take-off from Canaima Airport, Venezuela, killing one of the eleven people on board.^[35]

18 April

• Royal Air Maroc 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, Morocco.^[33]

19 April

• Jamaica Defense Force
  .
• A
  Kenyan Air Force Habin Y-12 crashes at Marsabit killing 14 of the 17 people on board. Among the dead are four Members of Kenya's parliament and two Deputy Ministers.^[36]
• The Russian airline Arkaim is established.

20 April

• Royal Air Maroc Flight 200, operated by Boeing 767-36NER CN-RNT, is substantially damaged in a heavy landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Cracks are discovered in the forward fuselage on inspection.^[33]

24 April

• The Senegalese airline Air Sénégal International suspends all operations.

25 April

• Lockheed P-2V Neptune N442NA of Neptune Aviation Services crashes into a hill at Stockton, Utah, while on a ferry flight. The aircraft is destroyed and all three crew members are killed.^[33]

26 April

• Douglas DC-3C N136FS of Four Star Air Cargo is destroyed by fire at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Puerto Rico.^[33]

27 April

• Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport, Mexico. There are four injuries during evacuation by the 116 people on board.^[33]
• The Indonesian airline Linus Airways suspends operations as it has no aircraft to operate.

29 April

• Bako Air Boeing 737-275 TL-ADM crashes near Massamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all seven crew. The aircraft is destroyed.^[37]
• Air Arabia Maroc is founded. It will begin flight operations on 6 May.

May

• The Indonesian airline Megantara Air suspends operations.^[38]

1 May

• The Fijian airline Air Fiji ceases operations.

3 May

• EV 08114, a
  Venezuelan Army crashes at Táchira, Venezuela
  , killing all 21 personnel on board.
• XM715, a Handley Page Victor, briefly becomes airborne during a fast taxi run at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, United Kingdom. The aircraft is not airworthy and was not intended to have flown.^[39] YouTube video

4 May

• Northwest Airlines Flight 557, an Airbus A320-211, registration N311US, is substantially damaged in a heavy landing at Denver International Airport, United States. Vertical deceleration in excess of 3G is recorded. The aircraft may be written off.^[40]

6 May

• Air Arabia Maroc begins flight operations. Its first flight is from Casablanca, Morocco, to London Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom.
• Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, 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.^[40]

8 May

• Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 9061, a McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30, registration HZ-APW, departs the runway at King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia, while taxiing and suffers a main gear collapse and engine fire. The damage is described as "substantial".^[40]

10 May

• YV-1467, a BAe 3201 Jetstream 31, crashes near Útila Airport, Honduras during an illegal drug smuggling flight carrying almost 1,700 kilograms (3,700 lb) of cocaine. One of the three occupants are killed.^[40]

18 May

• An
  Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport, Ethiopia. Damage was described as "substantial".^[40]

20 May

• A
  Magetan
  killing 97 people on board the aircraft and a further two on the ground.

25 May

26 May

• 9Q-CSA, an
  blacklist by the International Civil Aviation Organization and Antonov.^[40]

30 May

• Pakistan International Airlines Flight 668, an ATR 42–500, registration AP-BHO, departs the runway on landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Pakistan, resulting in a collapsed nosewheel and damaged mainwheel.^[40]

June

• The Egyptian airline AlMasria Universal Airlines commences operations.

1 June

• Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCP, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil killing all 228 people on board.
• Swedish airline Air Express Sweden is taken over by MCA Airlines^[41]

2 June

• 8Q-MAG, a DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Maldavian Air Taxi is destroyed when it crashes into the sea at the Haliveli Atoll, Maldives. All seven people on board survive.^[42][43]

6 June

• Fokker F28-4000, registration XY-ADW, overruns the runway at Sittwe Airport, Myanmar. The aircraft is damaged beyond repair.^[44]

7 June

• A Strait Air
  Britten-Norman Islander crashes on approach to Port Hope Simpson Airport, Canada, killing the pilot. The aircraft is destroyed.^[42]

9 June

• An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 crashes in Arunachal Pradesh province killing all thirteen people on board.^[45]

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.^[42]

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.^[42]

25 June

• Xian MA60, registration RP-C8892, overruns the runway at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, Philippines. The aircraft is substantially damaged but is to be repaired.^[42]

26 June

• HK-4094, a Let L-410 Turbolet operated by Transporte Aéreo de Colombia overruns the runway at Capurganá Airport, Colombia, and is substantially damaged.^[46]

27 June

• Kingfisher Airlines Flight 3334, an Airbus A320, registration VT-ADR, collides with a building at Bagdogra Airport, India. The aircraft was substantially damaged.^[42][47]

29 June

• PK-BRO, a
  Aviastar Mandiri, crashes on approach to Wamena Airport, Indonesia, killing all three crew.^[42]

30 June

• Comoros Islands
  . There is one survivor from the 153 people on board.

July

• Continental Airlines 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 crashes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, killing all 43 people on board.

5 July

• ZK-LGR,
  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.^[48]
• 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.^[48]

13 July

• Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, a 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.
• blacklist.^[49]
• The
  strategic airlift purposes, receives its first C-17 in a ceremony at the Boeing assembly plant in Long Beach, California.^[50]

15 July

• Tupolev Tu-154M, registration EP-CPG, crashes at Jannatabad
  , Iran, after an in-flight fire on board. All 168 people on board are killed.
• The Spanish low-cost airlines Clickair and Vueling complete their merger. with Clickair absorbed into Vueling.

16 July

• N350AN, a
  Fort Worth Alliance Airport, United States, during post-maintenance checks.^[48]

19 July

• A Mil Mi-8 operated by Vertical-T crashes at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan killing 16 of the 21 people on board.

21 July

• Aeroméxico Flight 665, a Boeing 737-752, registration XA-NAM, suffers a nosewheel collapse on pushback at San Francisco International Airport. The aircraft is substantially damaged.^[48]

24 July

• The
  Italian Civil Aviation Authority suspends the operating licence of MyAir due to financial problems and service failures^{[citation needed}
  ].
• Mashhad International Airport, Iran, killing 16 of the 143 or more people on board.^[51]

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 A330-203 operated by Air France is substantially damaged at Maya-Maya Airport, Brazil, when a wing strikes a building during ground manoeuvres.^[48]

August

2 August

• Flight 9760, a DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, registration PK-NVC, crashes at Oksibil
  , Indonesia killing all 16 people on board.

• 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.^[52]

• Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an 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

• South Waziristan, Pakistan, when an American unmanned aerial vehicle strike kills him and several other people.^[53]
• Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal, with a force of 4.6G being recorded. The aircraft is substantially damaged but may have flown twice since.^[52]

• The Canadian airline Island Express Air commences operations.

8 August

• N71MC, a
  Eurocopter AS350 collide mid-air over New York. Both aircraft crash into the Hudson River
  , killing all three people on board the aircraft and all six people on board the helicopter.

• Airlines PNG Flight 4684, operated by DHC-6 Twin Otter P2-MCB, crashes into a mountain in the Owen Stanley Range
  , Papua New Guinea, killing all 13 people on board.

• Two
  MAKS Airshow
  . One pilot is killed as well as one person on the ground.
• YV-212T, a
  Britten-Norman Islander, ditches into the sea short of Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela. The aircraft is written off but all nine people on board are rescued.^[52]
• The unregistered prototype AVCEN Jetpod crashes shortly after take-off from Taiping Airport, Malaysia, killing its pilot.^[54]

20 August

• An
  Abelbasset al-Megrahi at Glasgow, Scotland, and flies him to Tripoli, Libya. Convicted in the December 1988 bombing of Pan American World Airways Flight 103 and serving a life sentence, Megrahi has been released from prison on compassionate grounds because he is suffering from terminal prostate cancer
  .

• South East Asian Airlines Flight 014, a 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.^[52]
• The Danish airline Wings of Bornholm commences operations.

26 August

• TN-AIA, an
  crashes at Brazzaville
  , Democratic Republic of the Congo. All six people on board are killed.

• T-906, an Ilyushin Il-76TD, 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.^[52]
• The Chinese airline
  East Star Air
  declares bankruptcy.
• The Russian airline Avianova begins operations.

29 August

• A
  Boeing E-3 Sentry catches fire on landing at Nellis Air Force Base, United States. All 32 people on board are safely evacuated.^[55]

• The Slovak airline SkyEurope files for bankruptcy.
• The U.S.
  Oak Glen Fire in California
  .

• The Slovak airline SkyEurope suspends operations.

2 September

• A
  crashes at Rudrakonda Hill, India, killing all five people on board, including Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
  .

• Embraer 170.^[56]

• P-827, a
  Long Ampung Airport, killing five of the nine people on board.^[57]

• The Russian airline KD Avia suspends flight operations.

9 September

• Aeroméxico Flight 576, a 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
  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.^[58][59][60]

• D-ALCO, a
  McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 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.^[61]

• Flight 288, a Fokker 100 operated by Contact Air, registration D-AKFE, makes an emergency belly landing at Stuttgart Airport, Germany, after the undercarriage fails to deploy correctly.^[62]

• N349TA, a
  Casa 212 Aviocar 200 operated by Bering Air, departs the runway at Savoonga, Alaska, and is substantially damaged when the undercarriage collapses.^[63]

• The Maltese airline Efly commences operations.^[64]

22 September

• 5-8208, an
  mid-air collision with a Northrop F-5E Tiger II and crashes near Varamin killing all seven people on board.^[65]

• 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.^[66]

• 9044, a
  Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, overruns the runway upon landing at Ozuki Air Field and is substantially damaged.^[67]

• British Airways operates the first transatlantic flight from London City Airport: BA001 (a flight number unused since Concorde retired), an all-business class Airbus A318.^[68]
• 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.^[69]
• American
  unmanned aerial vehicles have conducted 87 missile strikes against targets in Pakistan since the first recorded one on 14 June 2004. Seventy-six of them have occurred since 1 January 2008.^[70]

• American airlines Go! and Mokulele Airlines merge to form Go! Mokulele.
• The
  Viking Hellas
  commences operations.
• The
  F/A-18E/F Super Hornet) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on an aviation biofuel made from Camelina sativa.^[71]

• The Serbian airline Jat Airways resumes flights following the resolution of the dispute with their maintenance company.^[72]
• 9M-MMR, a 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.^[73]
• The Swedish airline Feel Air is established.

9 October

• FAU-531, an
  Fonds-Verettes killing all eleven on board.^[75]

• 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.^[76]

17 October

• RP-C550, a Douglas DC-3 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.^[77]

21 October

• Flight 2241, a Boeing 707-320, crashes shortly after take-off from Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates. All six crew are killed.^[78][79]
• An agreement is announced for the sale of
  BAA Limited to Global Infrastructure Partners, to comply with Competition Commission requirements.^[80]
• 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.

• An
  crashed shortly after take-off from Mirny Airport. All eleven crew are killed.^[83]
• Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
  .

• UM-239, a
  Harare International Airport. The take-off is rejected but the undercarriage collapses causing substantial damage to the aircraft.^[84][85]

• N120FB, a
  St. Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida, after suffering an engine failure. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair.^[86]

• A
  Sakhalin Island. All eleven crew are missing, presumed dead.^{[citation needed}
  ]

• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The aircraft suffered substantial damage but all 46 passengers and crew escaped unharmed.^[87]
• Mexicana, MexicanaClick, and MexicanaLink join the Oneworld airline alliance.

11 November

• The Swedish airline MCA Airlines declares bankruptcy.

12 November

• Canadair CRJ-100 5Y-JLD ended up embedded in the departure building at Kigali International Airport after an engine malfunction. One passenger was killed.^[88]
• Over Lake Elsinore, California, 68 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 February 2015.^[89]

14 November

• AFB Overberg, Bredasdorp, South Africa after a hydraulic failure, killing the pilot.^[90]

• Mehrabad Airport, Tehran when the undercarriage fails to retract. The aircraft lands at Isfahan but suffers substantial damage when the left main gear collapses.^[91]

• Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Flight 3711, operated by 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.^[92]
• A
  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.^[93]

• Galileo Galilei Airport, Pisa. All five crew members are killed.^[94]

• El Tari Airport, Kupang after a problem is discovered with its landing gear.^[95]

• The
  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.^[96]

• Avient Aviation 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.^[97]

December

• The United Kingdom-based airline East African Air commences operations.

2 December

• El Tari Airport, Kupang when the left main gear fails to extend. There are no injuries among the passengers and crew.^[95]

• 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.^[99]

[100]

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.^[101]

9 December

• Brussels Airlines joins the Star Alliance.

14 December

• Unite, the representing trade union, had not correctly balloted its members on the strike action, meaning that the strikes could not go ahead.^[103]

• Scotland's largest airline, Flyglobespan, enters administration and ceases all flights.^[104]

18 December

• Nadi, Fiji
  .

• A
  President Salva Kiir Mayardit.^[105]

• The Spanish airline Air Comet ceases operations.

22 December

• American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800,^[106] overshoots the runway on landing at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica,^[107] injuring 15 of the 154 people on board.

25 December

• Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
  .