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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2010:

Events[]

January[]

2 January
  • A package containing the explosive RDX is randomly placed in the luggage of an unknowing passenger at Poprad-Tatry Airport in Slovakia as part of a bomb-detection training exercise, but police fail to remove the package afterwards, and the luggage continues onto a Danube Wings flight to Dublin Airport where the unsuspecting passenger retrieves his explosive-laden luggage and takes it to his Dublin home, resulting in a bomb alert and his arrest three days later. The man is released after the Slovak government admits he is blameless.
13 January
19 January
  • Japan Airlines files for protection from bankruptcy.
20 January
  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that commercial flights between the United Kingdom and the Yemen would be suspended, owing to British concerns over terrorist activity in Yemen, and will not resume until the security situation in Yemen improves.[2]
21 January
  • Cargolux Flight 7933, a Boeing 747-4R7F, strikes an airport maintenance van on landing at Luxembourg International Airport and sustains a damaged tyre. Three investigations are launched into the incident.
23 January
  • United Eagle Airlines is renamed Chengdu Airlines.
24 January
25 January
  • Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, a Boeing 737-8AS, crashes into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. All 90 people on board die.
26 January
31 January
  • American carrier Northwest Airlines is merged into Delta Air Lines.

February[]

11 February
  • Trigana Air Service Flight 168, an ATR 42-300F, makes a forced landing in a paddy field at Bone, Indonesia. Two people are seriously injured and the aircraft was written off.
15 February
18 February
  • After setting fire to his house and leaving behind a suicide note expressing displeasure with government and taxation, Andrew Joseph Stack III crashes his Piper Dakota into an office building housing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) field office in Austin, Texas, killing himself and an IRS manager and injuring 13 others, two of them seriously.
28 February

March[]

22 March
  • Aviastar Flight 1906, a Tupolev Tu-204, crashes on approach to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow. The aircraft is written off, the first hull loss for Aviastar and the first of a Tu-204.
25 March
  • Scottish airline Highland Airways ceases operations.[3]
31 March
  • Canadian airline Skyservice ceases operations.
  • Aloha Airlines ceases operations and declares bankruptcy. It halts all passenger operations and transfers all of its cargo operations to Aloha Air Cargo.

April[]

8 April
  • British Airways and Iberia confirm that they have agreed to merge.
10 April
  • A Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M carrying the Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many other Polish officials crashes in poor visibility on approach to Smolensk North Airport in Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board.[4]
12 April
13 April
A United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet – the "Green Hornet" – making a biofuel-powered flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on 22 April 2010.
15 April
21 April
22 April
  • On Earth Day, the United States Navy conducts a flight test at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, of an F/A-18 Super Hornet powered by a biofuel blend. The aircraft, nicknamed the "Green Hornet," flies for about 45 minutes on a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and a biofuel made from Camelina sativa. The flight is the first of a planned 15 test flights totaling about 23 flight-hours, scheduled for completion by mid-June 2010.[6]

May[]

12 May
15 May
  • A Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28 crashes shortly after take-off from Godo Holo Airstrip killing all eight on board.
17 May
22 May
  • Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737-800, crashes at Mangalore International Airport with the loss of 162 lives.
26 May
  • Iraqi Airways ceases operations.
  • Launched from a B-52H Stratofortress over the Pacific Ocean, the Boeing X-51A Waverider makes a successful first flight, reaching nearly Mach 5. It is the first time in history that an aircraft flies powered by a practical thermally balanced hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet engine.[7][8]
28 May
  • The first Solar Impulse aircraft, HB-SIA, the first 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 powered entirely by solar energy, charging its batteries in flight. The flight takes place at Payerne Airport outside Payerne, Switzerland.[9]

June[]

6 June
  • A wheel-well stowaway inside a Boeing 747 survives a flight from Vienna to London.[10]
19 June
  • Berlin Air Services Douglas DC-3 D-CXXX crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport on a local sightseeing flight. Eight people were injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.
21 June
  • A Cameroon Aero Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crashes in the Republic of the Congo, killing all eleven people on board, including Australian mining magnate Ken Talbot.

July[]

8 July
  • The first Solar Impulse aircraft, HB-SIA, the first solar-powered aircraft capable of both day and night flight thanks to its batteries charged by solar power, makes its first overnight flight, taking off from Payerne Airport outside Payerne, Switzerland, and returning after 26 hours 10 minutes 19 seconds in the air, the first overnight flight by a solar-powered aircraft and the longest flight in history up to this time by a manned solar-powered aircraft. The flight also sets a record for the highest altitude ever attained by a manned solar-powered aircraft, reaching 8,744 meters (28,687 feet) above ground and 9,235 meters (30,298 feet) in absolute altitude.[11][12]
18 July
  • The Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its first international appearance at the Farnborough Airshow, UK.[13]
27 July
  • A Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11 crashes at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
28 July
  • Airblue Flight 202, an Airbus A321, crashes in the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard in the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history.
  • Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 00-0173 of the United States Air Force crashed near Elmendorf Air Force Base killing all four people on board.

August[]

1 August
  • The Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs by signatory countries, goes into effect, six months after its ratification by its 30th signatory country.
2 August
  • Todd Reichert of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies pilots a human-powered ornithopter, Snowbird, in Ontario, sustaining 19.3 seconds of flight, covering a distance of 145 metres (475 ft). The 42.6 kg (92.59 lb) craft has 32-metre- (105-foot-) span flapping wings.[14]
  • The Mexican airline Mexicana files for insolvency proceedings in Mexico and bankruptcy protection in the United States.
3 August
9 August
  • A de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter crashes near Aleknagik, Alaska, killing five people aboard, including former United States Senator Ted Stevens. Former NASA Administrator and later EADS North America CEO Sean O'Keefe is among the four survivors.
13 August
  • Spanish airline Andalus Lineas Aereas ceases operations.
16 August
24 August
  • Saudi airline SAMA ceases operations.
  • Agni Air Flight 101, a Dornier 228, crashes near Shikharpur, Nepal killing all 14 people on board.
  • Henan Airlines Flight 8387, an Embraer E190 LR, overruns the runway on landing at Lindu Airport, China, killing 42 of the 96 people on board.
25 August
  • A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes short of the runway at Bandundu Airport, killing all 14 people on board.
27 August
  • Five days of flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, of alternative fuels by a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III end with the C-17 flying using a blend of 50 percent conventional JP-8 jet fuel, 25 percent HRJ biofuel made from beef tallow, and 25 percent coal-based fuel made through the Fischer–Tropsch process, becoming the first United States Department of Defense aircraft to fly on such a blend and the first aircraft to operate from Edwards using a fuel derived from beef tallow. The flight is a culmination of a series of test flights, with the C-17 flying using JP-8 in three of its engines and a 50/50 blend of JP-8 and biofuel in one engine on 23 August, followed by a flight with the same 50/50 blend in all four engines on 24 August.[15]
28 August
  • The Mexican airline Mexicana de Aviacion suspends operations due to insolvency.

September[]

3 September
  • UPS Airlines Flight 6, a Boeing 747-44AF, crashes shortly after take-off from Dubai International Airport, killing both crew and destroying the aircraft.
4 September
  • A Fletcher FU24 crashed on take-off from the Fox Glacier, killing all nine people on board.
5 September
  • A De Havilland Tiger Moth crashes into spectators at an air show at the airfield near Nuremberg, Germany, killing one person and injuring 38, five of them seriously.[16] Four years later, a trial in Hersbrucker District Court determined that the cause of the crash was pilot error, finding the pilot guilty of "… fahrlässiger Tötung und fahrlässiger Körperverletzung …" ("involuntary manslaughter and negligent injury").[17]
7 September
  • Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514, a Tupolev Tu-154M, has a total electrical failure in flight and makes an emergency landing at Izhma Airport, but overruns the runway. All 81 passengers and crew escaped uninjured. The aircraft involved was repaired in 2011.[18]
13 September
30 September
  • After Pakistani troops at a border post along the border with Afghanistan fire warning shots at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attack helicopters flying a combat mission over Afghan territory against Afghan insurgents near the border, the helicopters mistake them for insurgents and return fire, killing three Pakistanis.[19][20]

October[]

9 October
12 October
29 October
  • A terrorist plot to send bombs by air freight from Yemen to the United States via the United Kingdom is uncovered.

November[]

4 November
  • Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, sustains an uncontained engine failure over Batam Island, Indonesia. Falling debris injured one person on the ground. The aircraft returned to Singapore Changi Airport.
  • Aero Caribbean Flight 883, an ATR 72, crashes at Guasimal, Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.
5 November
  • A Jahangir Siddiqui Air Beechcraft 1900 crashes near Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 people on board.
28 November
  • Sun Way Flight 4412, an Ilyushin Il-76, crashes in a populated area of Karachi, Pakistan, shortly after taking off from Jinnah International Airport, killing all eight persons on board and two on the ground.
29 November
  • The shareholders of British Airways and Iberia approve the merger of the two airlines.

December[]

3 December
  • South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashes on landing at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. Of the 168 people on board, two passengers were killed.
15 December
  • A Tara Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into a mountain shortly after departure from Lamidanda Airport, Nepal. The aircraft was operating a chartered passenger flight to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. All 19 passengers and crew were killed.[22]
  • Last operation by a Harrier Jump Jet in United Kingdom service, from RAF Cottesmore.[23]

First flights[]

January[]

26 January
29 January

February[]

8 February
  • Boeing 747-8.[26] - N747EX

March[]

10 March
  • KAI KUH-1 Surion[27]
18 March
29 March

April[]

28 April

July[]

8 July
  • Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle

September[]

10 September

November[]

December[]

30 December

Retirements[]

September[]

17 September

December[]

  • General Dynamics F-111 by the Royal Australian Air Force, the last operator of the type.[33]

Deaths[]

19 July
  • David Warren, Australian aviation scientist, inventor of the cockpit voice recorder (b. 1925)

References[]

  1. ^ "Blue Wings stellt Flugbetrieb ein" (in German). Flugrevue. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Brown unveils security measures". BBC News. 20 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Highland Airways goes into administration". BBC News. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  4. ^ Aviation Safety Network Accident Description
  5. ^ "Crash: ATMA AN12 at Mexico on April 21st 2010, fire on board". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  6. ^ Wright, Liz, "," navy.mil, 22 April 2010 3:30:00 p.m.
  7. ^ Hallion, Roy P., "Does the Hypersonic Transport Have a Future?", Aviation History, July 2012, p. 42.
  8. ^ Warwick, Graham, "First X-51A Hypersonic Flight Deemed Success," Aviation Week, 26 May 2010.
  9. ^ Grady, Mary, "Solar Impulse Flies On Pure Sunlight," avweb.com, 31 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Romanian stowaway found at Heathrow freed after caution". BBC. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  11. ^ Anonymous, "Solar-Powered Plane Lands Safely After 26-Hour Flight," BBC News, 8 July 2010, 06:59 ET.
  12. ^ Anonymous, "The FAI Ratifies Solar Impulse's World Records," fai.org, 22 October 2010, 00:23. Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Dreamliner lands at Farnborough". BBC News. 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Human-Powered Ornithopter Project". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  15. ^ Anonymous, "C-17 Conducts Flight Test With Biofuel," aero-news.net, 8 September 2010.
  16. ^ "1 dead, 33 injured after plane crashes into audience at German air show". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Flugunfall Lillinghof Strafbefehl gegen Piloten erlassen (Aircraft Accident Lillinghof issued charges against pilots)". BR Mittelfranken. Bayerischer Rundfunk. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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  19. ^ Brulliard, Karin, "Pakistan Blocks NATO's Afghan-Bound Supply Trucks After Airstrike Kills 3," washingtonpost.com, 30 September 2010, 12:49 p.m. EDT
  20. ^ Brulliard, Karin, and Joshua Partlow, "NATO Airstrike Strains U.S.-Pakistan Relations", The Washington Post, 27 November 2011, which corrects the death toll (reported as three in the earlier article) to two.
  21. ^ Keinon, Herb, "Turkey, Russia Among Countries Rushing to Israel′s Aid to Fight Fires," Jerusalem Post, 24 November 2016, 12:19.
  22. ^ Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on December 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  23. ^ Warnes, Alan (January 2021). "The day the Harrier died". Air International. Vol. 100 no. 1. pp. 32–39. ISSN 0306-5634.
  24. ^ "XC-2 Finally Airborne". Air International. Vol. 78 no. 3. March 2010. p. 20. ISSN 0306-5634.
  25. ^ Butowski, Piotr (March 2010). "Raptorski's Maiden Flight". Air International. Vol. 78 no. 3. pp. 30–37. ISSN 0306-5634.
  26. ^ "Pictures & Video: Boeing's 747-8F lifts off on maiden flight". Flight International. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  27. ^ "Surion Takes to the Air". Air International. Vol. 78 no. 5. May 2010. p. 16. ISSN 0306-5634.
  28. ^ "Light Combat Helicopter Flies". Air International. Vol. 78 no. 5. May 2010. p. 5. ISSN 0306-5634.
  29. ^ "Antonov An-158 Completes Maiden Flight". Air International. Vol. 78 no. 6. June 2010. p. 4. ISSN 0306-5634.
  30. ^ "Eurocopter Reveals X3 Hybrid Helicopter Testbed". Air International. Vol. 79 no. 5. November 2010. p. 5. ISSN 0306-5634.
  31. ^ "Anka MALE UAV Flown". Air International. Vol. 80 no. 2. February 2011. p. 11. ISSN 0306-5634.
  32. ^ "US Air Force Retires T-43A". Air International. Vol. 79 no. 5. November 2010. p. 17. ISSN 0306-5634.
  33. ^ Severn, Fran, "Aardvarks Go Extinct: Last Flight of the F-111", Flight Journal, June 2011, p. 58.
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