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List of aviation-related events in 2006
This is a list of aviation-related events from 2006.
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January
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February
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- 1 February
- 8?11 February – The American adventurer
Steve Fossett
breaks the record for the absolute longest-distance flight without landing by taking off from the
Kennedy Space Center
at
Cape Canaveral
,
Florida
, on 8 February, circumnavigating the world eastbound, and, after passing over Florida, continuing across the
Atlantic Ocean
for a second time to land in
Bournemouth
,
England
, after a flight of 76 hours 43 minutes, covering 42,469.46 km (26,389.30 mi).
- 16 February –
Kobe Airport
, a controversial offshore airport in
Kobe
,
Japan
, opens for airline service.
March
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- 10 March –
Northwest Airlines
purchases the
United States Department of Transportation
operating certificate
of bankrupt
Independence Air
, which had ceased operations in
January
. Northwest plans to use the certificate for a new
subcontractor
regional airline
, which will begin flight operations in
May 2007
as
Compass Airlines
.
- 13 March – American television personality
Peter Tomarken
and his wife are killed when the engine of the
Beechcraft Bonanza A36
Tomarken is piloting fails due to improper maintenance just after takeoff from
Santa Monica Airport
in
Santa Monica
,
California
, and the plane crashes 200 yards (180 meters) offshore in
Santa Monica Bay
as Tomarken attempts to return to the airport for an
emergency landing
.
[1]
- 14 March – The
Cypriot
airline
Helios Airways
is renamed Ajet.
- 16 March –
New Kitakyushu Airport
, a controversial offshore airport in
Kitaky?sh?
in northeastern
Ky?sh?
, Japan, opens for airline service. The Japanese discount airline
Star Flyer
makes the first flight to the new airport, arriving from
Haneda
, Japan.
- 25 March – The revolutionary
scramjet
engine
Hyshot III
, designed to fly at seven times the
speed of sound
is tested successfully at
Woomera
,
Australia
.
- 29 March
April
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- EgyptAir Express
is founded as a subsidiary of
EgyptAir
to offer domestic service in
Egypt
and on regional routes using
Embraer E-170
jets. It will begin fight operations in
June
.
- 1 May – The airline
Song
ceases operations and turns its fleet over to its owner,
Delta Air Lines
.
- 3 May –
Armavia Flight 967
, an
Airbus A320-211
, is advised to halt its final descent into
Sochi International Airport
in
Sochi
,
Russia
, and begins a
go-around
, during which it crashes into the
Black Sea
, killing all 113 people on board.
- 6 May – The
United States Air Force
retires the last Lockheed Martin
C-141 Starlifter
in its inventory, an aircraft named
Hanoi Taxi
.
Hanoi Taxi
lands for the last time and is received in a formal retirement ceremony at the
National Museum of the United States Air Force
at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
in
Riverside
,
Ohio
.
- 18 May – The world
'
s biggest passenger jet, the
Airbus A380
, lands at
Heathrow Airport
for the first time, making its debut in the
United Kingdom
.
- 23 May
June
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July
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- 7 July – An
Antonov An-12B
operated by
Mango Airlines
of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
suffers an engine failure after departure from
Goma
for a domestic flight to
Kisangani
. While attempting to return to Goma, it crashes into a hill and burns 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of
Sake
, killing all six people aboard.
- 8 July – Scientists at the
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
in
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
, conduct the first confirmed
flight
of a manned
ornithopter
operating under its own power.
- 9 July –
S7 Airlines Flight 778
, an
Airbus A310-300
, crashes on landing at
Irkutsk International Airport
in
Irkutsk
, Russia, killing 124 of the 203 people on board and injuring all 79 survivors.
- 10 July
- 12 July – The
2006 Lebanon War
begins when
Hezbollah
attacks against northern
Israel
prompt an Israeli response that includes air strikes against Hezbollah and transportation targets in
Lebanon
.
[9]
- 13 July – The Israeli Air Force bombs
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
in Lebanon, forcing it to close and international flights bound for
Beirut
to divert to
Cyprus
; Israel claims that Hezbollah has used the airport to smuggle arms and declares an air
blockade
of Lebanon.
[10]
Israeli aircraft also bomb the main highway between Beirut and
Damascus
,
Syria
,
[10]
as well as Hezbollah long-range missile launch sites and stockpiles, destroying 59 missile launchers in 34 minutes.
[11]
- 14 July – Israeli aircraft bomb the offices of the Secretary General of Hezbollah,
Hassan Nasrallah
.
[12]
- 15 July – The Israeli Air Force destroys Hezbollah
'
s headquarters in
Haret Hreik
, Lebanon, and several offices and residences of senior Hezbollah officials, and Israeli
attack helicopters
pound targets in central Beirut.
[13]
- 19 July – Israeli warplanes carry out airstrikes against over 200 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including buildings and command posts, vehicles, and rocket launchers.
[14]
- 20 July – Israel carries out 150 airstrikes on Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah structures, bases, headquarters, ammunition warehouses, vehicles, and rockets.
[14]
- 21 July – Israel continues its airstrikes on Lebanon while massing troops on the border.
[15]
Two Israeli helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Israel, leaving one Israeli soldier dead and three injured.
[16]
- 21?26 July – The
17th FAI World Precision Flying Championship
is held in
Troyes
,
France
. Individual winners are 1. Krzysztof Wieczorek (
Poland
) in a
3Xtrim
, 2.
Janusz Darocha
(Poland) in a
Cessna 152
, 3. Krzysztof Skr?towicz (Poland) in a 3Xtrim. Team winners are 1. Poland, 2.
Czech Republic
, 3. France.
- 22 July – Israeli aircraft conduct over 90 airstrikes against targets in Lebanon, hitting Hezbollah headquarters and buildings, media facilities, rocket launching sites, and major roads.
[17]
- 24 July – An Israeli
Apache
attack helicopter on its way to support ground forces in Lebanon crashes in northern Israel, killing its two-man crew. Hezbollah claims to have shot it down, while Israel says that the helicopter may have been hit by
friendly fire
.
[18]
[19]
- 25 July – The Israeli Air Force conducts 100 airstrikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut.
[20]
- 26 July
- Israeli warplanes and artillery attack and destroy a
United Nations
observer post in Lebanon, killing all four United Nations observers inside. Israel claims that it had been trying to hit Hezbollah fighters in the vicinity, and did not target United Nations personnel deliberately.
[21]
[22]
- An Israeli airstrike scores a direct hit on Hezbollah
'
s missile command center in
Tyre
, Lebanon.
[23]
- 26?31 July – The
15th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
takes place in Troyes, France. Individual winners are Wacław Wieczorek/Michał Wieczorek (Poland), Ji?i Filip/Michal Filip (Czech Republic), and Petr Opat/Tomas Rajdl (Czech Republic). Team winners are 1. Czech Republic, 2. Poland, and 3. France.
- 27 July – Israeli warplanes carry out 120 airstrikes in Lebanon, hitting suspected Hezbollah hideouts in hills and mountainous areas of the
Bekaa Valley
and targets in Beirut.
[24]
- 29 July – Israeli Air Force airstrikes in Lebanon hit targets in Beirut, destroy Hezbollah long-range rocket launchers which had been used to attack
Afula
, destroy two bridges on the
Orontes River
and a road on the Lebanon-Syria border, and destroy a house in the Old City of
Bint Jbeil
, killing three Hezbollah fighters including commanders
Khalid Bazzi
and
Sayiid Abu Tam
. One Israeli airstrike wounds two
Indian
peacekeepers in Lebanon.
[25]
[26]
- 30 July – An Israeli airstrike
hits an apartment building
in
Qana
, Lebanon, killing 28 civilians, more than half of them children.
[27]
The airstrike is
widely condemned
.
- 31 July – Israel announces a 48-hour halt to airstrikes depending on "operational developments" in Lebanon. However, Israeli airstrikes hit targets in southern Lebanon later in the day after Hezbollah attacks an Israeli
tank
, wounding three Israeli soldiers.
[14]
August
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- 2 August – Ferried by helicopter,
commandos
of the
Israeli Air Force
'
s
Shaldag Unit
storm a
Hezbollah
stronghold in
Baalbek
,
Lebanon
, 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) from the border with
Israel
in
Operation Sharp and Smooth
.
[28]
They kill 19 Hezbollah combatants and seize military equipment.
- 3 August – Hezbollah Secretary General
Hassan Nasrallah
warns Israel against further strikes against targets in
Beirut
and promises retaliation against
Tel Aviv
if such strikes continue.
[29]
He also says that Hezbollah will stop its rocket campaign against Israel if Israel ceases aerial and artillery strikes against Lebanese towns and villages.
[30]
- 4 August – Israel aircraft attack the southern outskirts of Beirut, and an Israeli
airstike against a building
in the area of
al-Qaa
in Lebanon
'
s
Bekaa Valley
kills 33 farm workers.
[31]
IDF aircraft also strike a number of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon and hit the office of
Hamas
in Beirut. Thirty of the airstrikes are meant to disrupt the firing of Hezbollah rockets into Israel.
[14]
- 5 August – The Israeli Air Force attacks over 80 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
[14]
- 6 August – The Israeli Air Force carries out airstrikes in Lebanon that kill at least 12 civilians, one
Lebanese Army
soldier, and a
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command
militant.
[14]
- 7 August
- The Israeli Air Force attacks over 150 targets in Lebanon. During the strikes, Israeli aircraft
bomb the Shiyyah suburb
in Beirut, destroying three apartment buildings and killing at least 50 people.
[32]
- The Israeli Air Force shoots down a Hezbollah
unmanned aerial vehicle
.
[32]
- 9 August – The
Metropolitan Police Service
arrests approximately 24 people in and around
London
for
conspiring to detonate
liquid
explosives
aboard at least 10 airliners travelling from the
United Kingdom
to the
United States
and
Canada
.
- 10 August – British authorities announce that a
plot
to simultaneously detonate bombs smuggled in hand luggage aboard ten
airliners
bound for the United States over the Atlantic Ocean has been foiled.
[33]
Tightened security measures in the United Kingdom and United States and flight cancellations which happen afterwards cause severe chaos at several London airports.
- 11 August – Hezbollah shoots down an Israeli
CH-53 Yas'ur
helicopter with an
anti-tank missile
, killing five aircrew members.
[34]
[35]
Hezbollah claims it attacked the helicopter with a
Waad
missile.
[36]
- 13 August
- 14 August
- The Israeli Air Force claims to have killed the head of Hezbollah's special forces, identified as
Sajed Dewayer
, in an airstrike. Hezbollah denies the claim.
[39]
\
- A ceasefire brings the
2006 Lebanon War
to a close. During the 34-day war, the Israeli Air Force has flown more than 12,000 sorties, and 165 Israelis and more than 1,000 Lebanese have died.
[40]
[41]
- 18 August – Lebanese police sources report that Israeli Air Force planes had fired missiles at
Baalbek
, Lebanon. Lebanese officials later contradict the claim.
[42]
- 19 August – Airlifted by helicopters with two
Humvees
to a location near Baalbek, Lebanon, Israeli
Sayeret Matkal
commandos led by
Lieutenant Colonel
Emmanuel Moreno
launch a raid in Lebanon
'
s Bekaa Valley to disrupt arms shipments to Hezbollah, attacking a Hezbollah base in the village of
Bodei
being used for weapons smuggling. Strikes by Israeli Air Force jets and attack helicopters prevent Hezbollah reinforcements from reaching the battle or encircling the commandos, who are eventually extracted after a gunfight with Hezbollah forces in which Moreno dies.
[43]
- 22 August –
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612
, a
Tupolev Tu-154M
carrying 160 passengers and 10 crew on a domestic flight from
Anapa
to
Saint Petersburg
, Russia, descends sharply from 37,000 feet (11,000 m) and crashes in eastern
Ukraine
, killing everyone on board. It would be the deadliest aviation disaster of 2006.
[44]
- 25 August – The first Block 20
RQ-4 Global Hawk
is rolled out at
Northrop Grumman
'
s
Plant 42
manufacturing facility in
Palmdale
,
California
.
- 27 August
- 30 August ?
Steve Fossett
and
Einar Enevoldson
pilot the
Windward Performance Perlan
sailplane
to a new
glider
absolute world altitude record of 50,727 feet (15,462 meters) over the
Patagonia
region of
Argentina
.
[45]
The record will stand until
September 2017
.
September
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- One of five existing
Aerocar
flying cars is put up for sale for
US$
3.5 million
[46]
- 1 September –
Iran Air Tours Flight 945
, a
Tupolev Tu-154M
, crashes while attempting to land in
Mashad
,
Iran
, killing 28 of the 148 people on board.
- 2 September – The
Royal Air Force
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
XV230
catches fire in the air during a reconnaissance flight due to a fuel leak that occurs during
aerial refueling
and
crashes
in the
Panjwaye District
of
Afghanistan
, killing all 14 people on board. It is the
United Kingdom
'
s single deadliest military loss since the
Falklands War
of 1982.
- 3 September – South Ossetian forces fire at a
Georgian
Mil Mi-8
(
NATO reporting name
"Hip") helicopter carrying Georgian Minister of Defense
Irakli Okruashvili
and the deputy chief of staff of the Georgian armed forces as it flies over the separatist-held territory of
South Ossetia
. The helicopter is slightly damaged but lands safely in Georgian government-controlled territory.
[47]
- 6 September –
Lynx Aviation
begins operation as a feeder airline for
Frontier Airlines
.
- 7 September –
Israel
lifts the air
blockade
of
Lebanon
it had imposed on 13 July.
[48]
- 8 September –
BWIA West Indies Airways
announces that it will shut down at the end of the year.
- 10 September –
Swedish
aerobatic
champion
Gabor Varga
is killed instantly during the
Aero GP
race when his
Yakovlev Yak-55
collides in mid-air over
Marsamxett Harbour
off
Valletta
,
Malta
, with an
Extra EA-200
flown by Irish pilot Eddie Groggins. Groggins survives with minor injuries.
[1]
- 11 September – A
Russian Ground Forces
Mil Mi-8
helicopter
crashes
near
Vladikavkaz
, Russia, killing all 12 people on board, including
Lieutenant-General
Pavel Yaroslavtsev
, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General
Viktor Guliaev
, deputy chief of army medical units, and
Major-General
Vladimir Sorokin
. The
Ossetian
rebel group
Kataib al-Khoul
claims to have shot the helicopter down.
- 15 September – Mexican actor
Pablo Santos
is killed
[1]
when he attempts an
emergency landing
at
Toluca International Airport
in
Toluca
,
Mexico
,
[1]
after the
Piper Malibu
[1]
he is piloting runs low on fuel and crashes over a mile (1.6 km) short of the runway.
[1]
One of his passengers is fatally injured and dies the following day, but his other five passengers survive. Also, on the same day, Easyjet Flight 6074 to the UK suffers serious problems in the air and is unable to contact ATC. It is very close to an America bound American Airlines plane and ATC is able to request the latter to descend, narrowly missing the other plane. Some things improve on the Easyjet plane and it is able to land safely.
[49]
- 19 September – A
United States Air Force
B-52H Stratofortress
makes the first flight of a U.S. Air Force aircraft powered partially by a
coal
-based fuel, flying over
Edwards Air Force Base
,
California
, using a fuel made of a blend of conventional
JP-8
jet fuel
and
Fischer?Tropsch
fuel made from coal in two of its engines and JP-8 in its other six engines. The flight begins the final phase of U.S. Air Force test flights to achieve the certification of its B-52 fleet to operate on coal-based fuels.
[50]
- 22 September –
Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213)
retires the last
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
fighter, an F-14D, from
United States Navy
service. During a U.S. Navy career of over 33 years, the F-14 has served as a long-range fleet air defense fighter,
attack aircraft
, and
reconnaissance aircraft
, and scored five air-to-air kills, shooting down four
Libyan Air Force
fighters and an
Iraqi
helicopter. The U.S. Navy
'
s retirement of the Tomcat means that the F-14 remains in service only with the
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
.
[51]
- 29 September –
Gol Transportes Aereos
Flight 1907
, a
Boeing 737-8EH
, collides in mid-air with an
Embraer Legacy 600
business jet
and crashes in
Mato Grosso
,
Brazil
. The Embraer Legacy, with seven on board, lands safely with no reported injuries. All 154 people on board the Boeing 737 perish.
October
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- 1 October – The Spanish
low-cost airline
Clickair
begins operations, with a fleet of three
Airbus A320
airliners flying five routes from the airline's
Barcelona
hub.
- 3 October
- 10 October –
Atlantic Airways Flight 670
, a
BAe 146
, slides off the runway at
Stord
,
Norway
, killing four of the 16 people on board.
- 11 October –
New York Yankees
baseball
pitcher
Cory Lidle
's
Cirrus SR20
aircraft
stalls
during a tight turn and
crashes
into the 20th story of a 50-story
Manhattan
residential building in
New York City
, killing Lidle and his flight instructor.
[1]
- 24 October – Six
Israeli Air Force
F-16 Fighting Falcons
fly over a
German Navy
vessel patrolling in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel
'
s coast just south of the Lebanese border as part of a
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
(UNIFIL) effort to enforce an arms embargo against
Hezbollah
. The German Defense Ministry says that the planes launched
infrared
decoy flares and that one of them had fired two shots into the air. The Israeli military says that a German helicopter took off from the vessel without having coordinated its flight with Israel, and denies that its planes fired any shots at the vessel or launched flares over it.
[53]
[54]
[55]
- 25 October –
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
begins service with a departure for
London Gatwick Airport
scheduled. Due to problems with rights to fly over Russia, the initial flight is delayed to 26 October.
- 26 October – The left wing of a
Swedish Coast Guard
CASA C-212 Aviocar
detaches in flight due to
metal fatigue
while the plane is making a low-level pass over the Skanor-Falsterbo Coast Guard Station in
Sweden
. The C-212
crashes
in the
Falsterbo Canal
, killing all four people on board. The crash prompts the Swedish Coast Guard to ground its two surviving C-212s, which it sells to
Uruguay
.
- 28 October – Continental Airlines Flight 1883, a
Boeing 757-224
with 154 people on board, mistakenly lands on a
taxiway
instead of a
runway
at
Newark Liberty International Airport
in
Newark, New Jersey
,
United States
. It rolls to a stop without incident.
- 29 October –
ADC Airlines Flight 53
, a
Boeing 737-2B7
, crashes just after takeoff from
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
in
Abuja
,
Nigeria
, killing 96 of the 105 people on board and injuring all nine survivors. One person on the ground also dies.
- 30 October – An
airstrike
kills 70 to 80 people in
Chenagai
,
Pakistan
. Eyewitnesses claim that American
unmanned aerial vehicles
conducted the strikes, with three
Pakistani Army
helicopter gunships
arriving later to fire rockets into neighboring hillsides. The
United States
denies involvement and Pakistan claims that it conducted the airstrike, but Pakistan later denies involvement, saying it was an American strike and that Pakistan had only claimed involvement to cover for the United States.
- 31 October – The Cypriot airline Ajet, formerly known as
Helios Airways
, ceases operations.
November
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December
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- 1 December
- 5 December –
Lufthansa
becomes the first airline to order the
Boeing 747-8
. It orders 20 of the planes, with options for an additional 20.
- 8 December – A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA)
F/A-18 Hornet
modified with Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) Technology is designated the
X-53
.
- 10 December – A
Bell 412SP
medevac helicopter
crashes
in mountainous terrain near
Hesperia
,
California
, killing all three people – the pilot and two medical crew members – on board. A fire resulting from the crash burns two acres (8,100 square meters) of the mountainside.
- 19 December – A
United States Air Force
B-52H Stratofortress
makes the first flight of a U.S. Air Force aircraft powered entirely by a
coal
-based fuel, flying over
Edwards Air Force Base
,
California
, using a fuel made by
Syntroleum
of a blend of conventional
JP-8
jet fuel
and
Fischer?Tropsch
fuel made from coal in all eight of its engines.
[50]
- 27 December – A
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
crashes
approximately 24 miles from the shoreline of
Morecambe Bay
,
Lancashire
,
England
, while transporting
gas platform
crews. Six of the seven people aboard die, with the seventh missing and never recovered.
- 29 December –
FlyersRights.org
is founded as an American
not-for-profit organization
that supports legislation protecting the rights of airline passengers, improving visibility in the reporting of
flight delays
by commercial airlines, and increasing the distance between rows of airline seats.
[56]
[57]
[58]
- 30 December – A U.S. Air Force
Boeing VC-25A
transports the body of former U.S.
President
Gerald R. Ford
from
Palm Springs International Airport
in
Palm Springs
,
California
, to
Washington, D.C.
, for memorial services.
- 31 December –
BWIA West Indies Airways
shuts down after 66 years of operations. It is replaced by a new entity,
Caribbean Airlines
,
the next day
.
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January
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March
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April
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Entered service
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Retirements
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Deadliest crash
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The deadliest crash of this year was
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612
, a
Tupolev Tu-154
which crashed near
Sukha Balka
,
Ukraine
on 22 August, killing all 170 people on board.
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