1994 жылғы авиациялық оқиғалар тізімі

List of aviation related events in 1994

This is a list of aviation related events from 1994.

OceanAir – the future Azores Airlines – suspends operations. It will resume flight operations in April 1998 as SATA International.

January 20 – Qatar Airways begins operations.

February 1 – The Government of Colombia's Administrative Department of Civil Aeronautics is abolished. Simultaneously, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics begins operations, taking over the former department's role as Colombia′s national civil aviation authority. February 6 – In the wake of the Markale massacre the previous day in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali formally requests that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) confirm that it would carry out air strikes against Army of Republika Srpska positions around Sarajevo immediately. February 9 – NATO authorizes the Commander of Allied Forces Southern Europe, United States Navy Admiral Jeremy Boorda, to launch air strikes against Army of Republika Srpska artillery and mortar positions in and around Sarajevo that the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) determined were responsible for attacks against civilian targets. February 28 – In an incident near Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first combat operation in the history of NATO takes place when two United States Air Force F 16C Fighting Falcons operating in NATOs Operation Deny Flight – enforcement of a no fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina – engage six Republika Srpska Air Force J 21 Jastreb light attack aircraft which had just bombed Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shooting down four of them.

Aerosvit Airlines begins flight operations, offering service from Kyiv, Ukraine, to Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece; Larnaca, Cyprus; Odesa, Ukraine; and Tel Aviv, Israel, in co operation with Air Ukraine. April 1 – In the United Kingdom, the Women's Royal Air Force merges into the Royal Air Force (RAF), marking the full integration of women into the RAF. April 3 – Returning from a skiing trip in Nevada's Ruby Mountains, president of the Walt Disney Company Frank Wells and climber and documentary filmmaker Beverly Johnson die along with two other people when their Bell 206B 2 helicopter flames out during takeoff due to snow accumulation in its engine and crashes in Thorpe Creek Canyon, 5 miles (8 km) south of Lamoille, Nevada. One person survives the crash. April 14 – United States Air Force F 15 Eagles enforcing the no fly zone over northern Iraq in Operation Provide Comfort II shoot down two United States Army UH 60 Blackhawk helicopters, misidentifying them as Iraqi Mil Mi 25s (NATO reporting name "Hind D"). All 26 people aboard the two helicopters die. April 16 – A Bosnian Serb Strela 2 (NATO reporting name "SA 7 Grail") surface to air missile shoots down a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Sea Harrier over Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The pilot later is rescued. April 26 – An Airbus A300 operating as China Airlines Flight 140 crashes just before landing at Nagoya International Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

June 2 – In the Royal Air Forces worst peacetime aviation disaster, an RAF Boeing Chinook helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, klling all 29 people on board. Among the dead are almost all of the United Kingdoms senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts. June 6 – In what remains the People's Republic of Chinas deadliest air disaster, the autopilot aboard China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303, a Tupolev Tu 154M, malfunctions, causing the airliner to shake violently, break apart in flight, and crash south of Xi'an, China, killing all 160 people on board. June 9 – An Antonov An 124 Ruslan carries a 109 tonne IE 201 Class locomotive from London, Ontario, Canada, to Dublin, Ireland. June 24 – A U. S. Air Force B 52H Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, Washington, when its pilot banks it too steeply during a go around, killing the entire crew of four. June 30 – An Airbus A330 300 on a test flight crashes at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, France, killing all seven people on board. It is the first fatal accident involving an A330 and will remain the only one until 2009; it also is the first hull loss of an A330.

July 2 – USAir Flight 1016, a Douglas DC 9 31 on approach in heavy rain to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, crashes, the victim of a microburst. Thirty seven of the 57 people aboard die, and 15 of the 20 survivors are injured. July 12 – A Royal Air Force C 130 Hercules flies the 10,000th United Nations relief flight into Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. July 19 – Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901, an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, explodes shortly after departing Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in Colón, Panama, killing all 21 people on board. Investigators determine that a suicide bomber probably brought the plane down, perhaps to kill 12 Jews who were aboard. A group named Ansar Allah ("Followers of God") claims responsibility, but is later found not to exist, and the bombing remains unsolved.

Flight Lieutenant Jo Salter is posted to the Royal Air Forces No. 617 Squadron, which operates Tornado GR1Bs. She is the RAF's first female fast jet pilot. Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela (LAV) ceases operations as part of a Venezuelan government effort to reduce expenditures. The airline will not resume operations until January 1998. August 5 – In response to a request to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), two U. S. Air Force A 10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti tank vehicle near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. August 17 – President of the United States Bill Clinton signs the General Aviation Revitalization Act into law. It generally shields most manufacturers of aircraft that carry fewer than 20 passengers and aircraft parts from liability for most accidents involving their products, including those which cause injuries or fatalities, if the products are 18 years old or older at the time of the accident, even if manufacturer negligence was a cause of the accident. August 21 – Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, an ATR 42 312, crashes at Douar Izounine, Morocco, in the Atlas Mountains 10 minutes after takeoff from Al Massira Airport, in Agadir, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board, including a Kuwaiti prince and his wife. An investigation concludes that the pilot disconnected the autopilot and crashed the plane deliberately, although a flight union disputes the finding. At the time, it is the deadliest accident involving an ATR 42. August 30 – Lockheed and Martin Marietta announce their intention to merge. They will form Lockheed Martin the following year.

September 24 L 100 30 PK PLV of HeavyLift crashed into water on take off from Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, overspeed on number four propeller. This was the second and last Hercules accident at this airport. September 8 – USAir Flight 427, a Boeing 737 300, crashes into a hillside near Aliquippa in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, while on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing all 132 people aboard; among the dead is noted neuroethologist Walter Heiligenberg. The ensuring accident investigation lasts 4½ years – still the longest in aviation history. September 12 – Distraught over breaking up with his third wife, wanting to gain notoriety, and under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, Frank Corder steals a Cessna 150 from Aldino Airport near Baltimore, Maryland, and crashes it onto the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D. C., killing himself. The plane is undetected until seen over the White House lawn, prompting a change in security procedures at the White House. September 18 – After aborting four landing attempts at Tamanrasset Airport in bad weather and circling the airport for 90 minutes, an Oriental Airlines BAC One Eleven (registration 5N IMO) runs out of fuel and crashes near Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing five of the 39 people on board. Nigerian football (soccer) player Omalie Aimuanmwosari is among the dead. September 25 – In Denver, Colorado, the new Denver International Airport hosts a fly in that attracts several hundred general aviation aircraft, giving their pilots a chance to see the new airport's facilities. However, Denver International will not open to traffic until February 28, 1995.

In Denver, Colorado, Continental Airlines closes its pilot and flight attendant bases in at Stapleton International Airport. October 1 – United Airlines creates a new airline named United Shuttle. October 25 – U. S. Navy Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen, history's first female aircraft carrier based fighter pilot, is killed off San Diego, California, in the crash into the Pacific Ocean of an F 14 Tomcat fighter she is piloting on final approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. Her radar intercept officer ejects and survives. October 31 – An ATR 72 operating as American Eagle Airlines Flight 4184 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after a flaw in the ATR 72's deicing system leads to a buildup of ice on its wings. All 68 people on board die.

Aero Trasporti Italiani (ATI), a subsidiary of Alitalia, ceases operations after 30 years of service and merges back into Alitalia. November 3 – Haris Keč, a Bosnian, hijacks a McDonnell Douglas MD 82 operating as Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 en route from Bardufoss Airport to Bodø Airport in Norway with 128 people on board, and makes demands that the Norwegian government take action to stop humanitarian suffering in Bosnia and Herzegovina. No one is injured in the incident. November 6 – During the Angolan Civil War, a surface to air missile fired by UNITA forces shoots down an Angolan Air Force Sukhoi Su 22 (NATO reporting name "Fitter") during an air raid against Huambo, Angola. The pilot ejects safely. November 13 – Ukraine International Airlines begins cargo operations. Its first cargo flight is to London and Amsterdam, using a Boeing 737 200. November 22 – During its takeoff roll at Lambert St. Louis International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, Transworld Airlines Flight 427, a McDonnell Douglas MD 82 with 140 people on board, strikes a Cessna 441 Conquest II. There are no injuries aboard the MD 82, but both people on the Cessna die. November 28 – KLM Flight 1673, a Boeing 737 406 with 146 people on board, suffers a landing gear failure during its takeoff roll at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, veers off the runway, and crashes. All on board survive, but the aircraft is written off.

December 11 – A bomb planted by terrorist Ramzi Yousef explodes aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434, a Boeing 747 200 with 293 people on board, over Minami Daito Island, killing one passenger and injuring 10 other people. The aircraft lands at Okinawa without further incident. December 12 – Alliance Air, a multinational airline based in Uganda, is founded. It will begin flight operations in July 1995. December 13 – After a suspected engine flameout, the pilot of an American Eagle British Aerospace Jetstream 3201 (registration N918AE) attempts a go around at Morrisville, North Carolina, but the plane stalls and crashes, killing 15 of the 20 people on board. Bass Masters Classic fishing champion Bryan Kerchalt is among the dead.

The deadliest crash of this year was China Airlines Flight 140, a Airbus A300 which crashed on landing in Nagoya, Japan on 26 April, killing 264 of the 271 people on board. This accident marked the deadliest single aircraft crash in the 1990s.