1998 жылғы авиация оқиғалары

List of aviation related events in 1998

This is a list of aviation related events from 1998.

January 4 – A passenger aboard Olympic Airways Flight 417, a Boeing 747 flying from Athens, Greece, to New York, New York, dies after exposure to secondhand smoke during the flight. The incident highlights a health danger of smoking aboard airliners and results in a USD $1.4 million court judgment against Olympic Airways. January 8 – Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela (LAV), grounded since August 1994 by its owner, the Government of Venezuela, in an effort to reduce expenditures, resumes flight operations under private ownership. January 9 – Due to a maintenance error, a Cessna 182P Skylane piloted by American winemaker Richard Graff loses engine power after takeoff from Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California. He attempts to return to the airport for an emergency landing, but the plane crashes, killing him. January 13 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov An 12 crashes near Tor Kach, Pakistan after it runs out of fuel in poor weather. All 51 people on board die. January 27 – A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 crashes while taking off from Yangon, Myanmar killing 16 of the 45 people on board.

Nargis Bhimji of Karachi, Pakistan, spends her birthday flying on commercial airliners from Karachi to Singapore and then on to San Francisco, California. The time zone change along the way stretches the day out to a length of 35 hours 25 minutes, allowing her to set the record – recognized by Guinness World Records – for the longest birthday in history. Her record will stand until August 2014. June 1 – MetroJet, operated by US Airways, begins operations. June 5 – The bankrupt Indonesian airline Sempati Air ceases operations and goes out of business. June 15 – The last delivery of an Airbus A310 (msn. 706, reg. UK 31003) is made to Uzbekistan Airways.

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela (LAV) resumes service between Venezuela and the United States. July 1 – JAL Express, operated by Japan Airlines, commences operations. July 6 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed at 1:28 a. m. with the lights of its 13/31 runway being switched off. Operation of the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok commences on the same day, with the first commercial flight landing at 6:25 a. m.
July 26 – Just after completing a loop and a four step corkscrew turn, United States Air Force Lieutenant General David J. McCloud dies when the Yakovlev Yak 54 he is piloting goes into an inverted spin and crashes almost vertically into a grove of trees at Anchorage, Alaska.

The deadliest crash of this year was Swissair Flight 111, a McDonnell Douglas MD 11 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 2 September, killing all 229 people on board.