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2001 in aviation

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Years in aviation: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
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Years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2001.

Events

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January

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February

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  • February 1 – Aer Lingus Commuter, a subsidiary of Aer Lingus founded in 1984, merges into Aer Lingus.
  • February 14 – Air Somalia is founded.
  • February 16 – American and British aircraft launch attacks against six targets in southern Iraq, including command centers, radars, and communications centers, hitting only about 40% of the targets.[2] Incidents of planes enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq in Operation Southern Watch thereafter exchange fire with Iraqi air defense sites on a weekly basis.

March

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April

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May

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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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First flights

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January

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February

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July

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Entered service

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May

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November

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Deadliest crash

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2001 remains the deadliest year for aviation in history. The September 11 attacks marked the deadliest ever act of terrorism; an estimated 2,977 people were killed along with the 19 hijackers who commandeered four aircraft in the United States and crashed them into targets including the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Alongside the attacks, which changed aviation significantly in following years, there were many notable accidents both before and after September 11 that have left a lasting impact on the industry. The deadliest such crash took place when American Airlines Flight 11, the first aircraft hijacked in the September 11 attacks, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 92 people on board and at least 1,600 in the North Tower. The deadliest non-terrorist crash took place American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport on 12 November, two months and a mere few miles from the main site of the 9/11 attacks, killing all 260 people on board, as well as five on the ground. As 9/11 was a terrorist attack, Flight 587 is also the deadliest commercial aviation accident in the 2000s decade.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "History timeline". Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  2. ^ John Pike. "Operation Southern Watch". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ Moore, Molly; LaFraniere, Sharon (2001-03-17). "3 Killed as Saudis Storm Hijacked Russian Plane". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Famous people who died in aviation accidents". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  5. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 registration unknown Adar Yel". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. ^ Colvin, Ross (21 November 2008). "CIA faulted in shooting down of missionary plane". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  7. ^ "Statement from the CIA on the 2001 Peru Shootdown". ABC News. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
  8. ^ "Accident of a Boeing 747 operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia". 1001crash.com. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  9. ^ "Boeing: American Trans Air Receives First and Second Boeing 757-300s". 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 registration unknown Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Skyjacker of the Day - #9: Patrick Dolan Critton". skyjackeroftheday.tumblr.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Beech Aircraft Corporation C90 VH-LQH Toowoomba, Qld" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Bureau. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Bomb on Flight 63". www.telegraph.co.uk. 24 December 2001. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  14. ^ Boot, Max, "The U.S. strategy against the Islamic State must be retooled. Here’s how," washingtonpost.com, November 14, 2014.
  15. ^ Jackson 2003, pp. 419–420.
  • Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.