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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2002: Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 March 1.3 April 1.4 May 1.5 July 1.6 August 1.7 October 1.8 November 1.9 December 2 First flights 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 May 2.6 June 2.7 July 2.8 August 2.9 September 2.10 November 2.11 December 3 Entered service 3.1 March 4 References Events

A depression in North American commercial aviation begins in the aftermath of economic recession and the September 11 attacks. January January 5 Cessna 172 with the pilot high-school student Charles J. Bishop crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa Florida. The impact killed the teenager and damaged an office room. March March 4 - Ansett (Mark II) permanently ceases operations. March 8 - A Portuguese Air Force 201 Squadron F-16 crashes in Monte Real while landing killing the pilot. March 31 - Swiss International Air Lines begins operations taking over many routes from bankrupt Swissair. April April 9 - A Portuguese Air Force 552 Squadron Alouette III crashes killing the three crewman. April 15 - Air China Flight 129 a Boeing 767 crashes at a mountainside near Busan. 128 of 166 on board are killed. April 18 The crash happened when a Rockwell Commander A112 crashed on 17:48 (local time)into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower. The crash killed the pilot Fasulos and four others in the building. Sixty more people sustained injuries in the building and on the ground. May May 4 - EAS Airlines Flight 4226 a BAC One-Eleven crashes shortly after takeoff in Kano. 75 on board and 73 on the ground are killed. May 25 - China Airlines Flight 611 broke apart in flight killing 225 passengers and crew. July July 1 - Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 a Tu-154 collides with DHL Flight 611 a Boeing 757 over Germany killing all 69 on the Tupolev and the two pilots on the DHL 757. July 7-14 - the 15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship in Zagreb Croatia. Individual winners: 1. Lubos Hajek (Czech Republic Cessna 152) 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland Cessna 152) 3. Predrag Crnko (Croatia Cessna 150). Team winners: 1. Czech Republic 2. Poland 3. Croatia. July 17 - Midway Airlines suspends operations. July 27 Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show in Sknyliv near Lviv Ukraine killing 77. July 29 - Vanguard Airlines ceases operations. The next day it files for reorganization under Chapter 11 of US bankruptcy law. July-December Italian conservationist and pilot Mr. Angelo d'Arrigo guided a flock of 10 endangered Western Siberian Cranes -bred in captivity- with a foot-launched Powered Hang Glider 5500 km from the Arctic Circle in Siberia across Kazakhstan to the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran avoiding Afghanistan and Pakistan where they fall victim to the abundant guns. August August 10 - US Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. August 13 - Midway Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. October October 18 - Boeing reveals its Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator which has conducted a number of flights during the period 1996 to 1999. November November 6 - National Airlines already operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy permanently ceases operations. November 18 - American Airlines and British Airways announce plans to codeshare some transatlantic flights but the partnership is heavily restricted by US regulators. December December 9 - United Airlines files for Chapter 11 reorganization the largest airline bankruptcy in US history. First flights

Section Source: 1 January January 15 - Millennium Jet SoloTrek XFV January 15 - Airbus A318 January 23 - IITB PADD Micro airship February February 11 - Airbus A340-500 February 16 - WD D5 Evolution February 19 - Embraer 170 February 27 - Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign February  - Socata TBM 700C2 March March 4 - Van's RV-9 March 7 - Aviat Husky Pup March 28 - AATG AT-10 airship April April 4 - Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk April 21 - Irkut A-002 April 26 - Extra 500 April 29 - Saab JAS 39C Gripen May May 18 - Tomair Cobra Arrow May 22 - Zlin Z 400 Rhino May 22 - Boeing X-45 May 29 - Aceair Aeriks A-200 May 31 - Toyota TAA-1 June June 1 - Aero L159B June 22 - Tupolev Tu-214VSSN June 28 - CAC J-10 June 30 - 21st Century Airships SPAS-R1 July July 1 - Pilatus PC-21 July 9 - CargoLifter Scala July 11 - Adam A500 July 18 - Boeing YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL) July 31 - Boeing 747-400ER August August 1 - Scaled Composites White Knight August 5 - BAE Systems Hawk NDA August 20 - KAI T-50 Golden Eagle August 26 - Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500 August 31 - Learjet 40 September September 18 - GE90-115B world's most powerful jet engine September 20 - BAE Systems Harrier GR Mk 7A November November 9 - MVEN MVEN-1 Fermer November 30 - Sauper Aviation Papango December December 9 - Diamond Twin Star December 12 - Grob G 140TP Entered service Airbus A340-600 with Virgin Atlantic Airways March March 18 - HAL Dhruv with the Indian Coast Guard References Jackson Paul (2003). "First Flights". Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004: p. 3031. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.  v d eLists relating to aviation General Timeline of aviation  Aircraft (manufacturers)  Aircraft engines (manufacturers)  Rotorcraft (manufacturers)  Airlines (defunct)  Airports  Civil authorities  Museums Military Air forces  Aircraft weapons  Experimental aircraft  Missiles  Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Accidents/incidents General  Commercial (airliners)  Military Records Airspeed  Altitude  Distance  Endurance  Most-produced aircraft