2024 in aviation
Many aviation-related events are expected to take place in 2024.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January
- A 30-year-old man died after he entered a Delta Airlines's Airbus A220-100 engine cowling at Salt Lake City Airport. Police said that the man had gone through the emergency exit door and entered the ramp. Soon after, the man went onto the airport's de-icing pad. He then entered the aircraft's engine intake cowling.[1][importance?]
- 2 January
- A runway collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo occurred when Japan Airlines Flight 516, operated by an Airbus A350-900 arriving from Sapporo, collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and both aircraft caught on fire. This resulted in the complete destruction of both aircraft. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members of the Airbus were evacuated. There were six occupants onboard the Coast Guard aircraft, a De Havilland Canada Dash 8; the captain escaped with serious injuries whilst the remaining five crew members were killed. The Coast Guard aircraft was scheduled to provide relief to Niigata in response to the Sea of Japan earthquake.[2][3]
- 4 January
- A Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking crashed in Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, killing all four people on board.[4][importance?]
- A Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bomber crashed during a training mission outside of Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. All 4 crew ejected before the crash.[5][importance?]
- 5 January
- Shortly after departing Portland International Airport, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 suffered an explosive decompression when a plug covering an unused exit door blew out. The aircraft made a safe return to Portland with all 177 occupants alive.[6] The FAA subsequently ordered all 737 MAX 9 planes fitted with door plugs to be grounded for inspection.[7] It was subsequently reported that Alaska Airlines and United Airlines both discovered faults on other 737s.[8]
- 11 January
- A flight from The Gambia to the Ivory Coast, carrying the Gambia national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations, makes an emergency landing due to a loss of oxygen lasting over nine minutes.[9]
- 13 January
- A Boeing 737 NG operating All Nippon Airways flight NH1182 from Sapporo to Toyama returned to Sapporo after a crack appeared in a cockpit window during flight. This incident, in the wake of the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident and subsequent grounding of 737 MAX 9s, renewed public concerns over the safety of the Boeing 737.[10][importance?]
February[edit]
- 20–25 February
- The Singapore Airshow is scheduled to be held.[11]
July[edit]
- 22–26 July
- The Farnborough Airshow is scheduled to be held.[12]
November[edit]
- 13–15 November
- The Bahrain International Airshow is scheduled to be held.[13]
Deadliest crash[edit]
The deadliest crash thus far in 2024 is the Haneda Airport runway collision on January 2, in which Japan Airlines Flight 516, an Airbus A350, collided with a Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Dash 8, killing five out of the six occupants of the Dash 8.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bailey, Aaron (3 January 2024). "Salt Lake City Police Find Dead Man Inside Plane Engine". Simple Flying. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Five dead on coastguard plane after collision with jet on Haneda Airport runway". BBC News. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b Ng, Kelly; Fraser, Simon (2 January 2024). "Japan Airlines: Hundreds survive after plane bursts into flames on Tokyo runway". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Four die in plane crash off Bequia". Loop News. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Air Force crew ejects safely as B-1 bomber crashes during landing in South Dakota". ABC News. 5 January 2024. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Gates, Dominic (5 January 2024). "Alaska Airlines grounds MAX 9s after door plug blows out on Portland flight". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Wright, George (8 January 2024). "FAA grounds 171 Boeing planes after mid-air blowout on Alaska Airlines jet". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Rushe, Dominic (9 January 2024). "Airlines United and Alaska find loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes". The Guardian.
- ^ "The Gambia team make emergency landing on way to Africa Cup of Nations". The Guardian. Reuters. 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Cockpit window crack forces ANA Boeing flight in Japan to turn back". 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Singapore Airshow to be open to public again; tickets on sale from Jan 2". The Straits Times. 29 December 2023. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "FIA 2024". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Bahrain International Airshow unveils new look for the future of aerospace". Aviation24. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.