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 according to the airline. 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]
- A man was found dead in the toilet of a Jet 2 Airbus A321neo on a flight from Tenerife to Manchester. The flight diverted to Cork.[4][importance?]
- 4 January
- A Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking crashed in Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, killing all four people on board.[5][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.[6][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.[7] The FAA subsequently ordered all 737 MAX 9 planes fitted with door plugs to be grounded for inspection.[8]
February[edit]
- 20–25 February
- The Singapore Airshow is scheduled to be held.[9]
July[edit]
- 22-26 July
- The Farnborough Airshow is scheduled to be held.[10]
November[edit]
- 13–15 November
- The Bahrain International Airshow is scheduled to be held.[11]
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.
- ^ "Manchester-Bound Jet2 Flight Diverts To Cork After Passenger Dies Inflight". Simple Flying. 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.