1998 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1998.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

  • November 13 – U.S. President Bill Clinton orders air attacks against Iraq because of an Iraqi refusal to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to work in Iraq.[13]
  • November 14 – Clinton rescinds his order for air attacks on Iraq after Iraq agrees to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to resume their work. The aircraft are already in the air, but abort their attacks.[13]
  • November 21 – American actor William Gardner Knight is killed while trying to land a Burgess RV-6 experimental piloting he is piloting in darkness at Edgewater, Maryland. The plane strikes trees and crashes into Beard's Creek, killing him.[1]
  • November 24 – Gaza International Airport opens in Gaza City as the first international airport in the Gaza Strip.

December

First flights

January

February

March

April

May

July

August

September

November

December

Entered service

August

Deadliest crash

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Famous people who died in aviation accidents". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Today in History", The Washington Post Express, February 6, 2014, p. 30.
  3. ^ a b c d "History timeline". twaflightattendants.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  5. ^ Swatman, Rachel, "German man celebrates longest birthday ever by travelling across time zones," guinnessworldrecords.com, August 4, 2015,
  6. ^ "This Genius Figured Out How to Have the Longest Birthday Ever". Time. August 6, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ^ Chakrabarti, Suchandrika (August 8, 2015). "This man had the longest birthday celebration ever - here's how he did it". mirror. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Mahan Air EP-MED (Airbus A310 - MSN 706) (Ex EY-704 UK31003 ) | Airfleets aviation". Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900D F-GSJM Baie de Quiberon". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Stowaway survives Honduras-to-Miami flight at 33,000 feet". Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  11. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24RV EW-46465 Mannar". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  12. ^ Gunatilleke, Nadira. "Flight into terror". Daily News. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Operation Southern Watch". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c John Pike. "Operation Southern Watch". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  15. ^ "Germania Executive GMBH Business Aviation: Dornier 328JET fairchild-dornier.com". Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jackson 1999, p. [24]
  17. ^ Jackson 1999, p. [23]
  • Jackson, Paul, ed. (1999). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1999–2000. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1898-0.
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