1990 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1990.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

First flights

January

February

March

April

May

July

August

September

October

November

Entered service

September

October

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was an unusual incident: in the Guangzhou Baiyun aircraft collisions, which occurred on 2 October in Guangzhou, China, 128 people were killed when a hijacked Boeing 737 struck two other aircraft during an emergency landing in which the hijacker attempted to gain control of the aircraft. The deadliest single-aircraft accident was Indian Airlines Flight 605, an Airbus A320 which crashed whilst attempting to land at Bangalore, India, on 14 February, killing 92 of the 146 people on board.

References

  1. "Record-Breaking Blackbird," Aviation History, September 2010, p. 23.
  2. Fahrenthold, David A., "Grounded TV Marti plane a monument to the limits of American austerity," washingtonpost.com, September 2, 2013.
  3. Wilkinson, Stephan, "Amazing But True Stories," Aviation History, May 2014, pp. 31–32.
  4. Friedman, Norman, Desert Victory: The War For Kuwait, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN   1-55750-254-4, p. 88–89.
  5. "Second Jet Returned to Kuwait from Iraq". AP news. August 1, 1991. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  6. Friederich, Otto, Desert Storm: The War in the Persian Gulf, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991, ISBN   0-316-85100-0, p. 26.
  7. "Airscene: Civil Affairs: New Zealand". Air International . Vol. 39, no. 5. November 1990. p. 256. ISSN   0306-5634.
  8. 1 2 Friedman, Norman, Desert Victory: The War For Kuwait, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN   1-55750-254-4, p. 72.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Lambert 1990, p. [33].
  10. "Military Aircraft of the World". Flight International . August 15–21, 1990. p. 47.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lambert 1991, p. [33]
  12. 1 2 Lambert 1991, p. [35]

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