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

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

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.

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