This is a list of aviation-related events from 1999.
Five Iraqi Air Force jets violate the no-fly zone over southern Iraq and two others violate the no-fly zone over northern Iraq. The United States claims that Iraqi aircraft have violated the two no-fly zones a total of 70 times since Operation Desert Fox took place in mid-December 1998. [1]
The deadliest crash of this year was EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767 which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. on 31 October, killing all 217 people on board.