2000 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2000:
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 30 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
- January 31 - An Alaska Airlines Flight 261,an McDonnell Douglas MD-83,Crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Los Angeles, 20 miles west of Point Mugu Naval Air Station. 88 passengers and crew are killed.
[edit] February
- February 11 - JetBlue Airways commenced operations.
[edit] April
- April 19 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes near Davao International Airport, killing 131.
[edit] May
- May 15 - Helios Airways commenced airline operations.
[edit] July
- July 10 - EADS is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, Dornier, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).
- July 25 - a Concorde of Air France (Air France Flight 4590) catches fire after takeoff, crashing and killing all 100 passengers, nine crew and four people on the ground, at Gonesse, France.
[edit] August
- August 31 - Virgin Blue began airline operations.
[edit] November
- November 3 - Last flight of an EC-135E Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft as a flight crew from the Air Force Flight Test Center delivered the last EC-135E, (serial number 60-374 - nicknamed "The Bird of Prey"), with full Prime Mission Electronic Equipment (PMEE), to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
[edit] First flights
[edit] January
- RQ-8A Fire Scout first autonomous flight
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] July
- July 18 - Dassault AVE-D Petit Duc stealth UAV
[edit] Entered service
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