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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1993.

Events

  • The 1,000th Boeing 747 comes off the production line 25 years after the first 747 was built.
  • Lauda Air Italy commences flight operations.

=January=

  • During the month, Transaero becomes the first privately owned airline to provide scheduled passenger service in Russia, inaugurating a Moscow-Norilsk route.
  • January 6
  • The United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Russia demand that Iraq withdraw all of its surface-to-air missiles from south of the 32nd parallel.{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/southern_watch-1993.htm |title=Operation Southern Watch |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=19 May 2011}}
  • Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634, a Bombardier Dash 8-311, crashes short of the runway on approach to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, killing four of the 23 people on board and injuring all 19 survivors.
  • January 7 – Iraq agrees to the American, British, French, and Russian demand that it withdraw all of its surface-to-air missiles from south of the 32nd parallel, and begins to withdraw them. However, Iraq does not remove all of them.
  • January 13 – More than 100 American, British, and French aircraft attack Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites near Nasiriyah, Samawah, Najaf and Al-Amarah which Iraq has failed to withdraw north of the 32nd parallel. Around half the Iraqi sites south of the parallel are hit.{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/strike_930113.htm |title=Air Strike 13 January 1993 – Operation Southern Watch |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=19 May 2011}}
  • January 15 – Iraqi air defense sites open fire on two United States Air Force F-111 bombers operating over northern Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort II.
  • January 17
  • Iraqi Air Force Su-22s (NATO reporting name "Fitter") fired on two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-4G Phantom II destroys an Iraqi radar which had been targeting French reconnaissance aircraft over northern Iraq.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-16 participating in Operation Provide Comfort II shoots down an Iraqi Air Force MiG-23 (NATO reporting name "Flogger") which had crossed into the no-fly zone over northern Iraq.{{cite web|url=http://www.f-16.net/f-16_fighting_falcon_airframe-2045.html |title=F-16 Airframe Details for 86-0262 |publisher=F-16.net |access-date=2012-12-23}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fighterpilotuniversity.com/index.cfm/2008/1/17/Cleared-to-Lead-and-Kill-MiGs |title=Fighter Pilot University: Cleared to Lead and Kill MiGs |website=www.fighterpilotuniversity.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722232901/http://www.fighterpilotuniversity.com/index.cfm/2008/1/17/Cleared-to-Lead-and-Kill-MiGs |archive-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}
  • January 18 – In northern Iraq, U.S. Air Force F-16s bomb Bashiqah Airfield and U.S. Air Force F-4G Phantom IIs attack Iraqi air defense sites. Over the next few days and months, more Iraqi sites fired on the American patrols, and several were attacked.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/provide_comfort_2.htm |title=Operation Provide Comfort II |publisher=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=10 October 2008}}

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=July=

  • July 1 – The United States Air Force reactivates the Nineteenth Air Force. It had been inactive since July 1973.
  • July 12 – American race car driver Davey Allison attempts to land his newly acquired Hughes 369HS helicopter on the infield of the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, but the helicopter noses up and crashes. Allison dies of his injuries the following morning; his passenger suffers serious injuries but survives.
  • July 20 – Thirteen of the fifteen Cessna T-47A radar system trainers operated by the U.S. Navy are destroyed when a roofing contractor accidentally sets fire to a hangar at Forbes Field in Topeka, Kansas, where the aircraft are being stored by Cessna. The navy later replaces them with other aircraft types and the two surviving jets are sold as military surplus.{{cite web |url=http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html |title=US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos, Third Series (160007 to 163049) |last=Baugher |first=Joe |date=27 February 2021 |website=joebaugher.com |access-date=5 March 2021}}
  • July 23 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119, a BAe 146–300, is unable to get airborne while attempting to take off from Yinchuan Hedong Airport in Ningxia, China. The flight crew aborts the takeoff, and the airliner overruns the end of the runway and crashes into a lake, killing 55 of the 113 people on board.
  • July 26 – Making its third attempt to land in bad weather at Mokpo Airport in Mokpo, South Korea, Asiana Airlines Flight 733, a Boeing 737-5L9, crashes on Ungeo Mountain, killing 68 of the 106 people on board. At the time it is the deadliest aviation accident ever to have occurred in South Korea, and will remain so until 2002. It also is the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737-500, and will remain so until 2008.
  • July 29 – In separate incidents, two U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowlers participating in Operation Southern Watch fire AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles at Iraqi radars at surface-to-air missile sites after the radars illuminate the Prowlers.
  • July 31 – A Dornier 228 of Everest Air crashed 16 minutes after takeoff. All 19 occupants on board were killed.{{Cite web |title=CFIT Accident Dornier 228-101 9N-ACL, Saturday 31 July 1993 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325213 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}

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=September=

  • The national airline of Ecuador, Ecuatoriana de Aviación, suspends all operations due to financial problems. It will not resume flying until June 1996.
  • September 11 – Ansett Australia begins its first international service, offering flights to Bali.
  • September 14
  • Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320-211, overruns the runway on landing at Okęcie International Airport, at Warsaw, Poland, killing two passengers and injuring all of the other 68 people on board. Among the survivors are the German ambassador to Poland, Dr. Franz Bertele, and the Polish opera singer Marcin Bronikowski.
  • The Scaled Composites Pond Racer crashes during the Reno Air Races outside Reno, Nevada, when pilot Rick Brickert attempts a belly landing after one of its engines fails. The Pond Racer overshoots the runway into rough terrain, and Brickert dies in the crash.[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Scaled-Composites-158-Pond-Racer/789040 airliners.net Scaled Composites 158 Pond Racer - Untitled]{{cite magazine|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=December 1993|page=31|title=Pond Racer Destroyed in Crash}}{{cite web |author=Fitzgerald|title=AIRPLANE PAGE - Reno races|url=http://members.pioneer.net/~fitzrr/index13.html|access-date=2009-07-08}}{{cite web |title=Aerofiles information - Rutan|date=2008-02-13|author=K.O. Eckland|url=http://aerofiles.com/_rutan.html|access-date=2009-07-08}}
  • September 17 – The F/A-18 Hornet logs its two-millionth flying hour, achieved in only ten years of operations.
  • September 21 – A surface-to-air missile fired by rebels in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia, shoots down a Transair Georgia Tupolev Tu-134 airliner on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport. The plane crashes into the Black Sea, killing all 27 people on board.
  • September 22 – Another surface-to-air missile fired by rebels in Sukhumi shoots down a Transair Georgia Tupolev Tu-154 airliner while it is attempting to land at Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport. The airliner, reportedly carrying Georgian soldiers, crashes on the runway, killing 108 of the 132 people on board.
  • September 23 – Rebels in Sukhumi attack a Transair Georgia airliner on the ground at Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport with mortar or artillery fire while passengers are boarding. The plane is destroyed by a fire and one of its crew members is killed.

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First flights

=January=

  • January 15 - Rockwell Ranger 2000{{cite magazine|title=JPATS Fan Ranger makes first flight|magazine=Flight International|date=3–9 February 1993|volume=143|issue=4355|page=14|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200209.html}}

=February=

  • February 22 - McDonnell Douglas MD-90{{cite magazine|title=MD-90 first flight is ahead of schedule|magazine=Flight International|date=3–9 March 1993|volume=143|issue=4359|page=5|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200368.html}}

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Entered service

=February=

  • February 1 - British Aerospace Jetstream 41 with Loganair{{cite magazine|title=Airscene: Civil Affairs: UK|magazine=Air International|date=April 1993|volume=44|issue=4|page=165|issn=0306-5634}}

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=October=

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was 1993 Tehran mid-air collision, in which a Tupolev Tu-154 collided with an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 near Tehran, Iran on 8 February, killing all 133 people on both aircraft. The deadliest single-aircraft accident was SAM Colombia Flight 501, a Boeing 727 which crashed near Medellín, Colombia on 19 May, killing all 132 people on board.

References

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  • {{cite book|editor-last=Lambert|editor-first=Mark | title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94|year=1993|publisher=Jane's Data Division|location=Coulsdon, UK|isbn=0-7106-1066-1}}

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