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This is a list of aviation-related events in 2009.

Events

During the year, the airlines Aeromak, City Link Air, FlyMontserrat, KentuckySkies, Mint Airways, and Trawel Fly are established, the airlines Air Arabia Maroc, Arik Niger, and Nile Air commence flight operations, and Sol Dominicana Airlines ceases operations.

=January=

  • The Kiribati airline Coral Sun Airways is established.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration revokes the Operating Certificate of American airline Air Tahoma.{{cite web|url=http://www.aero-news.net/news/commair.cfm?ContentBlockID=85b8fa07-c566-4bf3-be72-9307e1ef4a42&Dynamic=1 |title=FAA Grounds Convair Operator Air Tahoma |publisher=Aero-News Network, Inc |access-date=2 November 2009}}

;4 January

  • A Caribair Cessna 550 Citation II (N815MA) is substantially damaged at Wilmington International Airport, United States when it makes a wheels-up landing after running out of fuel.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090104-1 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=2 November 2009 |author=Harro Ranter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322054356/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090104-1 |archive-date=22 March 2009 |url-status=live }}
  • A Sikorsky S-76C helicopter strikes a red-tailed hawk seven minutes after taking off from Amelia, Louisiana, on a charter flight to an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and crashes, killing its pilot and copilot and six of their seven passengers.Brotak, Ed, "When Birds Strike," Aviation History, May 2016, p. 47.

;5 January

  • C-GEAJ, an Antarctic Logistic Center International Basler BT-67, crashes on landing at Tony Camp, Antarctica. All four occupants survive but the aircraft is damaged beyond repair.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_01.htm |title=January 2009 |publisher=Jacdec |access-date=17 September 2009 |author=Jan Richter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718084741/http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_01.htm |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=live }}

;6 January

  • Ted, a brand of the American airline United Airlines for their economy flights, is discontinued. Economy flights are rebranded under the main United Airlines brand.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

;9 January

  • EP-858, a Peruvian Army Cessna Grand Caravan crashes on take-off from Rio Tigre, Intutu Region.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090109-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=17 September 2009 |author=Harro Ranter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514104959/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090109-0 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=live }}

;10 January

  • The Zambian airline Zambian Airways suspends operations.{{cite web |url=http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/zambian-airways-suspends-operation,-passengers-stranded-2009011119288.html |website=www.afriquejet.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005231245/http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/zambian-airways-suspends-operation%2C-passengers-stranded-2009011119288.html |archive-date=5 October 2011 | title=Cours de change du jour Nigeria 26 Juillet | language=fr | access-date=16 August 2022}}

;11 January

;13 January

;15 January

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  • Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft of the Russian Air Force collide on the ground at Uytash Airport, Makhachkala, Dagestan killing four of the seven crew.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
  • US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320-214 (N106US) with 155 people aboard flies into a flock of Canada geese just after takeoff from New York City{{'}}s LaGuardia Airport and ditches in the Hudson River after both engines are disabled by birdstrikes. All passengers and crew are rescued, and only five people are injured.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/passenger-jet-plunges-into-hudson-river-20090116-7ie3.html?page=-1 |location=Melbourne, Australia |work=The Age |title=US Airways flight 1549 – plane crashes in New York's Hudson River |first1=Ian |last1=Munro |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127165158/http://www.theage.com.au/world/passenger-jet-plunges-into-hudson-river-20090116-7ie3.html?page=-1 |archive-date=27 January 2010 |url-status=live }}

;17 January

  • A Eurocopter AS 532 helicopter of the French Navy crashes into the sea off Gabon shortly after take-off from the amphibious assault ship {{ship|French ship|Foudre|L9011|2}}, killing eight of the ten personnel on board.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7835920.stm |work=BBC News | title=Gabon crash kills French soldiers | date=19 January 2009 | access-date=23 April 2010}}
  • The bankrupt Lithuanian airline FlyLal-Lithuanian Airlines ceases operations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/22187/|title=FlyLAL declares bankruptcy|website=www.baltictimes.com|access-date=3 December 2022}}

;19 January

  • Iran Air Flight 498, a Fokker 100, registration EP-CFN, suffers a collapse of the right main landing gear during landing at Mehrabad Airport and is substantially damaged.

;20 January

  • The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute suspends Caribair from operating for "operational irregularities".{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/news/newsitem.php?id=2112 |title=News item |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=17 September 2009}}

;25 January

  • The operating licence of Swedish airline Nordic Airways is suspended, the Swedish Transport Agency stating that the airline is "no longer able to fulfill its commitments and duties to its passengers."{{cite web | url=http://economie.moldova.org/news/sweden-pulls-nordic-airways-license-178855-eng.html | title=Sweden pulls Nordic Airways' license | publisher=Moldova.org | access-date=2 November 2009}}

;27 January

;29 January

  • The Australian airline MacAir Airlines enters voluntary administration and ceases operations.{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25016493-3102,00.html | work=The Courier-Mail | title=Regional carrier MacAir shut down with loss of 200 jobs | date=5 February 2009| access-date=23 December 2009 }}

;30 January

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=February=

  • The British airline Skysouth ceases operations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysouth.co.uk/|title=skysouth.co.uk|website=www.skysouth.co.uk|access-date=3 December 2022}}

;4 February

;7 February

;11 February

  • Two Grob Tutor aircraft of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force collide mid-air over Porthcawl, Wales. Both aircraft crash, killing all occupants.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7883338.stm|title=Four die in mid-air plane crash|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 November 2009 | date=11 February 2009}}

;12 February

  • Colgan Air Flight 3407, a DHC-8-402 Q400, registration N200WQ, crashes at Clarence Center, New York, killing all 50 people on board and another on the ground.{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/02/09/daily46.html | first=Elizabeth | last=Carey | title=Buffalo area plane crash claims 50 lives | date=13 February 2009| access-date=23 December 2009 }}

;13 February

  • BA CityFlyer Flight 8456, an Avro RJ100, registration G-BXAR, is substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapses on landing at London City Airport. All 71 people on board are successfully evacuated via emergency chutes.

;14 February

;16 February

;18 February

;20 February

;22 February

  • The Australian airline SkyAirWorld suspends operations pending a restructure of its business.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/25/323044/australias-skyairworld-temporarily-suspends-operations.html|title=Australia's SkyAirWorld temporarily suspends operations|publisher=Reed Business Information 2009|access-date=2 November 2009}}

;23 February

;25 February

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  • Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-8F2, registration TC-JGE, crashes short of the runway at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Six passengers and three crew members are killed.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm|title=Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 November 2009 | date=25 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090930132017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm| archive-date= 30 September 2009 | url-status= live}}

;28 February

=March=

;3 March

;6 March

  • VT-XRM, a NAL Saras prototype operated by the National Aerospace Laboratory, crashes {{convert|31|km|mi}} from Bengaluru International Airport, India, killing all three crew members.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090306-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;9 March

  • Lion Air Flight 793, a McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30, registration PK-LIL, departs the runway at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, and spins through 180°. All 172 people on board are evacuated safely but the aircraft is damaged beyond economic repair.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-03-09_PK-LIL.pdf|title=09. March 2009 Lion Air McDonnellDouglas MD-90 PK-LIL Jakarta-International Airport, Indonesia|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}
  • S9-SAB, an Ilyushin IL-76TD operated by Aerolift, crashes into Lake Victoria shortly after take-off from Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, killing all 11 people on board. The aircraft is destroyed.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-03-09_PK-LIL.pdf |title=09. March 2009 Aerolift Company Ilyushin Il-76T S9-SAB Victoria Lake, off Entebbe, Uganda|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;12 March

  • Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, a Sikorsky S-92A, registration C-GZCH, ditches in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada, killing 17 of the 18 people on board.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1345818920090313 | work=Reuters | title=UPDATE 2-No more survivors in Canada chopper crash, 17 dead | first=David | last=Ljunggren | date=13 March 2009| access-date=23 December 2009 }}

;13 March

  • The Mexican airline MexicanaLink commences operations.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/10/323642/mexicana-names-new-regional-carrier-link.html|title=Mexicana names new regional carrier Link|author=Brendan Sobie|publisher=Reed Business Information|access-date=2 November 2009}}

;19 March

;20 March

  • Emirates Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG, suffers a tailstrike during its take-off run at Melbourne Airport, Australia. Although take off is achieved, the aircraft overruns the end of the runway and destroys some {{convert|200|m|yd}} of strobe lights on the ground. The damaged aircraft dumps fuel and makes a safe landing at Melbourne. The investigation found that an incorrect weight value was entered into the aircraft's computer, resulting in an incorrect calculated take-off speed.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/emirates-in-damage-control-after-near-miss-20090430-aoyn.html|title=Emirates in damage control after near miss|author=Brendan Nicholson|publisher=Fairfax Digital|access-date=2 November 2009 | date=1 May 2009}}

;22 March

;23 March

;25 March

;26 March

  • Arrow Air Cargo Flight 431, a McDonnell Douglas DC-1030F, suffers a major failure of the No. 2 (tail-mounted) engine shortly after take-off from Eduardo Gomes International Airport, Brazil. 12 houses and several cars were damaged by falling debris. The aircraft subsequently makes a safe landing at El Dorado International Airport, Colombia.{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4171239c |title=Accident: Arrow Cargo DC10 at Manaus on March 26, 2009, dropped parts of engine on houses |date=26 March 2009 |work=The Aviation Herald|access-date=23 December 2009}}

;31 March

=April=

;April

  • A criminal stole a Cesna 172 plane from Thunder Bay airport and went for a joy ride. He crossed into US airspace where he was intercepted by two US Air Force planes. After few hours he landed on US Highway 60.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/11/04/canadian_jailed_2_years_for_stealing_plane.html|title=Canadian jailed 2 years for stealing plane|date=4 November 2009|website=thestar.com|access-date=7 May 2023}}

;1 April

;2 April

  • Chemtrad Aviation Britten-Norman Islander RP-C764 crashes at Baggao, Philippines, killing all thirteen people on board. The aircraft was destroyed.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_04.htm|title=April 2009|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;3 April

;4 April

;6 April

;8 April

;9 April

  • Aviastar Mandiri BAe 146–300 PK-BRD crashes into Gunung Pike on approach to Wamena Airport, Indonesia, killing all six people on board.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-04-09_PK-BRD.pdf |title=09. April 2009 Aviastar Mandiri BAE 146–300 PK-BRD Gunung Pike, Wamena area, Indonesia|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;15 April

;17 April

;18 April

;19 April

;20 April

;24 April

;25 April

;26 April

;27 April

;29 April

  • Bako Air Boeing 737-275 TL-ADM crashes near Massamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all seven crew. The aircraft is destroyed.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-04-29_TL-ADM.pdf |title=29. April 2009 Bako Air Boeing 737-200 TL-ADM Massamba, Kenge area, Dem Rep. Of Congo|publisher=Jacdec |access-date=17 September 2009}}
  • Air Arabia Maroc is founded. It will begin flight operations on 6 May.

=May=

  • The Indonesian airline Megantara Air suspends operations.{{cite web|url=http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2009/05/06/brk,20090506-174862,uk.html |title=Indonesian Air Carriers File For Suspension |publisher=TEMPO |access-date=6 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001123112/http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2009/05/06/brk%2C20090506-174862%2Cuk.html |archive-date=1 October 2009 }}

;1 May

;3 May

  • EV 08114, a Mil Mi-35 operated by the Venezuelan Army crashes at Táchira, Venezuela, killing all 21 personnel on board.
  • XM715, a Handley Page Victor, briefly becomes airborne during a fast taxi run at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, United Kingdom. The aircraft is not airworthy and was not intended to have flown.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Probe-launched-10-second-Victor-flight/article-1003711-detail/article.html |title=Probe into unauthorised Victor flight |publisher=Leicester Mercury |access-date=18 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926054425/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Probe-launched-10-second-Victor-flight/article-1003711-detail/article.html |archive-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=live }} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh2YSzBdWFg YouTube video]

;4 May

  • Northwest Airlines Flight 557, an Airbus A320-211, registration N311US, is substantially damaged in a heavy landing at Denver International Airport, United States. Vertical deceleration in excess of 3G is recorded. The aircraft may be written off.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_05.htm |title=May 2009|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;6 May

;8 May

;10 May

;18 May

;20 May

;25 May

;26 May

;30 May

=June=

;1 June

  • Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCP, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil killing all 228 people on board.
  • Swedish airline Air Express Sweden is taken over by MCA Airlines{{cite web|url=http://www.flygtorget.se/Aktuellt/Artikel/?Id=7280 |title=MCA Airlines växer – köper Air Express |publisher=Flygtorget |language=sv |access-date=29 December 2009}}

;2 June

  • 8Q-MAG, a DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Maldavian Air Taxi is destroyed when it crashes into the sea at the Haliveli Atoll, Maldives. All seven people on board survive.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_06.htm |title=June 2009|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009}}"[http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/downloads/accidents/2009_01.pdf ACCIDENT REPORT ON 8Q-MAG (TWIN OTTER) CRASH At the Reef of Halaveli Resort Lagoon (North Ari Atoll), Maldives On 2nd of June 2009]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180729/http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/downloads/accidents/2009_01.pdf Archive]). Accident Investigation Coordinating Committee. Retrieved on 21 April 2015.

;6 June

  • Myanma Airways Flight 409, a Fokker F28-4000, registration XY-ADW, overruns the runway at Sittwe Airport, Myanmar. The aircraft is damaged beyond repair.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-06-06_XY-ADW.pdf|title=06. June 2009 Myanma Airways Fokker 28-4000 XY-ADW Sittwe Airport, Myanmar (Burma)|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009|archive-date=16 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216093848/http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-06-06_XY-ADW.pdf|url-status=dead}}

;7 June

;9 June

  • An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 crashes in Arunachal Pradesh province killing all thirteen people on board.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090611/jsp/nation/story_11094341.jsp |title=Crash focus on aging fleet |work=The Telegraph|access-date=17 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405214003/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090611/jsp/nation/story_11094341.jsp |archive-date=5 April 2010 |url-status=dead |location=Calcutta, India |first=Sujan |last=Dutta |date=11 June 2009 }}

;11 June

;14 June

;25 June

;26 June

;27 June

  • Kingfisher Airlines Flight 3334, an Airbus A320, registration VT-ADR, collides with a building at Bagdogra Airport, India. The aircraft was substantially damaged.{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/2009/06/kingfisher-airlines-airbus-a320-hits.html|title=Kingfisher Airline's Airbus A320 hits bunker wall at Bagdogra airport|date=27 June 2009|publisher=Bangalore Aviation|access-date=6 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091130051329/http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/2009/06/kingfisher-airlines-airbus-a320-hits.html| archive-date= 30 November 2009 | url-status= live}}

;29 June

;30 June

=July=

;3 July

;5 July

  • ZK-LGR, Britten-Norman Trislander operated by Great Barrier Airlines suffers an in-flight propeller disintegration, and débris penetrates the passenger cabin. An emergency landing is made at Great Barrier Aerodrome, New Zealand. No injuries are reported among the 11 people on board. The aircraft is substantially damaged.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_07.htm |title=July 2009 |publisher=Jacdec |access-date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808175755/http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_07.htm |archive-date=8 August 2009 }}
  • SU-TYB, an Antonov An-28 operated by El Dinder Aviation, is damaged beyond repair when the nosewheel collapses on landing at Saraf Omra Airfield, Sudan.

;13 July

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;14 July

;15 July

;16 July

;19 July

;21 July

;24 July

  • The Italian Civil Aviation Authority suspends the operating licence of MyAir due to financial problems and service failures{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}.
  • Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62M, registration UP-I6208, crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Iran, killing 16 of the 143 or more people on board.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090724-0t |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M UP-I6208 Mashhad-Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport (MHD) |work=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=6 November 2009 |date=24 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728072721/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090724-0t |archive-date=28 July 2009 }}

;27 July

;28 July

;29 July

=August=

;2 August

;3 August

  • Saha Air Lines Flight 124, a Boeing 707-3J9C, registration EP-SHK, suffers engine fires in both port engines shortly after take-off from Ahwaz Airport, Iran. The fires are extinguished and a successful two-engine emergency landing is made back at the airport. The aircraft is substantially damaged.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_08.htm|title=August 2009|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=17 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090456/http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_08.htm|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

;4 August

;5 August

;7 August

;8 August

;11 August

;14 August

;16 August

;20 August

;23 August

;26 August

  • TN-AIA, an Antonov An-12 operated by of Aéro-Frêt, suffers an in-flight fire, breaks up in mid-air and crashes at Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo. All six people on board are killed.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

;27 August

;29 August

  • A United States Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry catches fire on landing at Nellis Air Force Base, United States. All 32 people on board are safely evacuated.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/29/air-force-plane-damaged-while-landing-nellis/ |title=Air Force plane damaged while landing at Nellis|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=17 September 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003064939/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/29/air-force-plane-damaged-while-landing-nellis/| archive-date= 3 October 2009 | url-status= dead}}

;31 August

=September=

;1 September

;2 September

;3 September

  • BA CityFlyer accepts delivery of its first Embraer 170.{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncityairport.com/AboutUs/ViewRelease.aspx?id=1151|title=British Airways: Delivery of First Aircraft in New Fleet|publisher=London City Airport|date=3 September 2009|access-date=21 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726111348/http://www.londoncityairport.com/AboutUs/ViewRelease.aspx?id=1151|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

;4 September

;7 September

  • P-827, a GAF Nomad N.24A operated by the Indonesian Navy, crashes at Long Ampung Airport, killing five of the nine people on board.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090907-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=17 September 2009}}

;8 September

  • The Russian airline KD Avia suspends flight operations.

;9 September

;11 September

  • Shortly after takeoff in a Cirrus SR22 from Rock Hill/York County Airport in Rock Hill, South Carolina, American businessman William "Skipper" Beck, owner of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats, attempts to return to the airport, but nose-dives into the taxiway, after which the plane catches fire. Beck dies instantly in the crash.[http://www.nba.com/2009/news/09/11/bobcats.owner.ap/index.html Bobcats co-owner Beck dies in SC small plane crash] NBA.com[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=4465181 Beck dies in plane crash] ESPN.com retrieved 12 September 2011{{Cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous2000s.htm|title=Famous people who died in aviation accidents|website=www.planecrashinfo.com|access-date=3 December 2022}}

;13 September

  • D-ALCO, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 operated by Lufthansa Cargo is severely damaged in a heavy landing at Mexico City International Airport. Post landing inspection revealed that there were wrinkles in the fuselage skin and the nose gear was bent. It is reported that the aircraft may be written off.{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4210beec&opt=0|title=Accident: Lufthansa Cargo MD11 at Mexico City on September 13, 2009, hard landing|work=The Aviation Herald|access-date=11 October 2009}}

;14 September

  • Lufthansa Flight 288, a Fokker 100 operated by Contact Air, registration D-AKFE, makes an emergency belly landing at Stuttgart Airport, Germany, after the undercarriage fails to deploy correctly.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090914-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=26 September 2009 |author=Harro Ranter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924121330/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090914-0 |archive-date=24 September 2009 |url-status=live }}

;18 September

  • N349TA, a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 operated by Bering Air, departs the runway at Savoonga, Alaska, and is substantially damaged when the undercarriage collapses.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090918-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=23 September 2009 |author=Harro Ranter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005054953/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090918-0 |archive-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=live }}

;19 September

  • The Maltese airline Efly commences operations.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090919/local/efly-operates-inaugural-flight |title=efly operates inaugural flight |date=19 September 2009 |publisher=Times of Malta |access-date=29 December 2009}}

;22 September

;24 September

  • SA Airlink flight SA 8911, a BAe Jetstream 41, registration ZS-NRM, crashes shortly after take-off from Durban International Airport due to an engine failure. The aircraft is destroyed but the three crew members survive with serious injuries.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090924-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=26 September 2009}}

;28 September

  • 9044, a NAMC YS-11M-A operated by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, overruns the runway upon landing at Ozuki Air Field and is substantially damaged.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_09.htm|title=September 2009|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=8 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609143920/http://www.jacdec.de/news/months/09_09.htm|archive-date=9 June 2010|url-status=dead}}

;29 September

  • British Airways operates the first transatlantic flight from London City Airport: BA001 (a flight number unused since Concorde retired), an all-business class Airbus A318.{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncityairport.com/AboutUs/ViewRelease.aspx?id=1156|title=British Airways: Historic Flight for London City Airport|publisher=London City Airport|date=29 September 2009|access-date=21 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726111430/http://www.londoncityairport.com/AboutUs/ViewRelease.aspx?id=1156|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • Greek state-owned airline Olympic Airlines ceased operation. It was replaced by privately owned Olympic Air, which commenced operations on this day.

;30 September

  • The Serbian airline Jat Airways suspends flights due to a maintenance company refusing to work on their aircraft in a dispute over unpaid bills.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/business/serbia-s-jat-airways-flights-grounded-1.1487424|title=Serbia's JAT Airways flights grounded|work=Newsday|access-date=1 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003023745/http://www.newsday.com/business/serbia-s-jat-airways-flights-grounded-1.1487424| archive-date= 3 October 2009 | url-status= dead}}
  • American unmanned aerial vehicles have conducted 87 missile strikes against targets in Pakistan since the first recorded one on 14 June 2004. Seventy-six of them have occurred since 1 January 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/analysis_us_airstrik.php|title=Analysis: A look at US airstrikes in Pakistan through September 2009 | FDD's Long War Journal|date=1 October 2009|website=www.longwarjournal.org|access-date=3 December 2022}}

=October=

;2 October

  • The Serbian airline Jat Airways resumes flights following the resolution of the dispute with their maintenance company.{{cite web|url=http://money.aol.com/article/serbias-jat-resumes-flights/700112|title=Serbia's JAT resumes flights|publisher=AOL Money|access-date=5 October 2009}}
  • 9M-MMR, a Boeing 737-4H6 operated by Malaysia Airlines, is substantially damaged when the port main undercarriage collapses while the aircraft is parked at the gate at Kuching International Airport.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091002-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=4 October 2009}}
  • The Swedish airline Feel Air is established.

;9 October

  • FAU-531, an CASA C-212 Aviocar operated by the Uruguayan Air Force,{{cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/ |title=Recent Accidents|publisher=Planecrashinfo|access-date=10 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091005233654/http://www.planecrashinfo.com/| archive-date= 5 October 2009 | url-status= live}} being operated as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, crashes west of Fonds-Verettes killing all eleven on board.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8300299.stm|title=UN plane crash kills 11 in Haiti|work=BBC News|access-date=10 October 2009 | date=9 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091012061518/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8300299.stm| archive-date= 12 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

;15 October

  • An Antonov An-28 of Blue Wing Airlines departs the runway on landing at Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip, Suriname, and hits an obstacle. The aircraft is substantially damaged and four people are injured, one seriously.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091015-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation safety network|access-date=18 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091030180033/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091015-0| archive-date= 30 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

;17 October

  • RP-C550, a Douglas DC-3 operated by Victoria Air, crashes shortly after take-off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines, on a flight to Puerto Princesa International Airport after an engine malfunctions. All four people on board are killed.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091017-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation safety network|access-date=18 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091021030414/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091017-0| archive-date= 21 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

;21 October

  • Azza Transport Flight 2241, a Boeing 707-320, crashes shortly after take-off from Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates. All six crew are killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/571237-cargo-plane-crashes-at-sharjah-airport|title=Six dead as cargo plane crashes at Sharjah Airport|publisher=Arabian Business|access-date=21 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091023060242/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/571237-cargo-plane-crashes-at-sharjah-airport| archive-date= 23 October 2009 | url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLL45439920091021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202073946/https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLL45439920091021|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2020|title=UAE crashed cargo plane owned by Sudan's Azza Air|publisher=Reuters|access-date=21 October 2009 | date=21 October 2009}}
  • An agreement is announced for the sale of London Gatwick Airport from BAA Limited to Global Infrastructure Partners, to comply with Competition Commission requirements.{{cite news|title=BAA agrees Gatwick Airport sale|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8317662.stm|work=BBC News|date=21 October 2009|access-date=21 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091022030124/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8317662.stm| archive-date= 22 October 2009 | url-status= live}}
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 188, an Airbus A320-212 with 149 people on board, lands in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an hour late after its pilots overshoot Minneapolis when they become distracted by a discussion of their schedules.

;22 October

  • PJ-SUN, a Britten-Norman Islander operated by Divi Divi Air, ditches off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. The pilot is killed but the nine passengers escape from the aircraft before it sinks.{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4219e895|last=Hradecky|first=Simon|title=Accident: Divi Divi BN2P near Bonaire on October 22nd 2009, engine failure, ditched in the Caribbean|work=The Aviation Herald|access-date=24 October 2009}}

;23 October

;24 October

;26 October

  • S-Air Flight 9607, a BAe 125, registration RA-02807, crashes on approach to Minsk International Airport. All three crew and both passengers are killed.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091026-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=27 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102001543/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091026-0| archive-date= 2 November 2009 | url-status= live}}

;27 October

;29 October

  • A Lockheed C-130 Hercules owned by the United States Coast Guard collided with a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra owned by the United States Marine Corps killing all nine occupants onboard both aircraft.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-25 |title=Remembering the Coast Guard, Marines crews who died in mid-air collision a decade ago |url=https://calvetconnect.blog/2019/10/25/remembering-the-coast-guard-marines-crews-who-died-in-mid-air-collision-a-decade-ago/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Accident Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 1705, Thursday 29 October 2009 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321417 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}{{Cite web |title=Loss of Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Helicopter {{!}} Homeland Security |url=https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2009/10/30/loss-coast-guard-c-130-and-marine-helicopter |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.dhs.gov |language=en}}

=November=

;1 November

;3 November

  • UM-239, a Xian MA60 operated by Air Zimbabwe, hits five warthogs on take-off from Harare International Airport. The take-off is rejected but the undercarriage collapses causing substantial damage to the aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies/2009/11/can-pigs-fly-in-zimbabwe-it-se.html |title=Can pigs fly? In Zimbabwe, it seems they try to |work=Flight International |access-date=7 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091109230856/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies/2009/11/can-pigs-fly-in-zimbabwe-it-se.html| archive-date= 9 November 2009 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_450666.html |title=Plane smashes into wild pigs |work=Straits Times |location=Singapore |access-date=7 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091110154524/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_450666.html| archive-date= 10 November 2009 | url-status= dead}}

;5 November

  • N120FB, a Grumman Albatross operated by Albatross Adventures, crashes shortly after take-off from St. Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida, after suffering an engine failure. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091105-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=7 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091110174304/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091105-0| archive-date= 10 November 2009 | url-status= live}}

;7 November

;10 November

  • Kingfisher Airlines Flight 4124, operated by ATR 72-212A VT-KAC skidded off the runway after landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The aircraft suffered substantial damage but all 46 passengers and crew escaped unharmed.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091110-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=11 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091113212554/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091110-0| archive-date= 13 November 2009 | url-status= live}}
  • Mexicana, MexicanaClick, and MexicanaLink join the Oneworld airline alliance.

;11 November

;12 November

  • Rwandair Flight 205 operated by Canadair CRJ-100 5Y-JLD ended up embedded in the departure building at Kigali International Airport after an engine malfunction. One passenger was killed.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091112-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=28 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091116221205/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091112-0| archive-date= 16 November 2009 | url-status= live}}
  • Over Lake Elsinore, California, 68 wingsuit jumpers set a U.S. national record for the largest wingsuit formation. No criteria yet exist with which to officially declare it a world record; the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale will not develop such criteria until February 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/RecordsAwards/ExistingRecords/National/tabid/144/Default.aspx |title=USPA Records: largest wingsuit formation jump |publisher=Uspa.org |date=1 May 2006 |access-date=18 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418185954/http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/RecordsAwards/ExistingRecords/National/tabid/144/Default.aspx |archive-date=18 April 2010 }}

;14 November

  • English Electric Lightning T5 ZU-BEX crashed during an airshow at AFB Overberg, Bredasdorp, South Africa after a hydraulic failure, killing the pilot.{{cite journal |year=2009 |title=Lightning tragedy in SA |journal=Aeroplane |issue=December 2009 |pages=8 }}

;18 November

  • Iran Air Fokker 100 EP-CFO suffers an undercarriage malfunction on take-off from Isfahan International Airport. The aircraft is on a flight to Mehrabad Airport, Tehran when the undercarriage fails to retract. The aircraft lands at Isfahan but suffers substantial damage when the left main gear collapses.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091118-1 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=20 November 2009}}

;19 November

  • Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Flight 3711, operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-82 9Q-CAB overran the runway on landing at Goma International Airport, suffering substantial damage. The overrun area was contaminated by solidified lava.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091119-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=20 November 2009}}
  • A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 being operated on behalf of United States Africa Command was substantially damaged when the undercarriage collapsed and the starboard wing was ripped off in an emergency landing at Tarakigné, Mali.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091119-1 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=26 November 2009}}

;20 November

  • Interlink Airlines commences first every passenger flights from Wonderboom Airport outside Pretoria, South Africa. This is the first time the South African capital is connected to other centres in South Africa, instead of using OR Tambo International, Johannesburg. Flights started with 737-200 aircraft, although the runway is inadequate for these aircraft, so severe weight penalties, supposed to use BAe146 aircraft in the near future. Currently flights only to Cape Town and Durban

;23 November

  • Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 crashes just after take-off from Galileo Galilei Airport, Pisa. All five crew members are killed.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091123-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=26 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091126045455/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091123-0| archive-date= 26 November 2009 | url-status= live}}

;24 November

;27 November

;28 November

=December=

;2 December

  • Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fokker 100 PK-MJD makes an emergency landing at El Tari Airport, Kupang when the left main gear fails to extend. There are no injuries among the passengers and crew.{{cite web|url=http://bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=459728|title=Merpati Air Plane Passengers Unharmed in Emergency Landing|publisher=Bernama|access-date=4 December 2009|archive-date=3 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231709/http://bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=459728|url-status=dead}}

;3 December

T*he first Solar Impulse aircraft, HB-SIA, the first solar-powered aircraft capable of flying both day and night thanks to batteries charged by solar power that provide it with power during darkness, makes its first flight, a short hop of 350 meters (1,148 feet) at an altitude of 1 meter (3.28 feet) at Dubendorf, Switzerland.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8393688.stm|title=Record solar plane's first 'hop'|date=3 December 2009|access-date=3 December 2022|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}

;7 December

  • SA Airlink Flight 8625, operated by Embraer ERJ 135 ZS-SJW overruns the runway at George Airport, South Africa, arriving from Cape Town. The aircraft sustains substantial damage when it runs down a bank onto a road and may be declared a write-off.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/info/2009-12-07_ZS-SJW.pdf|title=07. December 2009 SA Airlink Embraer ERJ-135LR ZS-SJW, George Airport, South Africa|publisher=Jacdec|access-date=16 December 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/E135,_George_South_Africa,_2009_%28RE_GND%29|title=Summary of Interim Report Number 2 in respect of the investigation into the cause(s) of an accident involving an Embraer 135-LR aircraft, ZS-SJW during landing at George Airport on 7 December 2009|publisher=SKYbrary|access-date=20 July 2010}}

;8 December

  • In the United Kingdom, Coventry Airport announces that it is to close with immediate effect due to its owners being wound up in the High Court.{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Coventry-Airport-To-Close-With-Immediate-Effect-Making-70-People-Redundant/Article/200912215495921?lpos=Business_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15495921_Coventry_Airport_To_Close_With_Immediate_Effect%2C_Making_70_People_Redundant |title=Coventry Airport To Close Immediately |publisher=Sky News |access-date=8 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213010544/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Coventry-Airport-To-Close-With-Immediate-Effect-Making-70-People-Redundant/Article/200912215495921?lpos=Business_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15495921_Coventry_Airport_To_Close_With_Immediate_Effect%2C_Making_70_People_Redundant |archive-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=live }}

;9 December

  • Brussels Airlines joins the Star Alliance.{{Cite web |title=Star Alliance Member Airlines - Star Alliance |url=https://www.staralliance.com/en/members?airlineCode=SN |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240721083338/https://www.staralliance.com/en/members?airlineCode=SN |archive-date=2024-07-21 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Star Alliance |language=en-GB}}

;14 December

  • Cabin crew at British Airways vote overwhelmingly in favour of a planned 12 days of strike action over Christmas and the New Year in a dispute over job cuts and changes to staff contracts.{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8411214.stm|title= British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike|work=BBC News|date=14 December 2009|access-date=14 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091217041930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8411214.stm| archive-date= 17 December 2009 | url-status= live}} On 17 December the High Court rules that Unite, the representing trade union, had not correctly balloted its members on the strike action, meaning that the strikes could not go ahead.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8418805.stm|title=British Airways cabin crew strike blocked|work=BBC News|date=17 December 2009|access-date=17 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091218053341/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8418805.stm| archive-date= 18 December 2009 | url-status= live}}

;16 December

  • Scotland's largest airline, Flyglobespan, enters administration and ceases all flights.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8417183.stm|title=Scotland's biggest airline goes bust|work=BBC News|date=16 December 2009|access-date=17 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091217031847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8417183.stm| archive-date= 17 December 2009 | url-status= live}}

;18 December

;19 December

  • A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 overruns the runway at Tonj Airfield, Southern Sudan, killing one person on the ground. The aircraft is carrying security personnel in preparation for a visit from President Salva Kiir Mayardit.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091219-0|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=26 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091226173147/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091219-0| archive-date= 26 December 2009 | url-status= live}}

;21 December

;22 December

  • American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800,{{cite web|url=http://aa.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2812|title=AMERICAN AIRLINES STATEMENT REGARDING FLIGHT 331 Release No. 1 @ 11:58 (p.m.) U.S. Central Time|publisher=American Airlines|access-date=23 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091226143642/http://aa.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2812| archive-date= 26 December 2009 | url-status= live}} overshoots the runway on landing at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8427628.stm|title=American Airlines plane 'overshoots runway' in Jamaica|work=BBC News|access-date=23 December 2009|date=23 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091224031124/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8427628.stm| archive-date= 24 December 2009 | url-status= live}} injuring 15 of the 154 people on board.

;25 December

Deaths

;13 January

;8 February

;2 June

;20 June

;18 July

First flights

;25 April

;21 October

  • BAE Systems Mantis{{cite magazine|title= Mantis Completes Phase One Flight Tests |magazine=Air International |volume=78 |issue=1 |date=January 2010 | page=6 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;12 November

  • AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat{{cite magazine |title= Wildcat Rises |magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=1 |date=January 2010 | page=7 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;13 November

  • AgustaWestland AW149{{cite magazine |title=AW149 Takes to the Air|magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=1 |date=January 2010 | page=10 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;25 November

;3 December

;4 December

  • Eurocopter EC175{{cite magazine |title=EC175 Unveiled with a Flourish|magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=2 |date=February 2010 | page=5 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;9 December

  • Elbit Hermes 900{{cite magazine |title=Hermes 900 Flown|magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=2 |date=February 2010 | page=4 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;11 December

  • Airbus A400M, in Spain.{{cite web | title=Airbus celebrates as A400M gets airborne | url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/11/336083/pictures-airbus-celebrates-as-a400m-gets-airborne.html| publisher=Flight International | date=11 December 2009 | access-date=11 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091214031526/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/11/336083/pictures-airbus-celebrates-as-a400m-gets-airborne.html| archive-date= 14 December 2009 | url-status= live}}
  • Gulfstream G250.{{cite magazine |title=Gulfstream G250 Lifts Off|magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=2 |date=February 2010 | page=4 |issn= 0306-5634}}

;15 December

  • Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in Seattle.{{cite magazine|title = Dreamliner's First Flight |magazine= Air International |volume=78 |issue=2 |date=February 2010 | pages=30–31|issn= 0306-5634}}

Entered service

Retirements

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 which crashed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1 June, killing all 228 people on board.

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