2011 in aviation explained

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2011.

Events

January

1 January
5 January
9 January
10 January
14 January
20 January
21 January
24 January
25 January

February

2 February
9 February
10 February
21 February
22 February
23 February
27 February
28 February

March

1 March
2 March
4 March
5 March
9 March
11 March
15 March
17 March
18 March
19 March
20 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
28 March
28–29 March (overnight)
29 March
30 March
31 March

April

1 April
4 April
5 April
7 April
10 April
11 April
12 April
14 April
21 April
24 April
25 April
27 April
30 April

May

1–2 May (overnight)
2 May
7 May
11 May
13 May
17 May
18 May
19–20 May (overnight)
21 May
23 May
24 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
31 May

June

2 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
9 June
10 June
14 June
14–15 June (overnight)
15 June
16 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
29 June

July

2 July
5 July
6 July
8 July
10 July
11 July
12 July
13 July
17 July
19 July
22 July
23 July
25 July
26 July
28 July
29 July
30 July

August

1 August
3 August
5 August
9 August
12 August
15 August
16 August
17 August
20 August
22 August
25 August

September

2 September
4 September
7 September
14 September
16 September
22 September
26 September
27–28 September
30 September

October

10 October
11 October
16 October
21 October
23 October
26 October
31 October

November

1 November
2 November
13 November
18 November
26 November

December

1 December
4 December
10 December
13 December

First flights

January

February

March

April

June

October

December

Entered service

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was a military accident, namely the 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash, which crashed near Guelmim, Morocco on 26 July killing all 80 people on board. The deadliest commercial accident was Iran Air Flight 277, a Boeing 727 which crashed near Urmia, Iran on 9 January, killing 78 of the 105 people on board.

Notes and References

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  2. News: Incident: THY B738 near Istanbul on Jan 5th 2011, hijack attempt averted . Simon . Hradecky . Aviation Herald . 5 January 2011. 6 January 2011.
  3. News: Accident: AirAsia A320 at Kuching on Jan 10th 2011, runway excursion on landing . Simon . Hradecky . Aviation Herald. 11 January 2011. 12 January 2011.
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  5. News: Incident: Etihad A346 near London on Jan 24th 2011, unruly passenger prompts fighter escort. Simon. Hradecky. Aviation Herald. 24 January 2011.
  6. News: Man arrested at Stansted after aircraft incident. BBC News. 24 January 2011. 24 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110125055421/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-12265647. 25 January 2011 . live.
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  8. News: Belfast flight crashes at Cork Airport. RTÉ. 10 February 2010.
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  10. News: Accident: Flightline SW4 at Cork on Feb 10th 2011, failed landing in low visibility. Simon. Hradecky. Aviation Herald. 10 February 2011.
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