- 2005 in aviation
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year=2005
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dn3=2030sThis is a list ofaviation -related events from2005 :Events
January
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January 18 - The world's largest passenger plane, theAirbus A380 , gets unveiled in an elaborate ceremony inFrance .
*January 29 - Nonstop flights betweenmainland China andTaiwan take off for the first time since1949 .February
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February 3 -Kam Air Flight 904 crashes. There were no survivors.
*February 9 - 13 -Aero-India show inBangalore ,India
*February 17 - Several airlines will have to pay heavy compensation to passengers for flight delays and cancellations under a European regulation.
*February 17 - Opening of a new international airport inNagoya, Japan . It is the third Japanese international airport.March
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Lufthansa acquired their first 11% ofSwiss International Air Lines
*March 5 -Steve Fossett completes the first non-stop, solo circumnavigation of the world in theVirgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer , completing the trip in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
*March 11 -Jetsgo ceases all operations and declares bankruptcy protection.
*March 11 -China 's first private airline,Okay Airlines has its maiden revenue flight.
*March 16 – A Regional AirlinesAntonov An-24 aircraft carrying oil workers to Varandey,Russia crashed five kilometers from the runway. A mixture of bad weather and pilot error caused the crash. Twenty-six of the 45 passengers died as well as two of the seven crew members.
*March 17 - A judge has found millionaire Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik and sawmill worker Ajaib Singh Bagri not guilty of conspiracy and murder in the1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people.
*March 23 -Baku Cargo Terminal was opened and started to operate.April
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April 12 – AGT Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 aircraft crashes inIndonesia , all 18 on board die.May
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May 3 –Airwork Flight 23, aFairchild Swearingen Metroliner crashes inTaranaki ,New Zealand killing both crew members.
*May 25 – A chartered Maniema UnionAntonov An-28 aircraft, owned by Victoria Air, crashed into a mountain near Walungu,Democratic Republic of the Congo about 30 minutes after takeoff. All of the 22 passengers and 5 crew members were killed.June
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June 9 -US Airways Flight 1170 andAer Lingus Flight 132 almost collide on the runway, but all 381 on both planes lived.July
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Steve Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz recreated the first direct crossing of the Atlantic by the British team of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown onJune 14 1919 in aVickers Vimy bi-plane.
*July 29 TheU.S. Army awards a contract for the purchase of 368 Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) toBell Helicopter Textron .August
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August 2 -Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after skidding off the end of a runway after landing atToronto Pearson International Airport . All 309 people aboard survive.
*August 6 - ATuninter ATR-72 heading fromItaly toTunisia crashes into theMediterranean Sea , killing 16 of 39 on board.
*August 14 -Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain north of Marathon andVarnavas ,Greece , killing all 121 passengers and crew.
*August 16 -West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 , acharter flight , crashes into the mountains ofVenezuela with no survivors.
*August 23 -TANS Peru Flight 204 crashes inPeru .eptember
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September 5 -Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes inIndonesia killing at least 117.
*September 5 - anAntonov An-12 BP cargo aircraft (reg 4L-SAS) owned byTransaviaservice of Georgia, operated forGalaxy Kavatsi of DRC, and flying with an expired Georgian license overshoots and burns atGoma DRC while stopping en route toBukavu . Five crew (two Ukrainians, two Georgians, one Congolese) and three minor passengers (Congolese girls) were killed. [http://www.congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=4526238]
*September 6 - a small aircraft nearGoma DRC, killing the pilot and injuring passengers [http://www.congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=4526238]
*September 9 - an Antonov operated byAir Kasai in the DRC crashes 50 km north ofBrazzaville killing 14 including 4 crew on a flight fromBuendé toKinshasa [http://www.congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=4526238]
*September 21 -JetBlue Airways Flight 292, anAirbus A320 makes anemergency landing atLos Angeles International Airport after its nose wheels got stuck at a 90 degree angle. All 145 people on board survived.October
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October 6 - A small plane carrying cargo forFedEx , including six vials of research viruses, crashed in downtownWinnipeg . The only woman on board, the pilot, was killed but there were no injuries on the ground.*
October 29 -Ghana International Airlines launched with inaugural flight fromAccra toLondon .November
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14 November - Boeing launches747-8 .December
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December 26 - At around 6PM, a Piper Aztec, Registered N444DA, crashed in shallow water off the coast of the island ofSouth Caicos ,Turks and Caicos Islands . Its destination wasProvidenciales International Airport. All 4 on board (1 pilot 3 passengers) died.First flights
April
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April 27 - The firstAirbus A380 , registration F-WWOW, makes its maiden flight fromToulouse ,France .June
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June 21 - First captive flight ofBoeing X-37 under theScaled Composites White Knight Entered service
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F-22 Raptor with the27th fighter squadron
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