an indian air force mikoyan-gurevich mig-21 pilot ejects after takeoff, aircraft crashing jalandhar bank building, killing 8 on ground.
12 may
the hangar housing buran ok-1k1 in kazakhstan collapses, due poor maintenance. collapse kills 8 workers , destroys orbiter mock-up of energia carrier rocket.
2 june
an angolan armed forces mil mi-17 helicopter crashes in poor weather killing 20 of 25 on board. among on board top military officials going attend disarmament ceremony unita rebels.
crash of desert duck 744
5 july
u.s. navy sikorsky uh-3h sea king, desert duck 744, operated hc-2, detachment 2, based out of bahrain, suffers tail rotor failure while landing aboard uss cushing, spins out of control, goes on starboard side. 7 on board out safely. footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-gxrmywgm
27 july
a ukrainian air force sukhoi su-27ub crashes during lviv airshow killing 85 spectators, 5 of them children. 199 injured. pilots managed eject, aircraft crashed on spectators watching airshow ground. aircraft lacked altitude escape crash, , hit tribune , fell on ground. stated ukrainian defense ministry, crash caused because of engine failure. pilots, unit commanders later jailed.
7 august
a usaf lockheed mc-130h aircraft, 90-0161 (c/n. 5265), flying rafael hernandez airport in aguadilla, puerto rico, crashed in caguas, puerto rico, killing ten crew. whilst on training mission flying @ low level in bad weather, aircraft descended below safe altitude , impacted mountain @ caguas.
19 august
a russian air force mil mi-26 helicopter shot down chechen rebels using portable sam, igla, in khankala, russia. of 152 on board, 118 killed.
3 october
united states navy grumman f-14a-135-gr tomcat, buno 162594, c/n 516, coded ad 136, of vf-101, suffers dual compressor stalls, both engines shut down, during routine training flight, crashing in gulf of mexico on mission out of nas key west, florida. pilot , instructor eject safely @ 5,000 feet (1,500 m) , rescued minor injuries sikorsky uh-3 sea king helicopter. on 5 may 2006, 1 of tomcat s tailfins discovered on isolated beach w of cork, ireland, having floated 4,900 miles (7,900 km.) across atlantic. sixteenth , last tomcat lost vf-101 during 30 years of operation.
18 october
two boeing f/a-18f super hornets collide during air combat manoeuvring off southern california coast , crash pacific 80 mi sw of monterey, california. 4 crew (two pilots , 2 wsos) killed while flying (kwf).
3 november
an mcdonnell-douglas fa-18c hornet vfa-34 failed return uss george washington night @ sea bombing mission , crashed adriatic sea. pilot killed.
12 november
a swiss air force pc-7 crashes @ bonaduz after collision cable rhäzuns-feldis funicular casusing dead of both pilots.
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