2001 List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(2000–09)



a navy lockheed ep-3e aries ii surveillance aircraft, buno 156511, coded pr-32 , of vq-1, collided chinese shenyang j-8iid fighter jet, reported 81192, , forced make emergency landing @ lingshui air base on hainan island, china. u.s. crew detained 10 days; chinese fighter pilot, wang wei, reported missing , presumed dead. chinese refused let orion flown out, dismantled , transported on chartered antonov an-124-100 of polyot.


4 april


a sudan air force antonov an-24 crashes during sandstorm in adar yeil, sudan. of 30 people on board, 14 killed; among them, sudan s deputy defense minister other high-ranking officers.


12 april
a magyar légierő (hungarian air force) mil mi-24d, 579, collides mil mi-24v, 715, while performing low-level formation flight on range near gyulafirátót, killing crew of 579. aircrew of 715 sustained serious injuries survived.


16 may
a turkish air force casa cn-235m-100 crashes field in malatya, turkey killing 34 on board.

two other fatal accidents involving turkish cn-235s occurred in 2001:



two days later, on 18 may, turkish navy test flight crashed after pilot lost control after reaching altitude of 100 feet, killing 4 people on board.
on 19 january turkish air force flight crashed near kayseri after entering spin recovery not possible, killing 3 people on board


25 may
a swiss air force aérospatiale alouette iii crash near delsberg jura after collision cable killing pilot , 3 cross guardians


29 may
three crew killed when republic of korea army boeing vertol ch-47d chinook, of 301st aviation regiment, icheon, crashes in seoul, south korea while installing torch-shaped sculpture on han river olympic bridge, built commemorate 1988 olympic games. chinook had lowered flame-shaped statuary onto bridge central tower when rotors hit sculpture , tower. front rotor clipped top of sculpture , separated helicopter fell onto span, breaking in two, rear bursting flame on bridge , forward half falling river. no other casualties reported. bridge had been closed during installation work. dead identified pilot chun hong-yop, co-pilot nam in-ho , sgt. 1st class kim woo-soo. army scuba divers working recover wreckage. footage of crash available on web.


29 may
a navy mcdonnell-douglas f/a-18 crashed near fort pierce, florida, during ferry flight nas oceana, virginia, nas key west, florida. pilot killed.


17 july
at pilot maj. aaron george of 416th flight test squadron @ edwards air force base, california, , judson brohmer of tehachapi, california, aerial photographer under contract air force flight test center, killed in crash of edwards-based lockheed martin f-16b block 5 fighting falcon, 78-0100, while on test sortie chase , film launch of miniature air-launched decoy (mald) second f-16, 416th flight test squadron.


12 october
a swiss air force aérospatiale alouette iii crashed again after collision cable in montana valais causing death of 4 occupants. second crash after cable collision within 5 months in swiss air force


1 december


a russian military ilyushin il-76td catches fire , crashes near novaya inya, russia killing 18 on board.




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