2002 in aviation

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Years:	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2002:

[edit] Events

A depression in North American commercial aviation begins in the aftermath of economic recession and the September 11 attacks.

January 5 Cessna 172 with the pilot high-school student Charles J. Bishop crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida. The impact killed the teenager and damaged an office room.

March 4 - Ansett (Mark II) permanently ceases operations.
March 31 - Swiss International Air Lines begins operations, taking over many routes from bankrupt Swissair.

April 18 The crash happened when a Rockwell Commander A112 crashed on 17:48 (local time)into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower. The crash killed the pilot Fasulos and four others in the building. Sixty more people sustained injuries in the building and on the ground.

July 7-14 - the 15th FAI World Precision Flying Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. Individual winners: 1. Lubos Hajek (Czech Republic, Cessna 152), 2. Janusz Darocha (Poland, Cessna 152), 3. Predrag Crnko (Croatia, Cessna 150). Team winners: 1. Czech Republic, 2. Poland, 3. Croatia.
July 17 - Midway Airlines suspends operations.
July 25 Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show in Lvov, Ukraine killing 77.
July 29 - Vanguard Airlines ceases operations. The next day it files for reorganization under Chapter 11 of US bankruptcy law.
July-December Italian conservationist and pilot Mr. Angelo d'Arrigo, guided a flock of 10 endangered Western Siberian Cranes -bred in captivity- with a foot-launched Powered Hang Glider 5,500 Km from the Arctic circle in Siberia, across Kazakhstan to the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran, avoiding Afghanistan and Pakistan —where they fall victim to the abundant guns.

October 18 - Boeing reveals its Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator, which has conducted a number of flights during the period 1996 to 1999.

November 6 - National Airlines, already operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, permanently ceases operations.
November 18 - American Airlines and British Airways announce plans to codeshare some transatlantic flights, but the partnership is heavily restricted by US regulators.