2000 in aviation

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dn3=2030sThis is a list of aviation-related events from 2000:

Events

January

*January 30 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
*January 31 - An Alaska Airlines Flight 261,an McDonnell Douglas MD-83,Crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Los Angeles, 20 miles west of Point Mugu Naval Air Station. 88 passengers and crew are killed.

April

*April 19 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes near Davao International Airport, killing 131.

July

*July 10 - EADS is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, Dornier, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).
*July 25 - a Concorde of Air France (Air France Flight 4590) catches fire after takeoff, crashing and killing all 100 passengers, nine crew and four people on the ground, at Gonesse, France.

November

*November 3 - Last flight of an EC-135E Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft as a flight crew from the Air Force Flight Test Center delivered the last EC-135E, (serial number 60-374 - nicknamed "The Bird of Prey"), with full Prime Mission Electronic Equipment (PMEE), to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

First flights

January

*RQ-8A Fire Scout first autonomous flight

February

* February 29 - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35

March

*Adam M-309 CarbonAero

July

*July 18 - Dassault AVE-D Petit Duc stealth UAV

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