![]() Air Force SR-71A serial number 61-17972 from Palmdale, California, to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, setting a Los Angeles, California-to-Washington, D.C. March 6 – The last flight of the SR-71 Blackbird takes place, when Lieutenant Colonels Ed Yielding (pilot) and Joseph Vida (reconnaissance systems officer) fly U.S.February 26 – Eurofly begins flight operations.February 14 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, an Airbus A320-321, crashes on a golf course on approach to Bangalore, India, killing 92 of the 146 people on board and injuring all 54 survivors.The Government of Vietnam resubordinates Vietnam′s national civil aviation authority, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Transport.January 26 – The first of two new Air Force Ones, VIP variants of the Boeing 747-200 for the use of the President of the United States and his staff, are delivered.January 25 – Avianca Flight 052, a Boeing 707-321B, runs out of fuel and crashes at Cove Neck, Long Island, New York, killing 73 of the 158 people on board.January 20 – North American Airlines began operations.January 11 – The United States Department of Defense awards Bell Helicopter a $US 123 million development contract for the V-22 Osprey. ![]() The aircraft flies normally for another 50 minutes until the crew makes a safe emergency landing at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida. ![]() The engine detaches from the aircraft at 35,000 feet (11,000 m) over Madison, Florida, an hour into the flight. January 4 – Northwest Airlines Flight 5, a Boeing 727-251 with 145 people on board, takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, for a flight to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with its forward lavatory external seal improperly installed, causing a leakage which allows the starboard engine to ingest frozen chunks of lavatory fluid.Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines, both in financial difficulty, transfer their coveted landing rights at London Heathrow Airport to American Airlines and United Airlines.This is a list of aviation-related events from 1990. ![]()
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