page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
section_title: 2009
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft / 2000s / 2009
caption_attribution_description: English: Recife - The frigate Constituição arrives at the Port of Recife, transporting wreckage of the Air France Airbus A330 that was involved in an accident on 31 May 2009. Français&#160;: Recife - La frégate Constituição arrive au port de Recife, transportant des débris de l'Airbus A330 de Air France qui s'est abîmé le 31 mai 2009. Português: Recife - A fragata Constituição chega ao Porto de Recife, transportando os destroços do Airbus A330 da Air France, acidentado na noite de 31 de maio Foto: ABr. Deutsch: Die brasilianische Fregatte Constituição im Hafen von Recife. Sie bringt Wrackteile des Airbus A330 an Land, der am 31. Mai 2009 über dem Atlantik abstürzte.
context_page_description: This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least: 20,000 lb. The list is grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
context_section_description: January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, ditches in the Hudson River shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport, New York City, due to total engine failure caused by multiple bird strikes; all 155 people on board survive the accident.
  January 27 – Empire Airlines Flight 8284, an ATR 42-300 operating a FedEx cargo flight in Texas, United States, crashes on approach to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport due to pilot error; the two pilots on board survive the accident but the aircraft is destroyed.
  February 7 – A Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer EMB 110 crashes in the Amazon basin near Santo António, Brazil, due to overloading, killing 24 of the 28 people on board.
  February 12 – Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 flying from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, United States, crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York state, killing all 49 on board the aircraft and one person on the ground.
  February 25 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Istanbul, Turkey, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, stalls and crashes into a field during final approach to Schiphol Airport, killing nine of the 135 people on board.
  March 12 – Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, a Sikorsky S-92 transporting workers to oil platforms off Canada's Newfoundland coast, ditches in the Atlantic Ocean 34 miles (55 km) east-southeast of Newfoundland due to a main gearbox failure; 17 of the 18 on board are killed.
  March 20 – Emirates Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500 en route from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, suffers a tailstrike when attempting to take off from its intermediate stopover at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport; the aircraft returns to the airport with no casualties.
  March 23 – FedEx Express Flight 80, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operating a cargo flight from Guangzhou, China, to Narita, Japan, crashes while attempting to land at Tokyo Narita International Airport, killing the two crew members on board the flight.
  April 1 – Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N, a Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma returning from the Miller oilfield off the Aberdeenshire coast, Scotland, crashes 11 nautical miles (20 km) northeast of Peterhead due to a catastrophic failure of the main rotor gearbox; all 16 on board are killed.
  April 17 – Mimika Air Flight 514, a Pilatus PC-6 operating a domestic flight in Western New Guinea, Indonesia, crashes into Mount Gergaji due to pilot error, killing all 11 people on board.
  April 19 – CanJet Flight 918, a Boeing 737 operating a flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica, bound for Halifax, Canada, is seized on the ground before takeoff by a lone gunman; all 174 passengers are quickly released, but six crew members are taken hostage for several hours before being freed unharmed.
  June 1 – Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, crashes in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board; bodies and aircraft debris are recovered within days but the main fuselage and the black boxes are not found until 2011; this remains the deadliest accident involving the A330.
  June 30 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310 flying from Sanaa, Yemen, to Moroni, Comoros, crashes into the Indian Ocean on approach to Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport due to pilot error; all but one of the 153 occupants are killed, the sole survivor being a 12-year-old girl who is found clinging to the wreckage.
  July 13 – Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, a Boeing 737 en route from Nashville, Tennessee, to Baltimore, Maryland, United States, makes an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, after a large hole opens in the skin of the fuselage at 34,000 feet (10,000 m) causing a loss of cabin pressure; the aircraft lands safely and no-one is injured.
  July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, a Tupolev Tu-154 flying from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, crashes 16 minutes after takeoff due to uncontained engine failure, killing all 168 people on board.
  July 24 – Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62 operating a do
caption: Vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 after being recovered from the Atlantic Ocean
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