page_title: 2009 in aviation
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in aviation / Events / January
caption_attribution_description: US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, New York, USA on 15 January 2009 (crop)
context_page_description: This is a list of aviation-related events from 2009:
context_section_description: The Kiribati airline Coral Sun Airways is established.
  The Federal Aviation Administration revokes the Operating Certificate of American airline Air Tahoma.
  4 January
  A Caribair Cessna 550 Citation II (N815MA) is substantially damaged at Wilmington International Airport, United States when it makes a wheels-up landing after running out of fuel.
  A Sikorsky S-76C helicopter strikes a red-tailed hawk seven minutes after taking off from Amelia, Louisiana, on a charter flight to an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and crashes, killing its pilot and copilot and six of their seven passengers.
  5 January
  C-GEAJ, an Antarctic Logistic Center International Basler BT-67, crashes on landing at Tony Camp, Antarctica. All four occupants survive but the aircraft is damaged beyond repair.
  6 January
  Ted, a brand of the American airline United Airlines for their economy flights, is discontinued. Economy flights are rebranded under the main United Airlines brand.
  9 January
  EP-858, a Peruvian Army Cessna Grand Caravan crashes on take-off from Rio Tigre, Intutu Region.
  10 January
  The Zambian airline Zambian Airways suspends operations.
  11 January
  Zest Airways Flight 895, an AVIC I MA-60, registration RP-C8893, crashes on landing at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, Philippines, hitting an airport building. Over twenty people are injured and the aircraft is damaged beyond repair.
  13 January
  S9-KAS, an Antonov An-24RV operated by Daallo Airlines, lands at Bender Qassim International Airport, Somalia with the nose landing gear retracted.
  15 January
  Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft of the Russian Air Force collide on the ground at Uytash Airport, Makhachkala, Dagestan killing four of the seven crew.
  US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320-214 (N106US) with 155 people aboard flies into a flock of Canada geese just after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport and ditches in the Hudson River after both engines are disabled by birdstrikes. All passengers and crew are rescued, and only five people are injured.
  17 January
  A Eurocopter AS 532 helicopter of the French Navy crashes into the sea off Gabon shortly after take-off from the amphibious assault ship Foudre, killing eight of the ten personnel on board.
  The bankrupt Lithuanian airline FlyLal-Lithuanian Airlines ceases operations.
  19 January
  Iran Air flight 498, a Fokker 100, registration EP-CFN, suffers a collapse of the right main landing gear during landing at Mehrabad Airport and is substantially damaged.
  20 January
  The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute suspends Caribair from operating for "operational irregularities".
  25 January
  The operating licence of Swedish airline Nordic Airways is suspended, the Swedish Transport Agency stating that the airline is "no longer able to fulfill its commitments and duties to its passengers."
  27 January
  FedEx Express Flight 8284 operated by Empire Airlines, an ATR 42-320-Cargo, registration N902FX, crashes short of the runway at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport in the United States, and is destroyed in the subsequent fire.
  OEGAA, a Cessna Citation V operating as the Tyrol Air Ambulance is substantially damaged in a belly landing at Tolmachevo Airport Russia.
  29 January
  The Australian airline MacAir Airlines enters voluntary administration and ceases operations.
  30 January
  United States Air Force C-17A Globemaster III 06-0002 makes a belly landing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
caption: US Airways Flight 1549
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