page_title: 2018 in aviation
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in aviation / Events / September
caption_attribution_description: Farnborough Airshow 2018.
context_page_description: This is a list of aviation-related events in 2018.
context_section_description: 1 September
  Utair Flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BJI, on a flight from Vnukovo with 164 passengers and 6 crew, overran the runway and caught fire while landing in Sochi, injuring 18 people. One airport worker, suffered a heart attack and couldn’t be revived.
  2 September
  Within the Airbus Perlan Mission II, Jim Payne and Tim Gardner reached an altitude of 76,124 ft (23,203 m), surpassing the 73,737 ft (22,475 m) attained by Jerry Hoyt on 17 April 1989 in a Lockheed U-2: the highest subsonic flight.
  4 September
  Boeing announces the KC-46 FAA certification.
  6 September
  Dassault Aviation and Safran ends their dispute over the Silvercrest engine for the Falcon 5X with USD 280 million compensatory damages.
  The Turkish Aerospace TAI T625 6 t (13,000 lb) MTOW helicopter makes a 10 min first flight from Ankara powered by two LHTEC CTS800s; the 165 kn (306km/h) max, 400 nmi (740km) range aircraft development began in 2010, certification including from EASA is targeted in 2020 and production from 2021.
  8 September
  The first assembled 777X rolls out in Everett, Washington: a non-flying airplane to be ground tested over a year.
  13 September
  Eric Schulz left the Airbus Chief Commercial Officer role, to be replaced by Christian Scherer, CEO of ATR since October 2016.
  17 September
  ATR replaces Christian Scherer as its chief executive by Stefano Bortoli, president of ATR's board and Leonardo aircraft's senior vice-president for strategy and marketing.
  26 September
  EASA grants the Airbus A330neo-941 type certificate, including beyond 180 min ETOPS.
  27 September
  The first Gulfstream G500 is delivered.
  Boeing Wins the U.S. Air Force $9.2 billion T-X program for 351 jets, 46 simulators and the associated ground equipment with the Boeing T-X trainer, designed with Saab. The original design defeated the Lockheed Martin T-50A based on the Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50, and the Leonardo T-100 based on the Alenia Aermacchi M-346. The initial $813 million order provides for the development of the first five aircraft and seven simulators, to be delivered in 2023, for an initial operational capability by 2024 and full operational capability by 2034.
  28 September
  Transport Canada awards the Bombardier Global 7500 its type certification.
  Air Niugini Flight 73, a Boeing 737-800, landed short of the runway and came to rest in a lagoon at Chuuk International Airport in the Federated States of Micronesia, with one person being killed while all other 34 passengers and 12 crew escaped serious injury.
caption: The Airbus A330neo got its type certificate from the EASA on 26 September
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