January 2: A runway incursion by a Japan Coast Guard DHC-8 leads to a collision with a landing Japan Airlines A350. Both aircraft are destroyed. All aboard the A350 survive, but 5 of the 6 DHC-8 crew are killed. Read more...

March 22: First flight of the Boom XB-1 at Mojave Spaceport.

December 25: Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny, an Embraer ERJ-190 registration 4K-AZ65, is fired upon by Russian air defence systems. It subsequently crash-lands near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Of the 67 on board, 32 survive. Read more...

December 29: Jeju Air flight 7C2216, a Boeing 737-800, makes a gear-up landing at Muan International Airport (MWX/RKJB), South Korea. It overruns the runway at around 150mph and collides with a raised ILS localizer antenna. Only two of the 181 on board survive. Read more...