This is a list of aviation-related events from 2005. The deadliest crash of this year was West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 which crashed on 16 August 2005 killing all 160 people on board. Events The Dutch Transport Safety Board merges with Dutch military accident investigation authorities to for the Dutch Safety Board, which takes over the responsibility for aviation accident investigations in the Netherlands. The flight operations of Lauda Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, merge with those of Austrian Airlines. The brand "Lauda Air" survives for charter flights operated by the Austrian Airlines Group. January 18 January – The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is unveiled in an elaborate ceremony in France. 29 January – Nonstop flights between mainland China and Taiwan take off for the first time since 1949. 30 January – A Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130K Hercules C3 is shot down in Iraq a few minutes after takeoff from Baghdad, killing all 10 people on board. It is the British military's largest loss of life in a single incident during Operation Telic. 31 January – The Belgium-based airline BelgiumExel ceases operations. February 3 February – Kam Air Flight 904, a Boeing 737-242, crashes on Chaperi Mountain in Afghanistan's Pamir Mountains at an altitude of during a heavy snowstorm, killing all 104 people on board. 9–13 February – The Aero-India show takes place in Bangalore, India 17 February Opening of a new international airport in Nagoya, Japan. It is the third Japanese international airport. Several airlines will have to pay heavy compensation to passengers for flight delays and cancellations under a European regulation. 20–21 February – British Airways Flight 268, a Boeing 747-436 with 369 people on board, suffers an engine fire during climbout from Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. The crew shuts down the engine and opts to continue the flight to its destination, Manchester in the United Kingdom, on three engines. Although the aircraft arrives safely, controversy ensues when the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration threatens to fine British Airways for flying an "unairworthy" plane across the Atlantic Ocean. March Lufthansa acquired their first 11% of Swiss International Air Lines 5 March – Steve Fossett completes the first non-stop, solo circumnavigation of the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, completing the trip in 67 hours and 2 minutes. 6 March – The rudder of Air Transat Flight 961, an