This is a list of aviation-related events from 2007. The deadliest crash of this year was TAM Airlines Flight 3054 which crashed on 20 July 2007 killing all 187 people on board, including 12 on the ground. Events January 1 January After its pilots became preoccupied with troubleshooting the inertial navigation system, inadvertently disconnect the autopilot, and lose control of the aircraft, Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. Caribbean Airlines begins operations, replacing BWIA West Indies Airways, which had shut down the previous day. 6 January – BA Connect, easyJet, XL Airways UK, Thomsonfly, Thomas Cook Airlines, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, First Choice Airways, Air Malta, KLM Cityhopper and SN Brussels Airlines cancel all their flights to and from Bristol International Airport in North Somerset, England, in a row over runway safety. 9 January – An Antonov An-26B of AerianTur-M crashes while attempting to land at Balad Air Base in Balad, Iraq, killing 34 of the 35 people aboard. Officials blame the crash on fog, but some witness say that they saw a surface-to-air missile strike the aircraft, and the Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down. 16 January – Pakistan Air Force aircraft and Pakistan Army helicopter gunships strike Zamzola in South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing 25 to 30 Islamic militants. 22 January – The government of Togo establishes the Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Togo ("National Agency of Civil Aviation of Togo") as Togo's national civil aviation authority. It replaces the Direction de l’Aviation Civile ("Directorate of Civil Aviation"). February 21 February Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-33A with 149 people on board, suffers a bent fuselage – the fuselage cracking in the center of the passenger cabin – when it makes hard landing at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, near Surabaya. Some of those aboard suffer minor injuries, but there are no fatalities. Adam Air's other six Boeing 737s are grounded immediately. The Lebanese Army fires at an Israeli Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying over southern Lebanon south of Tyre, claiming it is violating both Lebanese sovereignty and the terms of the ceasefire that ended the 2006 Lebanon War. The UAV is not damaged. It is the first time that the Lebanese armed forces have fired at an Israeli aircraft since the end of