seven people on the ground. 8 July – Boeing rolls out the Boeing 787 at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington. 17 July – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054, an Airbus A320-233, fails to slow down normally upon landing at São Paulo–Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. It overruns the runway, crosses a road, crashes into a four-story TAM Express building, and explodes, starting a large fire. The deadliest aviation accident in Brazil's history, the crash kills all 187 people on the airliner and 12 people on the ground. 27 July – As five television news helicopters cover a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, two of them – both Eurocopter AS350 AStar helicopters, one belonging to KNXV-TV and the other to KTVK, and each with two people on board – collide in mid-air above Steele Indian School Park and crash. All four people in the two helicopters die. 28 July – American aerobatic pilot Jim LeRoy is killed in the crash of his Pitts S2S Bulldog II during an aerobatic performance at the Dayton Air Show at Dayton International Airport outside Dayton, Ohio. August 7 August – A missile lands, but does not explode, in the Georgian-government-controlled village of Tsitelubani, Georgia. Authorities there claim that two Russian jets violated Georgian airspace and fired the missile at a nearby Georgian radar outpost, while Russian and South Ossetian authorities accuse Georgia of staging a false flag operation to provoke tension in the region. Two investigative groups from NATO countries report that the jet which fired the missile entered Georgian airspace from Russia, but Russia rejects this conclusion. 8 August Virgin America begins operations. At Edwards Air Force Base, United States Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne announces the certification of B-52H Stratofortresses of the United States Air Force (USAF) to fly on a fuel made of a blend of conventional JP-8 jet fuel and Fischer–Tropsch fuel made from coal. The U.S. Air Force next plans to seek the same certification for its C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. 9 August – Air Moorea Flight 1121, a DHC-6 Twin Otter, suddenly noses over shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia and crashes into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 20 people on board. 20 August – China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-809 with 165 people on board, catches fire after landing at Naha Airport on Okinawa, Japan. There are