agreement cannot be considered in conformity with the radio communications regulations." The United States nonetheless continues the broadcasts. 28 November – German aviatrix Elly Beinhorn dies aged 100. 30 November – Atlasjet Flight 4203, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes on a hill outside Keçiborlu, Turkey, and breaks into two pieces, killing all 57 people on board. December Aer Lingus begins flight operations from Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland, its first base outside the Republic of Ireland. 12 December – Air China and Shanghai Airlines become the first major People's Republic of China airlines to join the Star Alliance. 21 December – Comac rolls out the ACAC ARJ21 Advanced Regional Jet. 30 December – A Boeing 737-300 operating on charter as TAROM Flight 3107 with 123 people on board, strikes a maintenance car on the runway while taking off in thick fog at Henri Coandă International Airport at Otopeni, Romania. The plane is written off, but there are no injuries or fatalities. First flights January 23 January – Lockheed CATBird February 27 February – Bell 429 GlobalRanger April 14 April – Comp Air CA-12 June 28 June – Rans S-19 Venterra 29 June – Piasecki X-49 July 6 July – Epic Victory 14 July – Dornier S-Ray 007 20 July – Boeing X-48 26 July – Embraer Phenom 100 Executive Jet (in São José dos Campos, Brazil) August 3 August = Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye 23 August – Hawker 750 September 13 September – Tecnam P2006T 28 September – Kawasaki P-1 October 26 October – Embraer Lineage 1000 December 21 December – OMA SUD Skycar Entered service Sukhoi Su-30MKM with the Royal Malaysian Air Force October 25 October – The Airbus A380 with Singapore Airlines completed its first commercial flight, flying between Singapore and Sydney, Australia. Retirements 25 October – The RQ-2 Pioneer by the United States Armed Forces; its last American operator is USN Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6)) References Aviation by year