Il-76, crashes in a populated area of Karachi, Pakistan, shortly after taking off from Jinnah International Airport, killing all eight persons on board and two on the ground. 29 November The shareholders of British Airways and Iberia approve the merger of the two airlines. December Turkey sends two firefighting aircraft to Israel to assist in aerial firefighting efforts against the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire. 3 December South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashes on landing at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. Of the 168 people on board, two passengers were killed. 15 December A Tara Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into a mountain shortly after departure from Lamidanda Airport, Nepal. The aircraft was operating a chartered passenger flight to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. All 19 passengers and crew were killed. Last operation by a Harrier jump jet in United Kingdom service, from RAF Cottesmore. First flights Grob G 120TP Wild DoubleEnder January 26 January Kawasaki C-2 - 08-1201 29 January Sukhoi T-50 February Corvus Racer 540 8 February Boeing 747-8. - N747EX March 10 March KAI KUH-1 Surion 18 March Avicopter AC313 29 March HAL Light Combat Helicopter April 28 April Antonov An-158 July 8 July Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle September 10 September Eurocopter X3 November Shaanxi Y-9 December 30 December TAI Anka Retirements September 17 September Boeing T-43 December General Dynamics F-111 by the Royal Australian Air Force, the last operator of the type. Deaths 19 July David Warren, Australian aviation scientist, inventor of the cockpit voice recorder (b. 1925) References Aviation by year