all four people on board. August 1 August The Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs by signatory countries, goes into effect, six months after its ratification by its 30th signatory country. 2 August Todd Reichert of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies pilots a human-powered ornithopter, Snowbird, in Ontario, sustaining 19.3 seconds of flight, covering a distance of . The craft has span flapping wings. The Mexican airline Mexicana files for insolvency proceedings in Mexico and bankruptcy protection in the United States. 3 August Katekavia Flight 9357, an Antonov An-24, crashes in Igarka, Russia, killing eleven people. 9 August A de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter crashes near Aleknagik, Alaska, killing five people aboard, including former United States Senator Ted Stevens. Former NASA Administrator and later EADS North America CEO Sean O'Keefe is among the four survivors. 13 August Spanish airline Andalus Lineas Aereas ceases operations. 16 August AIRES Flight 8250,a Boeing 737-73V, crashes short of the runway at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, San Andrés, Colombia and breaks into three sections. One passenger dies from a heart attack following the accident. The other 124 passengers and six crew survive. 24 August Saudi airline SAMA ceases operations. Agni Air Flight 101, a Dornier 228, crashes near Shikharpur, Nepal killing all 14 people on board. Henan Airlines Flight 8387, an Embraer E190 LR, overruns the runway on landing at Lindu Airport, China, killing 42 of the 96 people on board. 25 August A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes short of the runway at Bandundu Airport, killing all 14 people on board. 27 August Five days of flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, of alternative fuels by a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III end with the C-17 flying using a blend of 50 percent conventional JP-8 jet fuel, 25 percent HRJ biofuel made from beef tallow, and 25 percent coal-based fuel made through the Fischer–Tropsch process, becoming the first United States Department of Defense aircraft to fly on such a blend and the first aircraft to operate from Edwards using a fuel derived from beef tallow. The flight is a culmination of a series of test flights, with the C-17 flying using JP-8 in three of its engines and a 50/50 blend of JP-8 and biofuel in one engine on 23 August, followed by a flight with the