of Überlingen, Germany, killing 71 people. July 9 – The Organisation of African Unity is disbanded and replaced by the African Union. July 11 The first synthetic virus is announced after being successfully created and tested at Stony Brook University. Perejil Island crisis: Moroccan occupy the uninhabited Spanish-controlled Perejil Island, leading to a week-long standoff before Spanish forces reclaim the island. July 13 – Militants attack in Qasim Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 29 people. July 14 – The only captive baiji dolphin dies as the species approaches extinction. July 27 – Sknyliv air show disaster: 77 people are killed and 543 injured when a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet crashes into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. It is the deadliest air show accident in history. August August 19 – 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: Chechen separatists shoot down a Russian Mil Mi-26, killing 127 soldiers. It was the worst aviation disaster in the history of the Russian military. August 26 – Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa, aimed at discussing sustainable development by the United Nations. August 22–September 4 – Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people. September September 10 – Switzerland joins the United Nations as the 190th member state after rejecting a place in 1986. September 19 – General Robert Guéï leads an army mutiny in an attempt to overthrow Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, resulting in civil war. September 20 – The Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide in Northern Ossetia, Russia kills at least 125 people. September 24 – Akshardham Temple attack: Gunmen attack a temple in Gandhinagar, India, killing 30 people. September 25 – The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact, occurs in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. September 26 – The Senegalese passenger ferry MV Le Joola capsizes in a storm off the coast of the Gambia, killing 1,863 people. September 27 – East Timor is admitted to the United Nations as the 191st member state; it also changes its official longform name from "Democratic Republic of East Timor" to "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste". October October – Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa: The United States deploys troops to the Horn of Africa to combat Islamist groups and pirates. October 11 – The United States Congress approves military action in Iraq should it fail to