2015 Event Aid response to the Nepal earthquake has been hindered due to runway damage at the country's main airport in Kathmandu, requiring airport closure to large jets; the death toll from the disaster has risen to over 7,000 2014 Event Fossils of prehistoric bird species Pelagornis sandersi have been uncovered at the Charleston, S.C. airport; the species is the largest-known bird discovered to date, with a wingspan of approximately 24 feet 2014 Event Dubai International Airport beat London Heathrow Airport in the first quarter of this year as the world's busiest international airport; Dubai Airport hopes to retain this position after a series of expansion projects are completed 2013 Event In the U.S., record snowfall leaves hundreds of thousands without power; Dallas-Fort Worth experiences an ice storm causing traffic accidents, power outages and airport delays 2013 Event Authorities at Los Angeles International Airport investigate the explosion of the second dry ice bomb in two days on the premises; no one was injured and no arrests were made 2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2013 Event NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remains in Moscow, Russia; he is stranded at Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport 2013 Event Former President George W. Bush's airplane, a Gulfstream IV, on its way to Dallas' Love Field , was diverted safely to Louisville International AIrport when the pilot smelled smoke 2013 Event In France, the Airbus A350 XWB makes its maiden flight from the Toulouse Blagnac Airport 2013 Event Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered 2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 2013 Event At Belgium's Brussels Airport, armed robbers steal untraceable, raw diamonds worth $50 million from a plane within minutes, and without alarming passengers 2013 Event Heavy snowfall in Great Britain and Ireland causes Heathrow airport in London to cancel 100 flights; many passengers spend the night sleeping on the floor in the terminal 2012 Event In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport 2012 Event Indian actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport for 90 minutes, angering S. M. Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister 2011 Event Snow on New Zealand's North and South Islands disrupts power supplies, causes road closures and closure of the Wellington International Airport 2011 Event A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737 plane crashed and split in to at the Chaddi Jagan International Airport; no one was injured 2011 Event A large dust storm strikes Phoenix, Arizona, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights at the Phoenix Airport 2011 Event Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2010 Event Indonesia's Mount Bromo spews ash, forcing the closure of a nearby airport 2010 Event In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police 2010 Event Air India Express Flight 812 crashes near Mangalore International Airport; eight passengers survive and 158 perish 2010 Event Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 2010 Event Ash from the Iceland volcano causes new flight restrictions at airports including Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport Knock 2010 Event Somali troops demolish 500 homes near the airport in Mogdishu 2010 Event Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport 2009 Event The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 2004 Death Arthur Hailey, writer, Airport, dies at 84 2003 Event Union des Transports Africains de Guinee flight 141 crashes on takeoff from Cotonou Airport 2003 Event The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London 2003 Event Air Algrie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103 1996 Death Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75 1995 Event Denver International Airport opens 1995 Event Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport 1994 Event U.S. Air Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board 1994 Event Kansai International airport officially opens 1994 Event IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1993 Death Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 1993 Event Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession 1992 Event Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport 1992 Event Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens 1992 Event Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport, New York City 1992 Event Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists 1991 Event 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 1991 Event 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire 1991 Event U.S. Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32 1990 Event Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant 1989 Event U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 Event Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 1989 Event 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test 1986 Event Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed 1986 Event 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 1986 Event Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad 1986 Event French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad 1985 Event Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport 1985 Event Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed 1985 Event Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die 1984 Event Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1984 Event Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die 1983 Event 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93 1983 Event Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million 1983 Event U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport 1983 Event Airport of Beirut reopens 1983 Death Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84 1982 Event World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 1979 Death Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 1979 Death Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40 1979 Event Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium 1978 Event 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1978 Event Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession 1978 Event 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1976 Event 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York 1976 Event Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1975 Event 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City 1975 Event Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen 1975 Event Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport New York, kills 113 1974 Event Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran) 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 1973 Event Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 Event Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later 1972 Event United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45 1972 Event 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport 1970 Event 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport 1970 Event Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport 1970 Event Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 1969 Event Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 1968 Event Israeli assault on Beirut Airport 1966 Event All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 1964 Event Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon 1964 Event At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record) 1964 Event Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour 1963 Event Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport 1962 Event President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. 1961 Death Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 1956 Event Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens 1954 Event San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens 1948 Event President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York 1946 Event United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die 1944 Event Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen 1944 Event Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1943 Event U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad 1943 Event Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad 1942 Event Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1942 Event U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1941 Event New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens 1941 Event 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C. 1941 Event German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta 1939 Event NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight 1939 Event LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City 1936 Event Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins 1930 Birthday Dana Wynter, London, actress, Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1929 Event Salem, Oregon airport dedicated 1929 Event 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland, California 1927 Event San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated 1925 Birthday Maureen Stapleton, born in Troy, New York, actress, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite 1925 Birthday George Kennedy, born in New York City, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight 1924 Event Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport 1924 Event Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established 1921 Birthday Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk 1920 Birthday Barry Nelson, born in Oakland, actor, Airport, My Favorite Husband 1920 Birthday Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport 1919 Event 1st municipally owned airport in U.S. opens (Tucson Az) 1918 Event De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens 1905 Birthday Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse 1897 Birthday Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress, Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek
