Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Aviation accident task force

Proposed notability guidelines are available for comment at WP:Aircrash. To help develop this, a record of accident/incident AfDs has been built.

(Refer also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events)#Aviation incidents, Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Naming)

• For commercial aircraft with a known flight number, the standard article name structure is:

<airline> Flight <flight number>

For example: Korean Air Lines Flight 007, American Airlines Flight 77

If there were two or more aircraft involved, or if the flight did not have a flight number assigned, use the "where and what" convention stated above. Avoid using the informal terms "plane" or "plane crash".

• However, if the airline had two same flight numbers for different years, mention the year in '()' such as:

<airline> Flight <flight number> <year>

For example: Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976), Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)

• If the accident was in the same year with the same flight number, then mention the month, along with the year:

<airline> Flight <flight number> <month + year>

For example: Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956), Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (November 1956)

• For articles on air accidents without a flight number, the title should be in the format:

<year> <airline> <aircraft> <event>

or, if this is not possible,

<year> <place> <event>

unless the accident is notable for the involvement of a particular group, in which case the format should be:

<group> <event>

College sports teams should include the full school name rather than the mascot (for example, Wichita State University football team plane crash). If the incident has a flight number, this format should be used as a redirect.

• For further disambiguation, the year can be added (see for example 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash). Some flexibility can be exercised. Examples:
  • 2006 New York City plane crash
  • 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash
  • 2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash
  • 2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash

• Exceptions: if the event has acquired a popular name, that name should be used. Examples:
  • Tenerife airport disaster
  • The Day the Music Died
  • Munich air disaster
  • Gimli Glider

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Accident-task-force=yes to the {{WPAVIATION}} project banner at the top of its talk page. This will automatically place it into Category:Aviation accident task force articles. You can also add this to the talk page of images, categories, and templates. Cut and paste this code: {{WikiProject Aviation|Accident-task-force=yes}}

• NTSB Accident reports
• NTSB Docket Management System
• AAIB publications

Parent WikiProjects

• WikiProject Aircraft
• WikiProject Disaster management

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