Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Aviation accident task force

Welcome to the Aviation accident task force, a joint project of WikiProject Aviation and WikiProject Disaster management.


 * Goals
 * To improve the quality of articles documenting accidents and incidents in aviation, as well as those dealing with other aviation safety issues

Articles dealing with any of the following topics:
 * Scope
 * Individual incident/accident articles
 * Lists of aviation incidents and accidents
 * Articles dealing with advances in aviation safety rules and technology

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

Accident article naming conventions
(Refer also WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Naming)


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




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


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




 * 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:




 * 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:




 * or, if this is not possible,




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




 * 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

Tagging and assessment
Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding  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:

Resources

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

Parent WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Aircraft
 * WikiProject Disaster management

Open tasks
Missing Articles- Major and other notable aviation accidents and incidents missing articles.

