July 27, 2002 (Saturday)
- Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd at an airshow in Lviv in Ukraine, killing at least 78 people and injuring many more.
- A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Christian districts of the city of Ambon in Indonesia in what appears to be a continuation of violence between Christian and Muslim inhabitants. Over the past five years more than 5000 people have been killed in this conflict.
- Nine American miners have been rescued from the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania, after frantic drilling by rescuers.
- The Homeland Security Bill passes the United States House of Representatives, in a form that appears to kill Operation TIPS.