Aerolift
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2009 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||
| Website | http://www.aerolift.org/ (defunct) | ||||||
Aerolift was a South African airline based in Bryanston, Gauteng, Johannesburg, operating chartered passenger and cargo flights within Africa using Soviet-built aircraft. Aerolift also offered aircraft lease services. The airline was launched in 2002 and shut down in 2009 following two fatal accidents that had occurred in the same year.[1][2]
Fleet
[edit]Upon closure, the Aerolift fleet included the following aircraft:[2]
- 1 Antonov An-12
- 1 Antonov An-26
- 1 Antonov An-32
- 1 Antonov An-72
- 1 Antonov An-124
- 1 Ilyushin Il-76
- 1 Lockheed Tristar
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 20 February 2009, an Aerolift Antonov An-12 crashed upon take-off at Luxor International Airport, Egypt due to an engine fire, killing all five crew members on board.[3]
- On March 9, 2009 Aerolift Ilyushin Il-76 S9-SAB crashed into Lake Victoria just after takeoff from Entebbe Airport, Uganda, killing all 11 people on board. Two of the engines had caught fire on take-off. The aircraft had been chartered by DynCorp on behalf of AMISOM. The accident was investigated by Uganda's Ministry of Transport, which concluded that all four engines were time-expired and that Aerolift's claim that maintenance had been performed which extended their service live and that the work had been certified could not be substantiated.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Aerolift at airlineupdate.com Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 48.
- ^ "Five dead in Ukrainian plane fire at Luxor airport - Summary". The Earth Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Aerolift IL76 at Entebbe on Mar 9th 2009, impacted Lake Victoria after takeoff". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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