Aerolift Explained
| Airline: | Aerolift |
| Iata: | - |
| Icao: | - |
| Callsign: | - |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Ceased: | 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
Upon closure, the Aerolift fleet included the following aircraft:[2]
Accidents and incidents
- 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]
Notes and References
- http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/africa/southafrica.htm Aerolift at airlineupdate.com
- News: Directory: World Airlines . . 48 . 2007-03-27.
- Web site: Five dead in Ukrainian plane fire at Luxor airport - Summary . The Earth Times . 20 February 2009 . 29 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201129010708/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256672,five-dead-in-ukrainian-plane-fire-at-luxor-airport--summary.html . dead .
- Web site: Crash: Aerolift IL76 at Entebbe on Mar 9th 2009, impacted Lake Victoria after takeoff . Simon . Hradecky . The Aviation Herald . 27 December 2010.
