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    South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to London, England. The plane operating the flight, which was...
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    Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 was a scheduled international Afriqiyah Airways passenger flight that crashed on 12 May 2010 at about 06:01 local time (04:01...
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    orientation: Air India Flight 855 Flash Airlines Flight 604 Northeast Airlines Flight 823 South African Airways Flight 228 Viasa Flight 897 Accident description...
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    Zealand Flight 703, a CFIT accident associated with GPWS malfunction Fly-by-wire control systems Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 South African Airways Flight...
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  • further strengthened their partnership with South African Airways, and joined both SAA and South African Express in a strategic alliance. This alliance and...
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  • Blood" speech. 1968 – South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near the Hosea Kutako International Airport in South West Africa (now Namibia), killing...
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    11 July 1973. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (South AFn Airways-228)". Aviation Safety Network. 20 April 1968. Retrieved 27 May 2013...
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    catch fire. Four passengers and a flight attendant were killed and 122 escaped. April 20: South African Airways Flight 228, a 707-344C, crashed shortly after...
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    Hosea Kutako International Airport (category 1965 establishments in South West Africa)
    Falls. The airport operates shuttle services into Windhoek. South African Airways Flight 228 "Tourist Statistical Report" (PDF). Republic of Namibia, Ministry...
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  • 20 – South African Airways Flight 228, a Boeing 707, crashed just after takeoff from Strijdom International Airport, Windhoek, South West Africa (now...
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    Airlines Flight 1420 Aviation safety South African Airways Flight 228 (pilot error reading a drum-type altimeter on a Boeing 707) Alitalia Flight 404 American...
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  • was deliberately crashed by the pilot, killing all on board. South African Airways Flight 228, named Pretoria crashed on 20 April 1968 while on approach...
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     Ceylon Air Ceylon East African Community East African Airways (original operator)  Ghana Ghana Airways (original operator)  Lebanon Middle East Airlines...
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  • aviation accident was South African Airways Flight 228, a Boeing 707 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Windhoek, South West Africa on 20 April, killing...
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  • EVA Air (redirect from Eva Airways)
    regulatory approval, EVA Airways Corporation was formally established in March 1989. The airline was originally to be called Evergreen Airways, however this was...
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    Aviation South African Airways (Operated 5 aircraft 1970–1983)  Sri Lanka Aero Lanka (1) Air Ceylon (2) Lionair (1)  Thailand Bangkok Airways Thai Airways Company...
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    rebranded as British Caledonian. Caledonian Airways was the brainchild of Adam Thomson, a former British European Airways (BEA) Viscount pilot and ex-Britavia...
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  • "BA pulls out of Gatwick South", Flight International, 16 July 1988, p. 12 "Chapter 3 British Airways Plc", British Airways Plc and British Caledonian...
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  • (Tanzania) South African Airways (South Africa) Of the eight, four airlines carried out due diligence – South African Airways, Kenya Airways, Comair, and Nationwide...
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    South African Airways Flight 228 crashed just after its 9:00 p.m. takeoff from J. G. Strijdom International Airport in Windhoek, South West Africa (now...
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    British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline, was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation...
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  • for numerous flight services, which were contracted to South African Protea Airways, via a local subsidiary, Air Services Botswana. Flight operations began...
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    the needs of the British airline Imperial Airways, who sought a new four-engined airliner to serve its African routes. A monoplane configuration was adopted...
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  • Company, Olympic Airways Handling and the Olympic Airways Technical Base), merged and formed a new company, called Olympic Airways – Services S.A.. In...
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  • with the following airlines: Ethiopian Airlines fastjet Kenya Airways South African Airways TAAG Angola Airlines TAP Air Portugal The LAM – Mozambique Airlines...
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  • to Channel Airways. Channel Airways, The South East Echo, 2007 Airline Profile: Number Thirty-One in the Series – Channel Airways, Flight International...
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    serving the flight. They failed to recover the plane from the stall, and the plane crashed into the mid Atlantic Ocean at 02:14 UTC, killing all 228 passengers...
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    the West African corridor also benefited from jet operations. The airline entered into a pool agreement with Aden Airways and Sudan Airways on the Khartoum–Asmara–Aden...
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    Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, an Airbus A330-202 registered as 5A-ONG, crashed on approach to Tripoli International Airport, Libya, on a flight from OR...
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  • Vickers Viscount South African Airways Flight 406 ZS-EUW Boeing 707-344C South African Airways Flight 228 ZS-NRM BAe Jetstream 41 Airlink Flight 8911 ZS-SAS...
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