748 Air Services
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Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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Hubs | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||
Website | http://www.748airservices.com/ |
748 Air Services is a charter airline with its head office in Nairobi, Kenya.[2]
Fleet
As of August 2012, the 748 Air Services fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
- 3 Hawker Siddeley HS. 780 Andover
- 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q102 (which is operated for RwandAir, but remains in its original colours)[3]
- 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q106
- 1 De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400
- 1 Cessna Grand Caravan.
Accidents and incidents
- In March 2003, a 748 Air Services Hawker Siddeley Andover, registration 3C-KKB, was damaged beyond repair when it crash landed at Rumbek Airport, in what was then Sudan but is now South Sudan, following an engine failure.[4]
- In December 2009, a 748 Air Services British Aerospace BAe-748-398 Srs. 2B, registration 5Y-YKM, was damaged when it suffered a runway excursion at Tonj Airport, in what was then Sudan but is now South Sudan. None of the occupants were injured but a woman on the ground was killed after being hit by the plane.[5]
- On 17 February 2014, a 748 Air Services British Aerospace BAe-748-371 Srs. 2B, registration 5Y-HAJ, was damaged beyond repair following a runway excursion while attempting to land at Bentiu Airport, South Sudan. One member of the plane's crew died and the other three were injured.[6]
References
- ↑ Allocation not current in 2011
- ↑ "Contact Us." 748 Air Services. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
- ↑ Airliners.net - Photo of Dash 8-102A, reg. 5Y-JGM
- ↑ "3C-KKB Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ↑ "Accident description". The Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "Accident description". The Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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