A Silk Way Airlines Antonov AN-12 freighter flying out of Camp Dwyer in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province to an unspecified Afghan destination crashed after suffering an engine failure on take off at 19:00 local time, Wednesday night. Of the nine persons onboard, seven perished in the resulting impact while two Ukrainian crew members survived with serious injuries and were taken to a hospital in Kandahar in critical condition. Azerbaijan's Accident Investigation Commission has … [Read more...] about Silk Way Airlines AN-12 crashes on take-off in Afghanistan
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Air cargo firms appeal UAE Antonov ban
UAE air cargo companies have joined forces to appeal against a decision by the General Civil Aviation Authority banning Antonov An-12 airplanes from UAE airspace. The authority last week ordered all Antonov An-12 airplanes out of the country by today, citing safety concerns after a recent string of accidents involving the four-engine turboprop plane. In a meeting yesterday with a civil aviation official, representatives of 14 air-cargo companies that use An-12s complained that the ban was unfair … [Read more...] about Air cargo firms appeal UAE Antonov ban
Antonov An-12s banned from UAE airspace
The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority has banned a widely used cargo aircraft from UAE airspace, citing safety concerns. A number of recent accidents involving the Antonov An-12, a four-engine turboprop plane, prompting the authority to blacklist the plane last week. The An-12 has a range of more than 3,000 km and can carry a payload of 20 tonnes. About a half-dozen small carriers in the UAE use the Soviet-era aircraft to carry goods such as medicine and food to destinations … [Read more...] about Antonov An-12s banned from UAE airspace
