Aerolift

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File:Aerolift Antonov An-12 Potters-1.jpg

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.[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/africa/southafrica.htm Aerolift at airlineupdate.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916025317/http://airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/africa/southafrica.htm |date=2010-09-16 }}{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 48 | date= 2007-03-27}}

Fleet

Upon closure, the Aerolift fleet included the following aircraft:

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256672,five-dead-in-ukrainian-plane-fire-at-luxor-airport--summary.html |title=Five dead in Ukrainian plane fire at Luxor airport - Summary |publisher=The Earth Times |accessdate=20 February 2009 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129010708/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256672,five-dead-in-ukrainian-plane-fire-at-luxor-airport--summary.html |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=41635921/0002&opt=0 |title=Crash: Aerolift IL76 at Entebbe on Mar 9th 2009, impacted Lake Victoria after takeoff |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=27 December 2010}}

References

Category:Defunct airlines of South Africa

Category:Defunct cargo airlines

Category:Airlines established in 2002

Category:Airlines disestablished in 2009

Category:2002 establishments in South Africa

Category:2009 disestablishments in South Africa

Category:Cargo airlines of South Africa

Category:Companies based in Johannesburg