Toa Airways
{{Short description|Defunct airline of Japan (1953–1971)}}
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{{transliteration|ja|Tōa Kōkū}}
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| ICAO = TAW
| callsign = TOA DOMES
| founded = {{start date|1953|11|30}}
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| ceased = {{end date|1971|05|15}}
{{small|(merged with Japan Domestic Airlines to form Toa Domestic Airlines)}}
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| headquarters = Hiroshima, Japan
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{{Nihongo|Toa Airways|東亜航空|Tōa Kōkū}} was a Japanese airline and the predecessor of Japan Air System. Founded on November 30, 1953,[https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/4836 Information about Toa Airways at the Aviation Safety Network] it merged with Japan Domestic Airlines on May 15, 1971, to form Toa Domestic Airlines, which went on to become Japan Air System."[https://web.archive.org/web/19991106011430/http://www.jas.co.jp/E_jai1.htm Company Information]." Japan Air System. November 6, 1999. Retrieved on February 9, 2009.
Fleet
File:TOA Airways 東亜航空 YS-11A.JPG at Osaka International Airport, Japan in 1971.]]
During operations, Toa Airways operated the following types:
Accidents and incidents
- Flight 63- A NAMC YS-11A-217 crashed en route from Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. After arriving in Hakodate airspace, the plane was descending below 1800 meters when it crashed into the south face of Yokotsudake (Yokotsu Mountain). All 64 passengers and four crew on board perished. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error that followed strong winds pushing the plane off course.{{cite book|last=Gero|first=David|title=Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950|year=2006|publisher=Sutton Publishing|language=English|isbn=0750931469|chapter=The 1970s}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070331044547/http://www2.comco.ne.jp/~kotuken/kouku/chiba168.htm News On The Successing Of Japan Domestic Airlines And Toa Japanese Airlines]
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