Air cargo carriers

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Air cargo carriers
Air Cargo Carriers Inc - SHORT SD3-60 - N124CA (SNC1288) (3525005585)
IATA code : 2Q
ICAO code : SNC
Call sign : NIGHT CARGO
Founding: 1986
Seat: Milwaukee
Home airport : Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
Management: James Germek ( CEO )
Fleet size: 26th
Aims: regional
Website: www.aircar.com

Air Cargo Carriers is an American cargo airline based in Milwaukee .

history

Air Cargo Carriers was founded in 1986.

fleet

Current fleet

As of March 2020, the Air Cargo Carriers fleet consists of 26 aircraft:

Former aircraft types

Before that, Air Cargo Carriers also used the following types of aircraft:

Incidents

From 1986 to March 2020, Air Cargo Carriers suffered five total write-offs of aircraft. Five people were killed in two of them. Examples:

  • On May 5, 2017 accident one from Louisville next Short 330-200 of Air Cargo Carriers ( air vehicle registration N334AC ) upon landing at the airport Charleston Yeager ( West Virginia , United States). After a greatly shortened approach with an incline of up to 42 ° , the aircraft hit the left edge of the runway very hard, with the left wing breaking off and hurling it into uneven terrain. Above all, the captain, who was constantly assigned to the co-pilot, had already attracted attention several times due to deliberate deviations from and disregard of safety regulations as well as insufficient ability to fly blind. The two pilots, the only occupants, were killed. It was the fifth total loss of aircraft of the Shorts family at this airline, in which the complete lack of security programs was found.

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Cargo Carriers  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. rzjets: Air Cargo Carriers (English), accessed on April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1987–2007.
  3. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
  4. Accident statistics Air Cargo Carriers , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 1, 2020.
  5. Flight International, October 8, 2019 (English), p. 13.
  6. accident report short 330 N334AC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 1, 2020th