MK Airlines
| MK Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | 7G |
| ICAO code : | BGB |
| Call sign : | BRITISH GLOBAL |
| Founding: | 1990 |
| Operation stopped: | 2010 |
| Seat: |
Sussex , UK
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| Home airport : | Gatwick |
| Fleet size: | 10 |
| Aims: | international |
| MK Airlines ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
MK Airlines was a British cargo airline based in Sussex near Gatwick Airport .
history
MK Airlines was founded in Ghana in 1990 by its CEO Mike Kruger. It was at times the largest cargo airline in the UK and the 21st largest in the world. In April 2010 she ceased flight operations for financial reasons.
fleet
As of July 2009, the MK Airlines fleet consisted of ten aircraft:
As of October 2010, no more aircraft were registered with the company.
Incidents
In the years between 1992 and 2004, a total of four total losses due to accidents were recorded. The most serious occurred on October 14, 2004 in Halifax, Canada. The Boeing 747-244B (SF) with the registration number 9G-MKJ was on the flight Luxembourg-USA-Halifax-Saragossa-Luxembourg (flight number MK 1602). Before the start in Halifax, the overtired crew entered the wrong take-off weights into the on-board computer, making take-off very difficult as the take-off speed was insufficient. When attempting to take off, the rear of the fully loaded machine brushed against an ILS transmitter and an earth wall and broke off. The machine overturned in an adjacent forest and burned out completely. None of the seven crew members survived the accident.
See also
Web links
- MK Airlines website (English; no longer available)
Individual evidence
- ↑ aircargonews.net: MK Airlines forced from the sky ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) April 9, 2010
- ↑ a b ch-aviation.ch: MK Airlines fleet ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Large article on this accident in: Aero 5/2008, p. 82 ff
- ↑ Flight accident data and report of flight MK 1602 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
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