UTair Sierra Leone
| UTair Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | UT |
| ICAO code : | UTA |
| Call sign : | UTAIR SIERRA |
| Founding: | 1990s |
| Operation stopped: | 2010s |
| Seat: |
Freetown , Sierra Leone
|
| Fleet size: | 4 (helicopter) |
| Aims: | national |
| UTair Sierra Leone ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
UTair Sierra Leone was an airline of Sierra Leone , headquartered in Freetown . It was a subsidiary of the Russian UTair .
UTair mainly carried out supply flights within the framework of missions of the United Nations ( United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone ) in Sierra Leone during the post-war period around the turn of the millennium. Commercial flights were also launched in 2007. Four Mi-8 MTV-1 were operated.
Incidents
On June 29, 2004, a Mi-8 MTV-1 of the UTAir ( aircraft registration RА-2711 ) crashed on the way from Freetown to Yengema eight kilometers from its destination. All 24 people on board were killed.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b UTair launches commercial flights in Sierra Leone UTair, April 6, 2007.
- ↑ a b UN chopper crash leaves two dozen dead. IOL; June 29, 2004.
- ^ Accident report Mil Mi-8 RА-2711 , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on October 14, 2017.