Enimex
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2008 | ||||||
| Parent company | Enimex Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||
| Website | www.enimex.ee | ||||||
Enimex was an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It operated cargo and passenger charter flights, and wet lease operations worldwide. Its main base was Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport.[1]
History
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The airline was established and started operations on 26 September 1994.[1] In March 2006, Estonia's Civil Aviation Administration cancelled the Enimex licence for passenger flights.[2]
Fleet
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During its existence, Enimex operated the following aircraft:[1]
Accidents and incidents
[edit | edit source]- 29 November 1999 − Antonov An-28 ES-NOF on cargo flight from Oslo to Budapest with a stop at Szczecin crashlanded on a field in Poland. No fatalities, but the airframe was written off.[3]
- 23 November 2001 − ELK Airways Flight 1007 operated by Enimex the Antonov AN-28 ES-NOV on the attempt to land on Kärdla Airport in bad weather crashed into trees about 1.5 km from the Airport. Of the 14 passengers and 3 crew on board, 2 passengers were killed. The investigation determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error. After a 9-year trial, a case was closed due to lack of public interest.[4]
- 21 April 2002 – Antonov An-72 ES-NOP of Enimex was damaged in a hard landing at Wamena, Indonesia; a minor fire broke out. Due to the dead battery of the fire truck, some firefighters ran to the accident scene with hand-held fire extinguishers. After 20 minutes, the truck's battery was charged, but the aircraft had to be written off. There were no fatalities.[5]
- 10 February 2003 − Antonov AN-28 ES-NOY on a regular cargo flight from Tallinn to Helsinki, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tallinn's Lennart Meri Airport. The aircraft came to rest about 300 meters from the runway. Two of the three crew members on board were killed.[6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ Helsingin Sanomat Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 14 March 2006
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Accident description AN-72 ES-NOP Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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