Swiftair Explained
Swiftair S.A. is an airline whose headquarters are in Madrid, Spain.[1] It operates scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Madrid–Barajas Airport.
History
The airline was founded in 1986.[2] It wholly owns subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight. Currently Swiftair is also a United Nations contractor for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.
Fleet
Current fleet
The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft :[3]
Former fleet
Swiftair formerly operated the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
- In October 1994, one of its aircraft was written off when the crew forgot to lower the landing gear as the plane arrived in Madrid.
- In May 1995, another aircraft was damaged beyond repair during a botched landing at Vitoria airport in Spain.
- In 2005, a Boeing 727 operating for DHL sustained starboard wing damage during a botched landing in Kandahar. It was repaired over the next 2 days and returned to Bahrain.
- In January 2012, a plane sustained substantial damage during a botched landing at Kandahar.
- On 24 July 2014, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by the company performed scheduled flight AH5017 from Ouagadougou to Algiers for Algerian airline Air Algérie. The aircraft disappeared off radar 50 minutes after takeoff and crashed in Gossi, Mali, killing all 116 people on board.[4]
- On 18 January 2016, an Embraer 120 freighter took out runway edge lights during its takeoff roll at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, on a flight to London Stansted. No injuries occurred.
- On 17 November 2016, a Boeing 737–400, registration EC-MAD, was flying on behalf of EAT Leipzig out of Shannon Airport when the pilots reported shortly after liftoff that they had lost all instrumentation. The crew remained in visual contact with the airport and returned for a safe landing.[5]
- On 24 September 2022, a Boeing 737-400SF, registration EC-NLS, experienced a runway excursion at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, France. After breaking through the barriers, the plane ended its journey in the waters of the Étang de l'Or. There were no injuries among the three crew members.[6]
- On 25 November 2024, Swiftair Flight 5960, a Boeing 737–476(SF) registered as EC-MFE, crashed in Vilnius, Lithuania while on approach, killing one crew member and injuring three others.[7] [8]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- "Contact." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011. "Ingeniero Torres Quevedo, 14|Pol. Ind. “Fin de Semana” Crta. Madrid/Barcelona Km. 13.100|28022-Madrid."
- "About us." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011.
- Web site: Swiftair Fleet Details and History. Planespotters.net. 8 March 2021.
- News: France says Air Algerie pilots had asked to turn back before fatal crash. 28 July 2014. Herald Globe.
- News: ...in the initial climb out of Shannon's runway 24 when the crew reported they had lost "everything".. 9 July 2018. The Aviation Herald.
- Web site: Un Boeing 737 de transport de fret termine son atterrissage dans un étang de l'Hérault . 24 September 2022 .
- News: Vilniuje netoli oro uosto nukrito krovininis lėktuvas: žuvo mažiausiai vienas žmogus . lt . 25 November 2024 . LRT . 25 November 2023.
- Web site: Accident Boeing 737–476(SF) EC-MFE, Monday 25 November 2024 . 25 November 2024 . asn.flightsafety.org.
