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West Air, Inc. is an American airline based in Fresno, California, owned by Empire Airlines. It provides feeder service on behalf of FedEx Express throughout California and parts of Nevada and Utah. [ 1 ]
FedEx supplied an MD-11 and a leased 747 for the flight test phase. FedEx Express became the first air carrier to deploy the Guardian on a commercial flight in September 2006, when it equipped an MD-11 freighter with the pod. [93] [94] By December 2007, the company had nine aircraft equipped with the system for further testing and evaluation. [95]
On April 7, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee, to San Jose, California, was the subject of a hijack attempt by Auburn R. Calloway, a Federal Express employee facing possible dismissal for having lied about his flight hours.
On February 3, 1963, Slick Airways Flight 40 [281] crashed and burned after striking approach lights on runway 28R, killing the four people on board. On December 24, 1964, Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Constellation cargo aircraft departing for New York City, crashed in the hills west of the airport, killing all three crew members on ...
In 1970, United Airlines started a nonstop to Chicago and American started flights to Dallas (and Chicago, for a short time). In September 1986, Ontario hosted the Concorde supersonic airliner during a promotional round-the-world flight. [13] In 1981, a second east–west runway, 26L/8R, was built, necessitating the removal of the old NE-SW ...
Safety investigators say pilot fatigue was a factor why a FedEx plane landed on the wrong runway after an overnight cargo flight last year. The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilots ...
On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 1:31 PM, A Fedex McDonnell Douglas MD-10, registration N306FE performing flight FedEx 463 from Sacramento, to Memphis, was en-route at 31,000 feet, when the crew decided to divert to Tulsa due to a fire indication in the cargo bay. On approach, the crew reported an additional cargo fire alert in the aft cargo area.
Prior to its civil usage, the facility was George Air Force Base, from 1941 to 1992 a United States Air Force flight training facility. The airport is home to Southern California Aviation, a large transitional facility for commercial aircraft. [1] As a logistics airport, it is designed for business, military, and freight use.