Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Aircraft Industries L 410 NG ("New Generation") is a twin-engine 19-seat aircraft manufactured by the Czech company, Aircraft Industries (formerly Let Kunovice). The aircraft is an upgraded version of the Let L 410 UVP-E20. The first flight took place on 29 July 2015. Serial production of the L 410 NG began in March 2018.
The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft designed and produced by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005). It was developed as the L-400 during the 1960s in response to an Aeroflot requirement for an Antonov An-2 replacement and performed its maiden flight on 16 April 1969.
1960s commuterliner project; predecessor of L-410 Let L-420 (II) 1980s projected cargo freighter version of L-410 Let L-420: Westernized variant of L-410; upgraded L-410UVP-E Let L-430: 1990s projected stretched L-410 development Let L-450: 1990s projected L-410 replacement; redesignated L-510 Let L-500: 1962 light aircraft studies Let L-510 (I)
The airline was set up in 2002 under the name of Air Polonia Cargo Sp. z o.o. It started freight and mail flights in April 2004, with three Let L-410 UVP-E aircraft. Later that year the airline was renamed to Sky Express Sp. z o.o. and acquired its first Saab 340A turboprops (SP-KPF and SP-KPE - the first Saab 340s to be entered into the Polish Aircraft Register).
Let L-410 Turbolet. Many Let L-410 Turbolets were delivered to the former Soviet Union and ex-Soviet states and stayed there and in Russia, but some have been also sold to airlines in Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. Forty aircraft are in use throughout Europe for commercial operation or skydiving. [1]
The 5.02m x 1.61m cabin standard layout is five and four seats with a cargo compartment separated by a semi bulkhead and a L-410 sized double door at the rear. It is equipped with a full glass cockpit, Czech firm Avia makes the four-blade propellers and Aero Vodochody the landing gear.
Founded in 1998, the company operated scheduled cargo flights with Let L-410 Turbolet, Saab 340, ATR 42, Airbus A300 and Boeing 737 freight aircraft. [4] The airline signed a contract with DHL in 2001 followed by cooperations with TNT and United Parcel Service in 2003.
A Let L-410 Turbolet similar to the aircraft involved. The aircraft involved was an Let 410UVP-E20, registration RA-67047, msn 3010. It first flew in 2015 and was powered by two General Electric H80-200 engines. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown for 1,693 hours and completed 1,071 flights. [1] [3]