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However, the EMB 121 would be the sole 12X model that was actually produced in its original form; the EMB 120 would be redesigned during 1979, disposing of the Araguaia name at the same time. [3] At the official launching of the project, held in 1979, the name Brasilia was first applied to the EMB 120. [3]
The PT-ZBA took its maiden flight on July 27th, 1983. The Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia was designed as a regional turboprop aircraft, capable of carrying passengers and cargo efficiently. The airliner was used only by Embraer as a demonstrator of the EMB-120 and was never used by any other airline. [1]
Air Littoral Flight 1919 was a regional flight by Air Littoral for Air France from Brussels, Belgium to Bordeaux, France on 21 December 1987. [1] During the flight, the Embraer 120 Brasilia crashed into a forest in the commune of Eysines, in the department of Gironde, during approach to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, resulting in the deaths of all 13 passengers and 3 crew members on board.
While military aircraft made up the majority of Embraer's products during the 1970s and early 1980s, including the Embraer AT-26 Xavante and the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, [citation needed] it debuted a regional airliner, the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, which made its first flight in 1968, [18] and the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, launched in 1985. [19]
By 1985, economic integration of South America seemed to be in progress with advances in the negotiations of Mercosur between the Brazilian and Argentine governments. . Meanwhile, in 1985, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, having commenced production of its EMB 120 Brasilia 30-seat turboprop airliner, started the design process for a 19-seat airliner to replace Embraer's aging EMB ...
On September 11, 1991, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop, registered N33701, [3] crashed while initiating its landing sequence, killing all 14 people on board. The aircraft wreckage hit an area near Eagle Lake, Texas , approximately 65 miles (105 km) west-southwest of the airport.
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