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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]
Gannaway was a skilled pilot with 9,876 total hours of flying experience, including 7,374 flight hours in the Embraer Brasilia. [1]: 6 Warmerdam was hired by the airline in April 1995 and had logged a total of 1,193 flight hours (including 363 hours in the Embraer Brasilia) at the time of the accident.
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]
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.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254 was operated under 14 CFR 135 with an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (registration N217AS [3]). [2] The second aircraft was a Cessna 172 (registration N99501 [4]), operated by two Civil Air Patrol pilots. [2] [5]
On 30 August 2002, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, registration PT-WRQ, [2] flying the route crashed in heavy rain. [1] Of the 31 aboard, 23 were killed, including all three crew members, and 20 of the 28 passengers. [1] As the Brasilia was on approach to Rio Branco, ground controllers granted the flight crew permission to land. The aircraft then ...
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 ...
A Capital Airlines Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in 2004. Capital Airlines was founded in 2003. [ 1 ] In mid-2005, the airline partnered with Synergy Group to operate Nigeria's viable fringe airports and to open some alternative airports, hitherto considered unviable.