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Air Mauritanie Flight 625, a Fokker F28 Fellowship, was carrying 93 people when it flew into a sandstorm that limited pilot visibility. The aircraft hit the terrain and killed 80 people in the worst crash involving a Fokker 28 and one of the deadliest in Mauritania.
The aircraft was christened Abel Tasman after the Dutch explorer who was the first European to reach New Zealand, Tasmania, and parts of mainland Australia in 1642–1644; the acceptance ceremony was attended by the Australian ambassador and his wife, Sir Edwin and Lady McCarthy. The aircraft delivery flight to Australia was captained by Don Winch.
Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; lit. ' Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker ') was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft. During its most successful period in the 1920s ...
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Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, also known as Fokker-America and Atlantic-Fokker, was a US subsidiary of the Dutch Fokker company, responsible for sales and information about Fokker imports, and eventually constructing various Fokker designs.
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Seating arrangement in the 8-passenger F.VIIB-3m The Southern Cross in 1943. Fokker F.VIIB-3m (CH-190) operated by Ad Astra Aero The Josephine Ford at The Henry Ford museum. The eight- to 12-passenger Fokker was the aircraft of choice for many early airlines, both in Europe and the Americas, and it dominated the American market in the late 1920s.
After the bankruptcy of the former aircraft manufacturer Fokker in 1996, Stork B.V. acquired the Fokker companies specialized in the building of aircraft components and aircraft maintenance services which were named as Stork Aerospace. [3] The group has had many names until in 2010, the Fokker name was reintroduced. [4] [5]