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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]
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 August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia flying from Atlanta to Gulfport, crashed in the community of Burwell between the cities Bowdon, Georgia and Carrollton, Georgia. 9 of the 29 passengers and crew on board were killed as a result of the accident.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.