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Cathay Dragon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, and was an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline was founded on 24 May 1985, by Chao Kuang Piu , who was most recently the airline's honorary chairman.
The aircraft was purchased by Des Porter, the accident pilot, who learned that parts used in the tail section of the aircraft had been sourced from another Dragon, also named Riama, which had been owned by his father but was damaged in a 1952 crash landing at Archerfield Airport near Brisbane. Porter himself had survived another accident in a ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash; 2000 Marlborough helicopter crash; 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision; A. ... 2012 Queensland DH.84 Dragon crash; R. Rewan ...
An Australian-built DH.84 Dragon at Woburn Tiger Moth Rally 2007. The Dragon proved very attractive as a short-haul low capacity airliner and was soon in service worldwide. From the 63rd aircraft late in 1933, the Dragon 2, with improvements including individually framed windows and faired undercarriage struts, was produced.
After the accident, it was bought by DVB Bank in July 2011 (Arena Aviation Capital since March 2017) and was transferred to Dragonair (Cathay Dragon) since 23 April 2012 and was reconfigured for a capacity of 307 passengers, with 42 business-class seats and 265 economy-class seats in 2013. It was also repainted into the new Cathay Dragon livery ...
The accident aircraft was de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ACPM, c/n 6251. [1] This aircraft was the first production Dragon Rapide. [2] The aircraft had been entered in the 1934 King's Cup Race by Lord Wakefield but withdrew at Waddington following hail damage. It had been delivered to Hillman's Airways on 27 July. [3]
Passenger division shut down after crash Dragon Air: 1947: 1952: Far Eastern Air Transport: FE: FEA: FAR EASTERN: 1957: 2019: Ceased operations from 2008-2011 Formosa Airlines: VY: FOS: 1987: 1999: Merged into Mandarin Airlines: Foshing Airlines: GE: FHA: 1951: 1992: Regional domestic scheduled passenger airline. Rebranded as TransAsia Airways ...