Aerolift

Aerolift

IATA ICAO Call sign - - -
Founded	2002
Ceased operations	2009
Headquarters	Johannesburg,South Africa
Website	http:// aerolift.org/(defunct)

Aerolift Antonov An-12

Aeroliftwas a South Africanairlinebased inBryanston, Gauteng,Johannesburg,operating chartered passenger and cargo flights withinAfricausingSoviet-built aircraft. Aerolift also offeredaircraft leaseservices. The airline was launched in 2002 and shut down in 2009 following two fatal accidents that had occurred in the same year.

Fleet

Upon closure, the Aerolift fleet included the following aircraft:

• 1Antonov An-12
• 1Antonov An-26
• 1Antonov An-32
• 1Antonov An-72
• 1Antonov An-124
• 1Ilyushin Il-76
• 1Lockheed Tristar

Accidents and incidents

• On 20 February 2009, an AeroliftAntonov An-12crashed upon take-off atLuxor International Airport,Egyptdue to an engine fire, killing all five crew members on board.
• On March 9, 2009 AeroliftIlyushin Il-76S9-SAB crashed intoLake Victoriajust after takeoff fromEntebbe Airport,Uganda,killing all 11 people on board. Two of the engines had caught fire on take-off. The aircraft had been chartered by DynCorp on behalf ofAMISOM.The accident was investigated by Uganda's Ministry of Transport, which concluded that all four engines were time-expired and that Aerolift's claim that maintenance had been performed which extended their service live and that the work had been certified could not be substantiated.