Aero-Tropics Air Services

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Aero-Tropics Air Services

IATA HC	ICAO ATI	Callsign Aerotropics
Founded		1995
Hubs		Horn Island Cairns International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Horn Island Cairns International Airport Coconut Island
Fleet size		14 (May 2006)
Destinations		11 (2 countries)
Parent company		Lippmann family
Headquarters		Horn Island, Queensland, Australia
Key people
Website: http://www.aero-tropics.com.au/

Aero-Tropics Air Services is an airline based in Queensland in Australia and providing scheduled and charter services in the Cairns, Horn Island and Torres Strait areas. It has been operating charters since 1997 and scheduled services since 2000. It has grown from one Partenavia aircraft used for charter work to a fleet of 15 aircraft.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On 7 May 2005 an Aero-Tropics Air Services Fairchild Metro III (flight 675 from Bamaga) was carrying out an approach to Lockhart River aerodrome in Queensland, when it hit the 1,300ft Pap Ridge 90ft below its highest point in low cloud and squally rain. The three crew and 14 passengers died in the accident. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau initial factual report states the aircraft's power settings at impact appeared normal for an approach, but that the aircraft was about 1,000ft below the minimum obstacle clearance height for that position (ref: Flight International, July 2005).