Air Tahoma

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Air Tahoma (IATA: n/a, ICAO: HMA, and Callsign: Tahoma) ^[1] is a Part 121 cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It was established and started operations in 1995 and operates contract cargo flights within the USA. Its main base is Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK), Columbus.

Contents 1 Incidents and accidents 2 Fleet 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• Air Tahoma Flight 185 crashed during approach to landing just one mile short of the runway at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on the 13 August 2004. The crash killed the first officer and the captain received serious injuries.
• Jan. 7, an Air Tahoma turboprop lost all oil pressure in one engine while trying to land in Memphis, but landed safely with the other engine. ^{[citation needed]}
• Another plane flown by the company (unknown tail number & flight number) had its engine catch fire upon landing in Pittsburgh in October 2003. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

The Air Tahoma fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 6 Convair 580

Other aircraft: ^{[citation needed]}

• Convair 240

[edit] External links

• Air Tahoma

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006