Bavaria Fluggesellschaft

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Bavaria Fluggesellschaft was a West German airline founded in 1958 and was merged with Germanair to become Bavaria-Germanair in January 1977.

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[edit] Code Information

  • ICAO Code:
  • IATA Code: BV
  • Call Sign: Bavaria

[edit] Company History

TThis airline was founded in January 1958 and the first aircraft was a Piper PA-23 Apache used for air taxi work. In 1959 the Twin Beech was added. The Douglas DC-3 came in 1960 and by this time the main business was carrying freight. With increased business a Handley Page Dart Herald was added in 1964 and by 1966 three were in service and about 800,000 passenger were carried that year. In order to expand, the BAC 1-11 and the Jetstream 31 were added to the regional schedules. That aircraft was involved in a fatal accident on 6 March 1970 (see bellow). During that time, a close cooperation was established with German Air which culminated in the merger of both airlines to become Bavaria-Germanair on 1 January 1977. [1]

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[edit] Accident description

Status: Date: 06 MAR 1970 Type: Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1 Operator: Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Registration: D-INAH C/n / msn: 205 First flight: 1969 Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 Total: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 Airplane damage: Written off Location: 3 km (1.9 mls) from St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV) (Switzerland) Phase: Approach Nature: Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM), Germany Destination airport: St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV/LSZS), Switzerland Narrative: The aircraft crashed 3km short of runway 21 and 0,5km left of the extended centerline into snow in an uncontrolled attitude. The 1st stage of the turbine wheel of the no. 1 engine had disintegrated. [2]

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[edit] Referentes

  1. ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
  2. ^ ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1 D-INAH St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV)