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1793:(OH-VKN) was also damaged during landing in Helsinki. The plane bounced three times on the runway, and in the last bounce the nose landing gear suffered a fracture and the left wing was bent. The plane's nose dove and the propellers touched the ground, and finally it plane was dragged to the lawn left of the runway.
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Convair Metropolitan accidents was the policy that the air traffic control employees had been forbidden to give a complete disclosure of the airportâs weather conditions to approaching aircraft. The information disclosed concerned only wind direction and speed, not e.g.
1767:(OH-VKM) was damaged during landing in Helsinki. The landing took place during a thunderstorm, and the plane bounced three times, and finally its nose landing gear gave in. The plane's nose dove, both propellers touched the ground, and the plane dragged on along the runway ca. 1 300 metres.
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1821:(OH-VKB) was damaged due to stalling during take-off, when it was supposed to go on an inspection flight to check the ILS system. The left outer wing had to be repaired. The plane was used by the company until 1979.
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airport had on display two Kar-Air planes, a
Lockheed L-18 Lodestar OH-VKU, the âGolden Hoeâ, and one of the oldest DC-3s in the world, the OH-VKB. A former Kar-Air DC-3 (OH-VKA), is to be seen at the
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were damaged in hard landings and had to be taken out of service for a period in 1963. The new majority owner demanded Kar-Air to cease domestic flying, concentrating on charter flights (mainly to the
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In 1990, Finnair acquired further shares to hold a total of 90 percent of the Karair stake, which was further increased to 97.6 percent in 1993. These period saw financial problems because of the
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European destinations, when cargo flights were taken over by Finnair (as Aero O/Y was named by then). In the same year, the airline underwent another rebranding, being known as
1873:. The plane had two pilots and 10 passengers. The pilots and two passengers were killed. Wasawings had been breaking aviation rules repeatedly, and in the end their licence was revoked.
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The insurance company decided to buy the plane, but in the end it was repaired and commissioned again in
January 1967, after it was âcrossedâ with a similar plane that was bought from
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January 1957. A Swedish subsidiary was established, which from 1961 onwards operated a single
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acquired a 27 percent stake in Kar-Air, which was increased to 51 percent over the following years, since Kar-Air had encountered financial difficulties when its two
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had not yet acquired the majority stake), Kar-Air operated scheduled flights to the following destinations, with further ones accessible on co-operative flights of
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aircraft was added to the fleet, and the A300s in turn left the following year. From then, scheduled domestic passenger flights on behalf of
Finnair were operated.
1729:, for the 50th anniversary of the airport, since OH-VKN was the first plane ever to have landed there. This âreplicaâ is at the MĂĄlaga Airport and is owned by the
1803:. The pilot of OH-VKN lost sight of the runway at a critical moment due to torrential rain and a flash of lightning, due to which he could not see for a moment.
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1760:(OH-VKA) stalled while take-off and was slightly damaged. The plane remained in use by the company until 1969.
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Veljekset KarhumĂ€ki â Suomen ilmailun pioneereina 1924â1956.
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Kar-Air â tilauslentoliikenteen edellĂ€kĂ€vijĂ€nĂ€ 1957â1980.
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Information about Karair at the Aero Transport Data Bank
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Selection of Kar-Air timetables, at timetableimages.com
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loader was killed, when the blade of a propeller of an
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Tervonen 2004, p. 210â226, Tervonen 2007, p. 194â202.
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2427:Nordair OY
2387:FirstClass
2357:Copterline
2332:Air Botnia
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1948:0946141029
1921:References
1834:PudasjÀrvi
1808:Yugoslavia
1722:(HH-VAH).
624:California
544:Gothenburg
494:Luxembourg
387:A Kar-Air
200:(founders)
193:Key people
31:references
2452:Wasawings
2447:Turku Air
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1867:Wasawings
1799:possible
1737:Accidents
1698:near the
1058:2004 (?)
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565:Sundsvall
553:Stockholm
510:Barcelona
488:Luxemburg
366:turboprop
286:Stockholm
274:Sundsvall
266:JyvÀskylÀ
2322:Aero O/Y
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1871:Ilmajoki
1712:Swissair
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301:Aero O/Y
280:and two
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183:Helsinki
108:Callsign
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2299:Finnair
2292:Current
2285:Finland
2186:Sources
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1305:Belgium
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1165:1945â46
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658:in 1991
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610:in 1980
469:Tampere
451:Kokkola
442:Kauhava
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411:Finland
331:jet age
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226:History
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216:Finland
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129:Founded
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1654:France
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1494:OH-LAB
1471:OH-LAA
1443:OH-LFZ
1416:OH-KOG
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1368:OH-KOA
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290:MĂĄlaga
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