Kazakhstan Airlines

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Kazakhstan Airlines was the national airline of Kazakhstan. It ended operations in 1997.^[1] It operated domestic and international services. It had its head office in Almaty.^[2]

Code data

• IATA Code: K4
• ICAO Code: KZA ^[3]
• Callsign: Kazakh

History

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The airline was established in 1925, it also flew aircraft for Kazakhstan Government. The company declared bankruptcy in 2004.

Aircraft types operated

Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-86 at Moscow Domodedovo Airport in 1994

• Boeing 747SP
• Ilyushin Il-76
• Ilyushin Il-86
• Tupolev Tu-154

Incidents and accidents

On November 12, 1996, in one of the deadliest air disasters, Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76TD en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan to New Delhi, India; collided inflight with Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, a Boeing 747-168B en route from New Delhi, India to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The two aircraft collided in mid-air over the village of Charkhi Dadri, India, killing all 349 people aboard both aircraft.^[4]

It is currently the deadliest mid-air collision in aviation history.

References

1. ^ "Kazakhstan Airlines." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on July 27, 2009.
2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight Global. 29 March-4 April 1995. 79.
3. ^ "IATA codes." Airline Update. Retrieved on July 30, 2009.
4. ^ "1996 Chakri Dadri mid-air collision." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on July 30, 2009

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