- For the 1980s startup airline, see Presidential Airways (scheduled)
Presidential Airways (PAW) is a charter cargo and passenger airline based at Melbourne International Airport serving Melbourne, Florida, USA.
History
Its parent company, Presidential Airways, Inc. is owned by Blackwater USA, a North Carolina-based private military contractor.
Incidents and accidents
An aircraft operated by Presidential and owned by its sister company, Blackwater AWS crashed on November 27, 2004 in Afghanistan; it had been a contract flight for the United States Air Force en route from Bagram to Farah. All aboard, three soldiers and three civilian crew members, were killed. Several of their survivors filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Presidential in October 2005.[1]
Fleet
Presidential operates the CASA 212 turboprop freighter.
References
- Wilber, Del Quentin (October 17, 2007). A Crash's Echoes, From War Zone To Washington: In 2004, Blackwater Flight 61 Raised Now-Familiar Questions About Contractors and Accountability. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.-
- Blackwater USA Aviation
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