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when the aircraft's left main landing gear failed on touchdown. The aircraft continued moving forward on its belly and skid to a halt on the runway. There was no fire and no injury to persons on board the aircraft. Poor maintenance was cited as a contributory factor in the accident. The aircraft was
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Calicut, Trivandrum and Cochin. Finally, on 8 August 1996, East West Airlines ceased all
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Thakiyudeen Wahid was shot dead near his Mumbai office. The airline owed 3.3 million dollars to PLM Equipment - an American company from which it had leased three Boeings. PLM Equipment first appealed to the
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175:(DGCA) to deregister the aircraft and then went to court. The Delhi high court ordered East West to pay up or return the aircraft. The three aircraft were then grounded.
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148:. In 1992, to counter the impact of a crippling
38:Tail colours of an East-West Airlines Boeing 737
594:Accident description for Fokker F27 VT-EWE
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227:Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
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437:"India raises status of air-taxi operators"
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343:, registered VT-EWE, was engaged in a
339:On 1 July 1995, an East West Airlines
521:"East West Airlines - Historic Fleet"
173:Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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1202:Defunct airlines of India
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1054:Indian National Airways
694:Civil aviation in India
598:Aviation Safety Network
335:Accidents and incidents
115:Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid
90:Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid
1044:Hinduja Cargo Services
575:. Warbirds. 8 Nov 2006
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979:Chhattisgarh Air Link
347:training exercise at
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345:touch-and-go landing
133:, Madras (now named
52:Commenced operations
1118:North East Shuttles
1091:Kingfisher Airlines
974:Aryan Cargo Express
523:. planespotters.net
447:on 17 February 2019
93:(Managing director)
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1039:Himalayan Aviation
1014:East-West Airlines
994:Darbhanga Aviation
897:Ventura AirConnect
819:Blue Dart Aviation
466:Koppikar, Smruti.
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1171:Airports in India
1133:Pushpaka Aviation
1123:Paramount Airways
872:Fly Safe Aviation
738:Air India Express
683:Airlines of India
415:Business Standard
287:New Delhi Airport
277:Mangalore Airport
257:Bangalore Airport
154:Madhavrao Scindia
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862:Club One Air
857:Air Heritage
829:Indigo CarGo
791:IndiaOne Air
776:Alliance Air
708:Full service
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76:Headquarters
68:Destinations
1074:Jet Airways
959:Air Pegasus
913:Jet Airways
839:SpiceXpress
743:AIX Connect
472:India Today
329:Fokker F27s
297:Goa Airport
123:air charter
1186:Categories
999:Deccan 360
954:Air Odisha
949:Air Mantra
939:Air Deccan
877:Pawan Hans
579:5 November
557:6 November
527:6 November
502:6 November
477:2023-06-29
451:6 November
421:6 November
395:6 November
374:. GKTODAY.
359:References
341:Fokker F27
309:Madurai (
213:Trivandrum
190:South Asia
127:Trivandrum
103:Trivandrum
86:Key people
1059:Indus Air
934:Air Costa
801:Zooom Air
748:Akasa Air
715:Air India
634:Companies
302:Chennai (
283:New Delhi
273:Mangalore
253:Bangalore
223:Ahmedabad
131:New Delhi
129:in 1995,
1158:Vayudoot
1108:ModiLuft
1029:Go First
887:Span Air
796:Star Air
768:Regional
758:SpiceJet
730:Low cost
646:Aviation
1079:JetLite
1024:FLYeasy
922:Defunct
849:Charter
720:Vistara
608:Portals
596:at the
263:Belgaum
233:Kolkata
135:Chennai
119:Varkala
109:History
44:Founded
1153:TruJet
1069:Jamair
892:TajAir
786:FlyBig
753:IndiGo
243:Mumbai
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139:Mumbai
137:) and
80:Mumbai
906:Limbo
811:Cargo
781:Fly91
622:India
323:Fleet
206:India
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559:2011
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