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Cockpit of a C-212, February 2004. The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL-capable cargo aircraft. In terms of its basic configuration, it has a high-mounted wing, a boxy fuselage, and a conventional tail. The C-212 has been designed to operate in austere environments for extended periods without ground support apparatus. [17]
On 2 September 2011, a CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACH) on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed.
In 1999 it became a subsidiary of the EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) under the name EADS CASA and in 2009 was absorbed into Airbus Military. CASA is noted for designing and producing military transport aircraft such as the CASA C-212 Aviocar, the CASA CN-235, the CASA C-295 and the CASA C-101 trainer/ground attack aircraft.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the CASA C-212 Aviocar" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Here’s what we know so far about how the events of Friday afternoon unfolded.
The crew consisted of two pilots and one flight attendant. Three deadheading crew members and a company manager were also on-board. [1] The pilot flying was 45-year-old Captain David Sherer, employed by Fischer Bros. Aviation in March 1970, he had a total of 17,953 hours of flight time of which 3,144 hours were on the C-212.
For the passengers of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 — headed from Charleston, S.C., to Charlotte on Sept. 11, 1974 — nothing seemed wrong at 7:33 a.m. ... of the crash path of Eastern Flight ...
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