Air Mauritanie

Nouakchott

Air Mauritanie was a state Mauritanian airline.

History

Air Mauritanie was founded in 1962 by the state and launched a year later flight operations with a Fokker F- 27th Since 1983 two Fokker F- 28 were used in the capital Air Afrique is involved. With Iberia and Royal Air Maroc has collaborated with flights to Gran Canaria and Casablanca. 1998, a ATR 42 was leased, but these had to be returned. As a replacement still has purchased a Fokker F-28.

Air Mauritanie had flight ban in England. Air Mauritanie put the own flight operations in September 2007 due to insolvency and lack of aircraft and leases since only several freighters. The resolution of the company was completed in October 2007.

Fleet

(October 2007)

Incidents

  • On 1 July 1994, launched in Nouakchott Fokker F-28 made ​​a crash landing in the Sandstorm in Tidjikdja. The machine went up in flames. 80 people died and 13 were rescued with serious injuries.
  • On 15 February 2007, a Boeing 737 with 79 people on board en route from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou kidnapped by an armed man. The captain held an emergency landing in Las Palmas, the capital of the island of Gran Canaria, by. The pilot slowed after landing so strong that the kidnappers fell to the ground and the passengers were able to pounce on him. After the Civil Guard stormed the plane. Injured there was none; of the hijackers was taken.
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