Mohawk Airlines

Mohawk Airlines was an American airline.

History

Mohawk was successful in the 1950s and 1960s, regional airline in the northeastern United States. The airline was the " prototype " of today's regional airlines. She was also known by the name as per the Indian people of the Mohawk. The name was the result of a competition by passengers in 1952. Mohawk was the first airline that employed an African-American flight attendant. From 1968 to 1971, the company suffered financial difficulties due to labor dispute. Mohawk began merger negotiations with Allegheny Airlines, and the merger was completed in 1972. The new company was renamed in 1979 to USAir, in the late 1990s in U.S. Airways. U.S. Airways was acquired by America West Airlines in 2005, remained the nationally recognized name U.S. Airways.

Aircraft

• BAC 1-11
• Convair CV-440
• Fairchild - Hiller FH -227
• Convair CV 240
• Douglas DC-3
• Martin 4-0-4
• Boeing 727-200

Incidents

• Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 crashed due to a fire on board near Blossburg on 23 June 1967. The auxiliary power unit had been activated due to a malfunction of a fire that later failure of the elevator aroused, causing the aircraft became uncontrollable and crashed.
• On 19 November 1969 kollodierte Flight 411 on approach to Floyd Bennett Memorial Regional airport with Mount Pilot Knob to the east of Lake George. In the crash every 14 inmates were killed.
• Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashed on March 3 in 1972 on approach to Albany International Airport, where a house was destroyed. 16 people on board and a non-involved person on the ground were killed.