Aerolineas Mundo

Aerolineas Mundo S.A. (also known as AMSA) was a cargo airline that operated from 1986 to 1993 out of Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[1]

History

AMSA began as Air Mar Freighters in 1986, the creation of businessmen William Bailes Bachi and Filippo Deplana.^[2] AMSA flew various aircraft during its lifetime, including the C-54, DC-7, C-121, L-1049 and C-46.^[3]

Incidents and accidents

AMSA's co-owner, William Bailes Bachi, was killed in April 1990 when one of AMSA's aircraft had a ditching accident off Miami.^[4]
On February 3, 1992, a C-54 of the airline had a runway collision at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico with a Lockheed Super Constellation, suffering a fire and being damaged beyond repair.^[5]

References

[1] ttp://www.michaelprophet.com/News_articles/SantoDomino.html

[2] ttp://www.airlines-airliners.de/airlines/amsa.htm

[3] ttp://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&where=4835&luck=

[4] ttp://www.michaelprophet.com/News_articles/SantoDomino.html

[5] ttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920203-0

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