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Template:Infobox Aircraft The Antonov An-24 (NATO reporting name: "Coke") is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) by the Antonov Design Bureau.

Development

It was first flown in 1960. Over 1,000 examples were built and 880 are still in service worldwide, mostly in the CIS and Africa. As of August 2006 a total of 448 Antonov An-24 aircraft were in airline service.[1]

It was designed to replace veteran piston Il-14 transport on short to medium haul trips. The design of the aircraft was optimised for operating from rough strips and unprepared airports in remote locations. The high-wing layout protects engines and blades from debris, and the power-to-weight ratio is higher than that of many comparable aircraft. The machine is rugged and does not require sophisticated ground equipment for maintenance.

China's Xian Aircraft Manufacturing Company makes copies of the An-24 as the Yunshuji Y-7. Production continues in China, though production in Ukraine was shut down in 1978.

Variants and design stages

cockpit
  • An-24: : Original design.
  • An-24B: freighter
  • An-24T: freighter
  • An-24P: : firebomber
  • An-24V : 50-seat version.
  • An-24RV : Turbojet boosted version.
  • Xian Y-7 : Chinese-built version - see also Xian MA60

Operators

Military An-24 operators

Military

Civil Operators

Major operators of some of the 448 Antonov An-24 aircraft still in airline service at August 2006 include: China Southern Airlines (11), Air Urga (10), ARP 410 Airlines (10), Scat Air (20), Turkmenistan Airlines (22), Ukraine National Airlines (12), Novosibirsk Air (9), Belavia (9), UTair (17), Uzbekistan Airways (11), Yakutia Airlines (17) and Cubana de Aviación (14). Some 112 other airlines also operate smaller numbers of the type.[1]

Civil operators have included: Aeroflot, Aerosvit, Air Astana, Air Guinee, Air Mali, Ariana Afghan Airlines, Balkan Bulgarian, CAAC, Cubana, Egyptair, Interflug, Iraqi Airways, Lebanese Air Transport, Lina Congo, LOT Polish Airlines, Misrair (Egyptair), MosPhil (Philippines), Pan African Air Service, Kyrgyzstan, President Airlines, PMTair, Royal Khmer Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways

Accident summary

As of 2004

  • Hull-loss accidents: 109 with a total of 1673 fatalities
  • Other occurrences: 11 with a total of 59 fatalities
  • Hijackings: 33 with a total of 4 fatalities

Recent accidents

(See also: 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash)

  • On January 19, 2006, a Slovak An-24 military transport with 43 persons on board (of which 28 were soldiers) crashed in Hungary, only 3 km from the Slovak border. Only one person survived, and 42 were reported dead. The plane was carrying Slovak KFOR forces that had been serving in Kosovo for half a year.[2]

(See also: PMTair Flight U4 241)

Specifications (An-24)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 3-4: 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, (optional) 1 radio operator
  • Capacity: 52 passengers

Performance

References

  1. ^ a b Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
  2. ^ Nærland, Mina Hauge (2006-01-19). "Slovakisk militærfly styrtet". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). DB Medialab. Retrieved 2006-06-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ RTE News, Ireland (2007-06-24). "Angkor Wat tourists in plane crash". RTE.ie. Radio Telefis Eireann. Retrieved 2007-06-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ CNN International (2007-06-25). "Tourists missing as plane crashes". Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-06-25. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

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