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  Flash Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company.
Following the crash, a spokesperson for Switzerland's Federal Office for Civil Aviation said that inspections in April and October 2002 had revealed safety glitches on Flash Airlines' planes, and since Flash did not respond to these concerns, the airline was no longer permitted to fly to or over Switzerland.
Finnish National Airline Department granted Flash Airlines a permission to do charter flights from Finland to Egypt in September 2003, because (according to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat) the warning e-mail from Switzerland got to a wrong folder in an e-mail client.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Airlines   (232 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Flash Airlines Flight 604   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Flash Airlines plane Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company.
However, recent media reports suggest that the plane crashed due to technical problems, possibly a result of the apparently questionable safety record of the airline (see Flash Airlines for details).
Despite all this speculation, the cause of the crash is unknown.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flash-Airlines-Flight-604   (750 words)

  
 Flash Airlines Flight 604 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines.
The flight took off at 04:44 (EET) from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was due to have flown to Paris via Cairo.
Initially it was thought terrorists may have been involved, as fear of aviation terrorism was high (with several major airlines in previous days cancelling flights on short notice), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was also holidaying in the Sharm el-Sheikh area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Airlines_Flight_604   (232 words)

  
 Flash Airlines - Wikipédia
Flash Airlines est une compagnie aérienne privée égyptienne à bas coûts.
C'est le 3 janvier 2004 qu'un Boeing 737 appartenant à la compagnie aérienne Égyptienne Flash Airlines, effectuant un vol charter, et transportant 148 passagers dont 133 Français et membres d'équipage, s'abîme en Mer Rouge, à une dizaine de kilomètres des côtes, peu après son décollage de l'aéroport de la station balnéaire de Charm el-Cheikh.
Flash Airlines était domicilié au Caire en Égypte et faisait partie de la compagnie de tourisme Flash Group.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Airlines   (559 words)

  
 Flash Airlines - Wikipedia
Flash Airlines of Flash Air is een Egyptische private chartermaatschappij, met hoofdkantoor in Caïro.
Het is onderdeel van de Flash Tour groep, die in 1985 is opgericht en gespecialiseerd is in toerisme, en auto's, cruiseschepen en een restaurant in Caïro bezit.
Op 3 januari 2004 kwam de maatschappij in het nieuws doordat een van haar Boeing 737's twee minuten na het opstijgen bij de Egyptische badplaats Sharm el-Sheikh in de Rode Zee neerstortte.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Airlines   (221 words)

  
 Planet - Zwitserland gaf Flash vliegverbod
Flash Airlines, de Egyptische luchtvaartmaatschappij van wie gisteren een vliegtuig neerstortte, mag al sinds eind 2002 niet meer boven Zwitserland vliegen.
Maar volgens Flash Air was een financieel geschil de ware reden voor het intrekken van de landingsrechten, en niet de veiligheid van de toestellen.
Flash Air-topman Mohammed Nour gaf toe dat de Zwitserse luchtvaartautoriteiten in oktober 2002 technische gebreken hadden geconstateerd aan een toestel van Flash Air.
www.planet.nl /planet/show/id=67777/contentid=433562/sc=b2c529   (461 words)

  
 Alex Ionides CV
Both Flash Airlines and UTA are charter airline companies, and the tragedies have brought to the fore a debate on whether charter airlines are living up to non-charter — or scheduled airliners — in terms of safety.
Flash Airlines was banned from flying into Switzerland by Swiss authorities in 2002 because of safety fears.
Flash Airlines Chairman Mohamed Nour also denied the ban was safety related, but the Swiss quickly countered Nour’s claim, saying the ban was indeed the result of their inspectors’ concerns about airworthiness.
www.worldspress.com /05.htm   (1544 words)

  
 Flash Airlines Flight 604   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egypt ian charter company Flash Airlines.
The pilot is said to have made no radio contact, and the fl box flight recorder has not been recovered and thorough investigations concluded.
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www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Flash_Airlines_Flight_604.html   (600 words)

  
 Flash Airlines Accident
Flash airlines had also its operating licence revoked in Poland in 2002, but, following some maintenance, it was reinstalled in 2003.
Egyptian investigators, who have ruled out an attack on the Flash Airlines jet and attributed the crash to human error, were due to deliver their final report to their French counterparts on November 15.
Flash Airlines is part of the Flash Group which was founded in 1985, offering services to tourists.
www.b737.org.uk /flashair.htm   (7473 words)

  
 Flash Airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo Egypt that was part of the Flash tourism company.
The airline operated two Boeing 737-300 aircraft manufactured in 1993 on non-scheduled passenger flights on both international and domestic
Following the crash a spokesperson for Switzerland 's Federal Office for Civil Aviation said inspections in April and October 2002 had safety glitches on Flash Airlines' planes and Flash did not respond to these concerns airline was no longer permitted to fly or over Switzerland.
www.freeglossary.com /Flash_Airlines   (559 words)

  
 PPRuNe Forums - Flash Airlines B737 Crash in Egypt
Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 fleet with 148 seats configuration all Y (Economy) class in addition to the operating cabin crew, 25 rows with 29 inch / with reclining seats and convenient table meals with cup holders, TV screen & headphones.
Flash Airlines fleet Boeing 737-300, is equipped with powerful CFM 56-3C1 engines, with 22000 ibs / thrusts and the up-to-date computerized navigational instruments such as WAS II and GPS; the take-off weight is 63276 KGs is pressurized, to ceiling is 37000 feet, and the average cruising speed is Mach 0.74.
Flash Airlines both aircrafts are insured for legal and third party liability and passenger, liability by El Shark Insurance Company for an amount of 550 Millions USD for each aircraft.
www.pprune.org /forums/showthread.php?threadid=113988&perpage=15&pagenumber=1   (1079 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Searchers may have found Flash Airlines jet's black box   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
France's Civil Aviation Authority said Flash was inspected seven times in two years in Europe: twice in Switzerland and once in Norway in 2002, and three times in France and once in Poland in 2003.
A former flight attendant for the carrier Swiss International Airlines was quoted Monday as saying he noticed several safety violations as a passenger on a Flash Airlines flight from Zurich to Sharm el-Sheik.
Flash Airlines said Monday it has suspended flights for three days in mourning for the victims.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-05-jet_x.htm   (951 words)

  
 afrol News - Focus on Egyptian airliner after crash
Flash Airlines was targeted by Swiss aviation authorities for lack of safety and for the last year has been denied flying over or landing in Switzerland.
While Flash Airlines Chairman Mohamed Nour said on Sunday that a financial disagreement with a Swiss agency, not safety, had been the problem, Swiss aviation authorities today denied this.
Flash Airline representatives in Cairo however feel that the focus on security on their aircraft is turning into a witch hunt.
www.afrol.com /articles/10670   (656 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Boats resume search for bodies from plane crash
Nour, Flash's chairman, confirmed the Swiss had stopped flights but said the airline made the necessary maintenance and was inspected again.
Flash Airlines' chief pilot Hassan Mounir could not say if the fire occurred on the same plane that crashed Saturday, but said such incidents aren't unusual.
Flash Airlines' remaining plane, also an 11-year-old Boeing 737, flew tourists from France to Cairo Sunday, according to airport officials.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040104-1249-egypt-planecrash.html   (883 words)

  
 Boats Resume Search for Bodies From Plane Crash; Switzerland Says It Banned Airline a Year Ago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Flash Airlines flight FSH604, bound for Paris with a stopover in Cairo, crashed early Saturday, minutes after taking off from the airport at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik.
Flash Airlines, which has been in business for six years, said in Egypt that the Boeing 737 that crashed was one of two it owned.
The airline has been banned from entering or flying over Switzerland since October 2002, but one of its planes was allowed to make a landing in Geneva last year for exceptional reasons, she added.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1051234/posts   (6249 words)

  
 Flash Airlines Flight 604   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flightoperated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines.
Initially it was thought terrorists may have been involved, as fear of aviation terrorism was high (withseveral major airlines in previous days cancelling flights on short notice), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was also holidaying in the Sharm el-Sheikh area.
However, recent media reports suggest that the plane crashed due to technicalproblems, possibly a result of the apparently questionable safety record of the airline (see Flash Airlines for details).
www.therfcc.org /flash-airlines-flight-604-25895.html   (202 words)

  
 infos jour apres jours sur le crash de l'avion flash airlines
Flash Airlines "avait une bonne réputation", a plaidé le ministre français des Transports Gilles de Robien sur France Inter, affirmant que le même niveau de sécurité est exigé de tous les avions.
Flash Airlines «avait obtenu en juillet 2002 un permis en bonne et due forme pour effectuer des vols charters à destination et au départ de Pologne, à raison d'un ou deux vols par semaines», a précisé le porte-parole de l'Office polonais de l'Aviation Civile, Adam Borkowski.
Puisque Flash Airlines «a rempli tous les critères requis, l'Office polonais de l'Aviation Civile l'a autorisée à reprendre ses vols en Pologne», a précisé le porte-parole.
forum.aceboard.net /10458-1105-11904-0-.htm   (4474 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Banned airlines fly from UK
Flash had been banned from Swiss airports and airspace but the passengers had no way of knowing.
The two airlines now revealed to be flying from the UK were among six - including Flash - which suffered a ban or restrictions in 2002 somewhere in Europe.
Flash Airlines insist they were unfairly banned by the Swiss, and say their planes were in good order.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3376643.stm   (834 words)

  
 Middle East Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Air Van Airlines also figures on the Belgian list, which was published on Monday, but is not on the French register.
A Flash Airlines plane crashed off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh in January 2004, killing 148 people including 134 French holidaymakers.
That raised a storm in Switzerland after it was revealed that Flash Airlines had already been banned here since 2002 but that the official decision had never been made public.
www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050901-090033-2238r   (326 words)

  
 Inter Press Service News Agency
Flash Airlines planes reportedly made emergency landings in Athens and Geneva during the last 14 months, once following engine fire and once due to an undisclosed ”technical problem”.
Swiss aviation officials said the charter airline was barred from landing in Switzerland in October 2002 after inspectors uncovered maintenance deficiencies on both the company's 737s.
Flash Airlines said it was barred due to a financial dispute, not safety issues.
www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=21793   (806 words)

  
 Flash Airlines Flight 604   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
On 3 January 2004 its Boeing 737 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh Airport killing all 135 passengers many of French tourists and all 13 crew members.
Initially it was thought terrorists may have been involved as fear aviation terrorism was high (with several major in previous days cancelling flights on short and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was also holidaying in the Sharm el-Sheikh area.
However recent media reports suggest the plane crashed due to technical problems a result of the apparently questionable safety of the airline (see Flash Airlines for details).
www.freeglossary.com /Flash_Airlines_Flight_604   (245 words)

  
 Flash Airlines - - Cairo - Egypt - - ATI, Air Transport Intelligence - ATI — Air Transport Intelligence from Reed ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A preliminary report on the loss of a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on 5 January paints a picture of a captain struggling to understand what was happening to the aircraft throughout most of the three minutes...
Egyptian accident investigators are preparing to release preliminary findings before the year-end into the accident involving a Flash Airlines’ Boeing 737-300, which crashed on departure from Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt in...
French investigators are still working to understand the reason for a Boeing 737-300 of Flash Airlines crashing on departure from Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt in January.
www.rati.com /ALLANDING_9245.htm   (307 words)

  
 Airline Industry Information : Investigator have still not determined cause of Flash Airlines crash. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Airline Industry Information : Investigator have still not determined cause of Flash Airlines crash.
Start / A / Airline Industry Information / March 05, 2004 / Investigator have still not determined cause of Flash Airlines crash.
Investigators examining the January 2004 crash of a Flash Airlines aircraft have still not determined the cause of the crash.
static.highbeam.com /a/airlineindustryinformation/march052004/investigatorhavestillnotdeterminedcauseofflashairl/index.html   (226 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - France/Africa
THE MINISTER — Flash Airlines had a good reputation and was hired and chartered by well-reputed tour operators.
And, lastly, Flash Airlines is an Egyptian company, and Egypt has an excellent reputation in civil aviation.
France immediately carried out three inspections of Flash Airlines to see whether the company had rectified the position — excuse the word —, had taken account of the Swiss inspections.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2004/sharmelsheikh_robien.asp   (1060 words)

  
 Flash airlines - The Hindu Business Line : Airlines introduce flash rates for
The Flash Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after take-off from this Red Sea resort The Flash Airlines charter plane was carrying 134 French tourists,
The National Transportation Safety Board is assisting the Egyptian government in their investigation of the crash of a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300.
AIRLINES have introduced express or flash rates to cash in on the surge in garment exports and the scarcity of cargo space.
ibn-khaldun.findnice.net /fdn/ibn-khaldun-flash-airlines.htm   (285 words)

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