Air Tahoma

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Air Tahoma
IATA
-		 ICAO
HMA		 Callsign
TAHOMA
Founded 1995
Hubs Rickenbacker International Airport, Miami International Airport, Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, Subic Bay International Airport
Fleet size 12
Destinations
Headquarters Building 597 Rickenbacker International Airport Columbus, OH 43217
Key people Noel Rude, Bud Rude, Donna Rude, Kathy Rude
Website: http://www.airtahoma.com

Air Tahoma is an American cargo airline (Part 121) based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Noel Rude established and started operations in 1996 in San Diego then later moved to Indianapolis in 1998 and now to its present location main base Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus[1]. Air Tahoma operates contract cargo flights internationally to the Caribbean, Mexico, Vietnam, Philippines and the United States. It is subcontracted with FedEx Express.

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[edit] Routes

[edit] Fleet

The Air Tahoma fleet includes the following aircraft (as of September 2007) [1] :

[edit] Incidents and accidents

  • Air Tahoma Flight 185 crashed during approach to landing just 1 1/4 mile short of the runway at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on the 13 August 2004. The crash killed the First Officer Ray Gelwicks and the Captain received minor injuries. NTSB ruled that the crash was due to a dual engine flameout as a result of the Captain being distracted with preflight planing during the flight, Captain didn't follow proper crossfeeding prosedures, and Flight Crew didn't monitor the fuel gauges. There was sufficient fuel onboard and nothing was wrong with the aircraft systems.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 67. 
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