ANTONOV AN-140

The 'Antonov An-140' is a short-range turboprop airliner, first flown on September 17 1997. Apart from the main production line in Kharkiv, Ukraine by KSAMC, aircraft are being produced in Russia and under licence by HESA in Iran as the 'IR.AN-140'. It can carry a maximum of 52 passengers.

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Civil operators

Specifications (An-140)

Accidents

References

Notes

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Civil operators

In August 2006 a total of 11 Antonov An-140 aircraft are in airline service, with a further 16 firm orders. It is currently operated by:

Airline	In Service	On Order
Aeromist-Kharkiv	3	0
Antonov Design Bureau	3	0
Azerbaijan Airlines	2	1
Ilyich Avia	2	0
Motor Sich	1	0
Air Libya Tibesti	5	0
Samara Airlines	2	0
Yakutia Airlines	8	0
Safiran Airlines[1]	2	0

Specifications (An-140)

Accidents

The An-140 has suffered two accidents where all onboard died, one in Iran and the other in Azerbaijan. First was the pilots mistake. Second caused by ADI (Aircraft de-icer and inhibitor) failure.

References

1. Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

Notes

★ www.an140.com

★ Official webiste

★ Iran-140 Characteristics

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