Equatair (Equatorial Express Airlines) was an

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. The airline was on the

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History

Equatair was established in December 2004. Its predecessor, Aerolíneas de Guinea Ecuatorial, was closed by order of the government, and its

Antonov Antonov (d/b/a Antonov Company, formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov or Antonov ASTC, and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and ...

aircraft were used to create Equatair. The aircraft were subsequently involved in a fatal accident,Equatorial Guinea Net
31 August 2005 thus leaving the airline without any aircraft. In 2006, Equatair was disestablished.

Accidents and incidents

* On 16 July 2005, an Antonov 24 crashed into a mountainous area near

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, killing all 60 passengers and crew on board.

References

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