Antonov An-24

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Antonov An-24
Image:Antonow an-24.jpg
An Antonov An-24 on the tarmac at the airport in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Type	Transport aircraft
Manufacturer	Antonov
Maiden flight	April 1960
Introduced	1963
Status	Active service
Primary user	Aeroflot
Produced	1963-1978
Number built	1,100
Variants	Antonov An-26 Antonov An-30 Xian Y-7

The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) by the Antonov Design Bureau. It was first flown in 1960. Over 1,000 examples were built and in 880 are still in service worldwide, mostly in the CIS and Africa. In August 2006 a total of 448 Antonov An-24 aircraft remain in airline service.<ref name="FI">Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref>

It was designed to replace veteran piston Il-14 transport on short to medium haul trips. The design of the airctaft 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 then that of many comparable airctaft. 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.

1 2006
2 Variants and design stages
3 Operators
- 3.1 Military Operators
- 3.2 Civil Operators
4 Specifications (An-24)
5 References
6 External links
7 Related content

[edit] 2006

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.<ref>Nærland, Mina Hauge. "Slovakisk militærfly styrtet", Dagbladet.no, DB Medialab, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2006-06-30. (in Norwegian)</ref>

[edit] Variants and design stages

An-24: : Original design.
An-24B: freighter
An-24T: freighter
An-24P: : firebomber
An-24V : 50-seat version.
Xian Y-7 : Chinese-built version.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Military Operators

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Congo, Cuba, Czech Republic (before 2005), East Germany, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Mali, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

[edit] 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), UT Air (17), Uzbekistan Airways (11), Yakutia Airlines (17) and Cubana de Aviación (14). Some 112 other airlines also operate smaller numbers of the type.<ref name="FI"/>

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), Pan African Air Service, Altyn Air, President Airlines, PMTair, Royal Khmer Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways Image:Antonow an24 cockpit.jpg

[edit] Specifications (An-24)

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Data from Airliners.net<ref>Lundgren, Johan (1996-2006). The Antonov An-24/26/30/32 & Xian Y-7. Airliners.net. AirNav Systems LLC. URL accessed on 2006-06-30.</ref>