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Toa Airways

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Ceased operations
  
1971

Founded
  
1953

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Headquarters
  
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Toa Airways (東亜航空, Tōa Kōkū) was a Japanese airline and the predecessor of Japan Air System. Founded on November 30, 1953, it merged with Japan Domestic Airlines on May 15, 1971, to form Toa Domestic Airlines, which went on to become Japan Air System.

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Aircraft operated

  • de Havilland Dove
  • de Havilland Heron
  • Convair CV-240 family
  • Beechcraft Model 18
  • Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
  • NAMC YS-11
  • Cessna 170

    • Accidents and incidents

  • Flight 63- A NAMC YS-11A-217 crashed en route from Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. After arriving in Hakodate airspace, the plane was descending below 1800 meters when it crashed into the south face of Yokotsudake (Yokotsu Mountain). All 64 passengers and four crew on board perished. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error that followed strong winds pushing the plane off course.

    • References

    Toa Airways Wikipedia
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