Thread: Connie Kalitta loses another plane

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Two hull losses in two months is not good for business at all. Especially when each plane is probably running atleast 70 million dollars, minimum, to replace. You can bet the FAA will be paying his operation a visit. It will be interesting to see if anything happens. Personally, I think the two crashes being his are just coinincidental. Meaning I doubt it is something they are doing in the operation that is responsible, i.e. training of pilots, maintainence, etc.

Here's a pretty good website for that kind of information. The first said Kalitta Air and the other says Kalitta Air for Centurion. Aircraft ownership can be interesting, to say the least with shell companies, Cayman Islands and Liberian companies. Just like ships. Flags/companies of 'convenience' (read, for regulations and insurance).

http://aviation-safety.net/database/....php?Year=2008

There may be worse airports - but Bogota has to be my least favorite, right up there with La Paz and the old Hong Kong field. It's at 2700 meters altitude and planes do a major take off run. Then traffic control - nothing tightens up your case of Simon Bolivar's Revenge like looking out of the window and seeing another plane taking evasive maneuvers less then an 1/8 mile away from T-boning you