Kalinga Airlines
Encyclopedia
Kalinga Airlines was a private airline
based in India
that operated until its nationalization and merger into Indian Airlines in 1953. However, several planes belonging to the airline were tracked separately until the early 1960s.
. He himself became the chief pilot of the airline.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
that operated until its nationalization and merger into Indian Airlines in 1953. However, several planes belonging to the airline were tracked separately until the early 1960s.
History
Kalinga Airlines was founded by the maverick Indian aviator, politician, and later tycoon Biju PatnaikBiju Patnaik
Biju Patnaik was an Indian politician. Also known as Biju Babu.Son of Lakshminarayan and Ashalata Patnaik, Bijayananda Patnaik was born in Cuttack, Orissa on March 5, 1916..-Role in Indonesian freedom struggle:Biju...
. He himself became the chief pilot of the airline.
Incidents and Accidents
- On September 15, 1952, a Kalinga Airlines Douglas Dakota cargo flight crashed in Wadi HalfaWadi HalfaWadi Halfa is a city in the state of Northern, in northern Sudan, on the shores of Lake Nubia . It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred from rail to ferries going down the Lake Nasser...
, SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
killing 3 crew members aboard. - On August 30, 1955, a Kalinga Airlines Douglas Dakota lifted-off prematurely in Simra, NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
in order to avoid hitting someone crossing the runway. Two of the three crew members aboard were killed.