Emery Worldwide Airlines

Emery Worldwide Airlines was the cargo airline subsidiary of U.S. based Emery Worldwide, and “one of the nation's major cargo airlines”.^[1]

Emery Worldwide Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign EB EWW EMERY
Founded	1981 (1981)
Ceased operations	December 5, 2001 (2001-12-05)
Hubs	Dayton International Airport Maastricht Aachen Airport
Fleet size	0
Parent company	CNF, Inc.
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California

History

Emery Worldwide Airlines began operations in the early 1980s with a fleet composed mainly of Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-8 freighter aircraft. It flew scheduled nighttime routes to and from Emery Worldwide’s freight sortation hub in Dayton, OH, and connecting flights to Emery's European hub in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Two of its cargo planes crashed in early 2000. Flight 17 crashed on February 16, killing its 3 crew members, and on April 26, another of its jets crash-landed in Nashville, TN. Both crashes were attributed to improper maintenance.^[2]

Following an FAA investigation that discovered more than 100 violations of safety regulations, Emery Worldwide Airlines had its planes grounded on August 13, 2001.^[3] It officially ceased operating on December 5, 2001.^[4]

At the time of its closing, Emery Worldwide Airlines operated 37 freighter aircraft,^[4] including Douglas DC-8 and DC-10 aircraft.

Fleet

An Emery Worldwide Douglas DC-8-73CF at Perth Airport in the early 1990s

An Emery Worldwide Boeing 727-200F landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in 2000

Emery Worldwide Airlines had in the past operated the following aircraft:^[5]

Emery Worldwide fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Beechcraft 1900	1	1991	1992
Boeing 727-100F	42	1981	2001
Boeing 727-200F	14	1993	2002
Cessna Citation I	1	Un­known	Un­known
Convair CV-580	11	Un­known	Un­known
Convair CV-600	3	1984	1986
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	1	1992	1994
Douglas C-47A Skytrain	1	Un­known	1977	Written off as N57131
Douglas DC-8-21F	1	1982	1984
Douglas DC-8-33F	5	1977	1985
Douglas DC-8-54AF	3	1990	1999
Douglas DC-8-55CF	2	1990	1992
Douglas DC-8-61CF	1	1982	1984	Leased Flying Tiger Line
Douglas DC-8-62AF	3	1990	2001
Douglas DC-8-62F	4	1991	2001
Douglas DC-8-63AF	3	1984	2001
Douglas DC-8-63CF	3	1985	1999
Douglas DC-8-63F	6	1985	2001
Douglas DC-8-71F	13	1994	2001	One crashed as Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17
Douglas DC-8-73AF	2	1996	2001	Transferred to Air Transport International
Douglas DC-8-73CF	12	1984	2001
Douglas DC-8-73F	1	1998	2001
Douglas DC-8-73PF	1	1994	2001
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC	8	1987	1998
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F	5	1999	2002
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F	3	2000	2002
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F	1	Un­known	Un­known	Leased from World Airways
Learjet 24	1	Un­known	Un­known
Grumman Gulfstream I	2	1979	1982

Accidents and incidents

• May 3, 1991: A Boeing 727 crew had to abort mid-takeoff roll at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut when an engine compressor disk came loose destroying the engine nacelle and severing oil, hydraulic, and fuel lines. The resulting fire consumed the plane and cargo. 3 crew members were on board. No fatalities.^[6]
• December 9, 1996: A Douglas C-47A (registered N75142) crashed on an emergency return approach to Boise Airport in Idaho, killing both crew. Contracted by Desert Air, it was on a cargo flight to its base in Salt Lake City when the starboard engine caught fire shortly after take-off and the decision was made to return to Boise.^[7][8][9]
• February 16, 2000: Flight 17, a Douglas DC-8-71F (registered N8079U) crashed on take-off on a scheduled cargo flight from Sacramento Mather Airport in California with three crew members aboard. Bound for Dayton, Ohio, the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post-crash fire; there were no survivors.^[10][11][12] The accident was caused by improper maintenance.
• April 26, 2001: A Douglas DC-8-71F (registered N8076U) landed with a left main landing gear up at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the three-member crew was not injured. Post-accident investigation found improper maintenance to the left main landing gear was at fault.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States