East African Airways Corp. (EAAC) was an airline jointly run by three countries in East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania; and Uganda, which were then part of an East African Community. The airline was headquartered in the Sadler House in Nairobi, Kenya.^[1] When this was dissolved in 1977, each country established its own national airline: Kenya Airways, Uganda Airlines; and Air Tanzania.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 Historical Fleet 3 Accidents and incidents 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: EC
• ICAO Code: JND
• Callsign: Eastaf

EAA owned and operated Douglas DC-3s and several variants such as C-47s and Canadair North Star C-4s. Later they added DeHavilland Comets and the Vickers VC10 to compete with BOAC. ^[2]

[edit] Historical Fleet

• Douglas DC-3
• C-47
• Canadair Argonauts
• de Havilland Comet 4
• Vickers Super VC10
• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
• Fokker F27 Friendship
• Douglas DC-9-32
• Boeing 707-321

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• 18 April 1972 Addis Ababa, VC-10, 43 fatalities
• 18 May 1955 Mount Kilimanjaro, 20 fatalities
• 27 April 1964 DC3 Crashed at Kilwa airport, Tanzania, 1 fatality (Captain Gene Brokensha) ^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• EAA¨s Timetables
• http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=6305

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