Enimex

Former airline in Estonia

Enimex

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
-	ENI	ENIMEX

Founded

1994

Ceased operations

2008

Parent company

Enimex Limited

Headquarters

Tallinn, Estonia

Website

www.enimex.ee

Enimex was an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It operated cargo and passenger charter flights, and wet lease operations worldwide. Its main base was Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport.^[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations on 26 September 1994.^[1] In March 2006, Estonia's Civil Aviation Administration cancelled the Enimex licence for passenger flights.^[2]

Fleet

During its existence, Enimex operated the following aircraft:^[1]

Antonov An-28
Antonov An-72
BAe ATP

Accidents and incidents

29 November 1999 − Antonov An-28 ES-NOF on cargo flight from Oslo to Budapest with a stop at Szczecin crashlanded on a field in Poland. No fatalities, but the airframe was written off.^[3]
23 November 2001 − ELK Airways flight 1007 operated by Enimex the Antonov AN-28 ES-NOV on the attempt to land on Kärdla Airport in bad weather crashed into trees about 1.5 km from the Airport. Of the 14 passengers and 3 crew on board, 2 passengers were killed. The investigation determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error. After a 9-year trial, a case was closed due to lack of public interest.^[4]
21 April 2002 – Antonov An-72 ES-NOP of Enimex was damaged in a hard landing at Wamena, Indonesia; a minor fire broke out. Due to the dead battery of the fire truck, some firefighters ran to the accident scene with hand-held fire extinguishers. After 20 minutes, the truck's battery was charged, but the aircraft had to be written off. There were no fatalities.^[5]
10 February 2003 − Antonov AN-28 ES-NOY on a regular cargo flight from Tallinn to Helsinki, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tallinn's Lennart Meri Airport. The aircraft came to rest about 300 meters from the runway. Two of the three crew members on board were killed.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Flight International 3 April 2007
^ Helsingin Sanomat Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 14 March 2006
^ aviation-safety.net. "Accident description". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Eesti.info". eesti.info. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^ Accident description AN-72 ES-NOP Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 28 ES-NOY Tallinn-Ulemiste Airport (TLL)". Aviation Safety Network. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ Peterson, Toomas. "Lennuõnnetus Tallinna lennuväljal". Lennuamet (in Estonian). Lennuamet. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.