Tristar Air was an

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cargo airline headquartered in

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with its base at

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History

The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in September that year. It was owned by the Messeh family; Sobhy Abd El Messeh (98%), Sabry Botros Messeh (1%), and Fortunee Botros Messeh (1%) and employed 80 staff. On 12 October 2015, the airline lost its only aircraft in the accident mentioned below and was forced to suspend all operations subsequently.ch-aviation.com - Egypt's Tristar Air loses only aircraft in Somali crash
14 October 2015

Destinations

The airline operated scheduled cargo services linking

with

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in addition to cargo charter flights to various destinations.

Fleet

As of 15 October 2015, Tristar Air did no longer operate any aircraft. Previously it owned one single

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Accidents and incidents

* On 12 October 2015, a Tristar Air Airbus A300-B4F was forced to land on a road near

Aden Adde International Airport Aden Adde International Airport ( so, Garoonka Caalamiga Ee Aadan Cadde, ar, مطار آدم عدي الدولي) , formerly known as Mogadishu International Airport, is an international airport serving Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. I ...

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. Somali Authorities reported the aircraft had attempted several approaches to the airport but had gone around each time because the flight crew lost visual reference to the runway. The flight departed late from Cairo, and as a consequence reached Moghadishu after sunset. The airfield does not have runway lights and is closed from sunset until sunrise. After several attempts, the flight had run out of fuel, making the emergency landing necessary. Of the six people on board the cargo flight incoming from

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, two received minor injuries in the landing while the aircraft sustained substantial damage beyond economic repair.- avherald.com - Tristar A30B at Mogadishu on Oct 12th 2015, forced landing off airport
12 October 2015

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tristar Air Defunct airlines of Egypt Airlines established in 1998 Airlines disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Egypt Egyptian companies established in 1998