Despite all the past and present problems, the airport has a very good
safety record. There were no accidents with fatalities in the
Chernovtsy airport, and two accidents (both bad) involving flights
originated in Chernovtsy (in 1938 and 1976):
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19380722-0
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761217-0
Iosif
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:51 PM, cornel fleming
<cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> The runway has recently been lengthened and upgraded to be able to take big
> modern aircraft and is in tip-top condition. Any damage caused in 1941 has
> long since disappeared!!! Cornel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-75451248-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-75451248-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Miriam Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 10:38 PM
> To: Jacob Greenberg
> Cc: HARDY BREIER; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Cernowitz airport
>
> I have no idea who or what plane flew into Chernivtsi airport in 2006.
> The Carpatair planes which fly in and out are fine.
> In June or 1941, one of the first attacks of operation "Barbarosa"
> was the bombing of the Czernowitz airport by the German Luftwafe.
> If this caused craters in the runways, they have been repaired.
>
> Mimi
>
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