SAHSA

SAHSA (Servicio Aéreo de Honduras, S.A.) is an extinct Honduran airline founded on October 8, 1945 and its last flight would be in 1994, the same as TAN Airlines (Transportes Aéreos Nacionales)., the other Honduran flag carrier.

History

SAHSA was initially established as a national airline operating local flights with Douglas DC-2 and Douglas DC-3 aircraft, its initial routes were Tegucigalpa-Comayagua-San Pedro Sula-Puerto Cortés-La Ceiba and vice versa, later Tegucigalpa-Marcala -La Esperanza-Erandique-Gracias-Santa Rosa de Copán-Ocotepeque-Santa Bárbara-San Pedro Sula and vice versa. The flight equipment was changed in the 70s by Convair 340-440 and 580, later the Electra and Dash-7 were introduced. SAHSA was the first Central American company to purchase a Jet aircraft from the Boeing factory in the mid-1970s, since TAN, the other Honduran company, operated a jet owned by LANICA Airlines.

Routes

SAHSA began to operate international routes such as Tegucigalpa-San Salvador, San Pedro Sula-Belize, Tegucigalpa-San Andrés Island (Colombia)-Panama, Tegucigalpa-Guatemala, Tegucigalpa-San José, Costa Rica

The acquisition of its first jet allowed SAHSA to reform its routes and operate from Panama-San José-Managua-Tegucigalpa-San Pedro Sula-Belize-New Orleans and vice versa; Tegucigalpa-San Salvador-Guatemala and vice versa; Tegucigalpa-San Pedro Sula-Belize-Houston and vice versa; while TAN did it from Miami to San Pedro Sula-Tegucigalpa-Mexico and vice versa. SAHSA subsequently acquired Boeing 727 type aircraft to expand its fleet, where one of them (N88705) had an accident that caused the death of 131 people (Flight 414), thus creating a security crisis.

Lockheed L-188 SAHSA Electra Loading in Miami

Former Destinations

Ancient destinations of SAHSA

Countries	Destinations	Airports
Nationals (1 country, 12 destinations)
HondurasHonduras	Comayagua	Comayagua International Airport
	Erandique	Erandique Airport
	Thank you.	Thank you airfield
	La Ceiba	International Airport
	The Hope	Aerodrome of La Esperanza
	Mark it.	Marcala airfield
	Ocotepe	Ocotepeque Airport
	Puerto Cortés	Puerto Cortés airfield
	Barbara	Santa Barbara Airfield
	San Pedro Sula	Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport
	Santa Rosa de Copán	Santa Rosa de Copán Airport
	Tegucigalpa	Toncon International Airport
International (8 countries, 9 destinations)
BelizeBelize	Belize City	Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
ColombiaColombia	Island of San Andrés	International Airport Gustavo Rojas Pinillas
Costa RicaCosta Rica	San José	Juan Santamaría International Airport
El SalvadorEl Salvador	San Salvador	International Airport of El Salvador
United States	Houston	Houston Intercontinental Airport
	New Orleans	Louis Armstrong International Airport
GuatemalaGuatemala	Guatemala City	La Aurora International Airport
NicaraguaNicaragua	Managua	International Airport Augusto C. Sandino
Panama Panama	Panama City	International Airport of Tocumen

SAHSA's Boeing 727 in Miami

Old Fleet

SAHSA's Boeing 737-200 in Miami

Incidents and accidents

• On June 2, 1953, a Douglas C-47 (HR-SAD) left the airfield in the municipality of Concepción, Copán, and impacted on surrounding housing. The plane was repaired and serviced years later.

• On June 7, 1962, a Curtiss C-46 Commando (HR-SAL) in cargo flight, during the landing in Toncontín the left landing gear broke. Both crew members survived but the plane was damaged without repair.

• El 20 de febrero de 1967, Flight 203 de SAHSA, un Douglas DC-6 (HR-SAS) tuvo un accident en el Aeropuerto internacional de Toncontín, debido a un sentencia de los reversibles durante el frenado, dos rilantas del tren principal se sobre calon y el alto zacate se incendió, el viraje del aire se hecho para evitar un mal mayor y el fuego no se puede que evitarn

• On 13 September 1969, a Douglas DC-3 was abducted at Comalapa International Airport. The abduction lasted less than one day and there were no fatalities.

• On November 25, 1969, a Douglas DC-3 (HR-ANA) crashed as he tried to land on track 01 in Toncontín, strong wind bursts pushed the aircraft into the terminal buildings, the crew managed to avoid collision with the buildings and crashed on one side of the track. All 15 passengers and 3 crew members survived.

• On May 28, 1980, a Douglas DC-3 (HR-SAC) was damaged without repair when part of his landing gear hit a wall as he approached Utila Airport in Honduras.

• On January 8, 1981, a Lockheed L-188 Electra (HR-SAW) crashed into Guatemala City, while flying to Tegucigalpa for necessary repairs, the plane took off with only three engines and one of the electrical generators that worked badly, shortly after taking off the plane loses hydraulic pressure and tries to return to La Aurora International Airport, but lost 1

• On March 27, 1981, a Boeing 737-200 was kidnapped and redirected to Managua, Nicaragua where a couple of kidnappers were dropped and then flew to Panama where President Torrijos made the negotiations to free the SAHSA plane. The kidnappers negotiated with Torrijos in Panama and flew to Havana, Cuba, kidnapping without mortal victims.

• On October 21, 1989, TAN-SAHSA's 414 flight, a Boeing 727-200 (N88705) crashed into the "Hula Lock" after an unsuccessful approach to Toncontin Airport killing 127 people, surviving 15.

• On March 18, 1990, a SAHSA Douglas DC-3 (HR-SAZ) got off the track at the landing at Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport, Roatan and ended at sea. The plane, carrying out a regular national passenger flight, was damaged without repair, but all 32 people on board survived.

• On 17 November 1991, a Boeing 737-200 (EI-CBL) forcefully landed on the right main train at Juan Santamaría International Airport and left the track, of the 46 occupants 15 were illiterate.

• On July 18, 1993, a Boeing 737-200 (N501SH) was damaged without the possibility of repair during a forced landing at Managua airport, in Nicaragua the aircraft spilled right, off the track. The nose landing gear collapsed and both engines were ripped off. The plane posed 200 feet to the right of the track.

Douglas DC-3 of SAHSA in La Ceiba