Boeing 727-200F · 227 MSN 21247

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-227, serial number 21247, line number 1217, first flight 22 Jul 1976. Delivered to Braniff Airways on 27 Jul 1976, registered N446BN. Old light/lighter green colours, BRNF Liquidating 12 May 1982, N446PS Pisa, Italy early 1983 not taken up. Leased to Braniff Airways on 1 Mar 1984. Returned 19 Feb 1985. Operated by Continental Airlines on 30 May 1985 as N73751. Seen Apr 1986 onc, old registration, PALC 28 Sep 1987, TrAS 28 May 1997, First Security Bank to International Air Parts 22 Jan 1998 (operated by Continental Airlines), returned International Air Parts Jan 1999, First Security Bank 8 Feb 1999, 18 Mar 1999, seen at Tucson 25 Jun 1999 basic colours no titles, FINOVA Capital Corporation 28 Mar 2000, ferried Lake City-Goodyear 19 Sep 2001, seen 5 Oct 2001 white no titles, identified seen 4 Jul 2002, seen 10 Feb 2003, seen 4 Oct 2003. Operated by Express.net Airlines on 28 Feb 2004. Modified (*227F). Ferried GYR--Detroit Detroit-Willow Run, MI white, leased, seen in service Fort Lauderdale-International 12 Jan 2005 converted to freighter white/titles, logos seen 12 Apr 2006 Fort Lauderdale-International, stored Roswell Air Center Airport by Aug 2006. Operated by Imperial Air Cargo on 8 Aug 2006 as ZS-IAC. Departed Roswell Air Center Airport 4 Aug 2006 on delivered to Safair Cargo, US registration cancelled 9 Aug 2006, 11 Aug 2006, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 11 Jan 2007 white, "Imperial Air Cargo" titles, seen at Penza Airport 22 Aug 2007 white, titl/logos, to Safair Operations 17 Mar 2009, repossessed leased to Outsourcing for Africa CC 5 Aug 2009, but still seen with Imperial Air Cargo in full colours Cape Town International Airport 30 Nov 2010, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 17 Aug 2011, registration cancelled 31 Oct 2014. Operated by Astral Aviation as 5Y-MWM. Seen at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi titles/logo, no regi, seen in service Magdalena Airport go around (youtube video), seen in service Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa Jul 2020 billboard titles, seen in service Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai Apr 2021 added 'we shall overcome Corona virus' stickers. Re-registered with Astral Aviation on 30 Oct 2022 as EY-627. Delivered Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi to Juba International Airport 30 Oct 2022 white, 5Y-rgd, damaged Jubba (or Malakal) 28 Apr 2023, 0(300) overran on landing from Paloich evacuating people from warzone, seen in service early 2025. Current status: in service.