Boeing 727-200F · 2Q9 MSN 21931

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-2Q9, serial number 21931, line number 1531, first flight 20 Sep 1979. Delivered to Avianca on 21 Dec 1979, registered N202AV. Owned by Bavaria Aircraft Leasing Jan 1989. Sub-leased to SAM on 1 May 1992. Withdrawn from use seen 21 Nov 1992 fc/sBOG full colours, seen parked Cincinn. 1 Nov 1994, Miami 2 Nov 1994. Operated by DHL Airways (registered Nov 1994) as N741DH. Modified (*2Q9F). Converted Jan 1995, seen at Miami International Airport 7 Feb 1995 nw registration, seen in service Manchester-Boston Regional Airport 26 Apr 2006 new colours, seen at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport 2 Apr 2009 stored, ferried to Kingman Airport 20 Jul 2009, seen 22 Sep 2009 full colours, ASTAR to Air Capital Group Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 12 Jul 2010, ferried Kingman Airport to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport 14 Jul 2010, seen 10 Nov 2010 white, seen 19 Feb 2011 intact, offered for sale (myairlease.com) Mar 2011, 5Y-GMB Aerospace Consortium not taken up, US registration cancelled 8 Sep 2011. Operated by SK International Group Ltd on 8 Sep 2011 as ZS-IRE. Ferried OPF-Bridgetown 6 Sep 2011 white, seen at Lanseria 17 Sep 2011 still painted as N741DH white. Operated by SkyLink Arabia-SKA Group. Seen at Lanseria, South Africa white, Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane titles, ferried Baghdad-IST-Aswan 17-18 Oct 2012 after lease, seen stored Lanseria 17 Mar 2014, seen in service Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai 16 Jul 2015 white, Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane logos, repossessed transferred to Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane Air Uganda at Sep 2016. Operated by SKA Group as 5X-IRE. Ferried Mauritius-Entebbe 25 Oct 2016 white, Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane titles. Operated by Safe Air Cargo as 5Y-IRE. 31 Mar 2024 Malakal Airport, South Sudan 0(7), crashed into damaged MD-80 of African Express on landing, broke in several pieces / seen at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, grounded 31 Oct 2019 after safety concerns but seen in service 2020 and 2021 full colour scheme. Current status: written off in an accident.