Boeing 747-300 · 306 MSN 23056

Timeline

History

Boeing 747-306, serial number 23056, line number 587, first flight 15 Sep 1983. Delivered to KLM on 30 Sep 1983, registered N4548M. Re-registered with KLM on 24 Jan 1991 as PH-BUU. Temporary withdrawn from use, returned i.s. 7 Mar 2002, withdrawn from use Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 27 Oct 2003, seen at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands Phuket Air full colour scheme 11 Nov 2003, Phuket Airlines not taken up, ferried to Phoenix Goodyear Airport and stored 27 Dec 2003, PH-reg cancelled to USA 9 Jan 2004. Operated by NAMC on 9 Jan 2004 as N230MR. Seen 28 Mar 2004, owned by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 17 Sep 2004, ferried to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu, Oahu bound for Jakarta white colour scheme 22 Sep 2004. Leased to Phuket Airlines on 20 Oct 2004 as HS-VAC. Seen at Don Muang stored 6 Oct 2005, tail painted Saudia colour scheme for Hadj end-10.05, seen at Muscat 14 Jan 2006. Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines in Dec 2005. Seen at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah "Hajj pilgrim flights" colour scheme 8 Jan 2006, seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta stored Saudia colour scheme 27 Feb 2006. Operated by Thai Star Airlines on 29 Mar 2007 as HS-TSA. HS-reg cancelled unknown registration 3 Aug 2007. Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines on 3 Aug 2007 as HS-VAC. Owned by Phuket Airlines, seen at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah in service 30 Nov 2007. Returned to Phuket Airlines on 1 Feb 2009. Arrived at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok this date, seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta 16 Jun 2009, seen at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran 14 Aug 2009, damaged while used by Saudi Arabian at Cairo (CAVU Aerospace Inc), Egypt 17 Jul 2010, seen withdrawn from use 6 May 2015, broken up 15. Current status: scrapped.