Boeing 737 Classic · 3Q8 MSN 26283

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-3Q8, serial number 26283, line number 2383, first flight 9 Oct 1992. Delivered to TACA on 22 Oct 1992, registered N373TA. International Lease Finance Corporation, N370TA not taken up, returned International Lease Finance Corporation Apr 1998, seen 4 May 1998 Miami white, in service. Leased to Color Air on 28 May 1998 as G-COLB. Arrived East Midlands Airport 20 May 1998, to Oslo 8 Aug 1998, returned East Midlands Airport 27 Sep 1999 International Lease Finance Corporation, seen 2 Oct 1999 stored, Keflavik 11 Nov 1999, British registration cancelled 19 Nov 1999 to USA. Re-registered with ILFC on 22 Nov 1999 as N161LF. Cancelled 11 Apr 2000. Leased to Heliopolis Airlines on 21 Apr 2000 as SU-ZCE. Ferried via Ostend seen 22 Apr 2000, seen in service 6 May 2000. Returned to ILFC on 17 May 2000 as N221LF. Cancelled 10 Jul 2000. Leased to Mediterranean Airlines on 10 Jul 2000 as SU-MBA. Seen at Rhodos 9 Sep 2000 re-registered, returned International Lease Finance Corporation Jun 2001. Leased to Heliopolis Airlines on 23 Jun 2001 as SU-ZCF. Seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France as SU-ZCF still Mediter full colour scheme this date, seen at Bologna with Flash Airlines titles 22 Jul 2001, also Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 11 Aug 2001. Operated by Flash Airlines on 22 Jul 2001. 3 Jan 2004 Red Sea nr Sharm-el-Sheikh(SSH), Egypt 148(148) crashed shortly after take off into the Red Sea, seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France new colour scheme 17 Feb 2003. Current status: written off in an accident.