McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 · 14 MSN 45842

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Remarks

Douglas ret 04.01.68

History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14, serial number 45842, line number 23. Delivered to Continental Airlines on 4 Mar 1966, registered N8961. Douglas returned 4 Jan 1968. Leased to Air California on 6 Mar 1968. Returned Apr 1969. Operated by Texas International Airlines on 1 May 1969. Merged into Continental Airlines on 31 Oct 1982. Withdrawn from use May 1983. Operated by Sunworld Airlines on 26 May 1983. Owned by International Lease Finance Corporation, owned by Sunworld 24 Mar 1986, International Lease Finance Corporation 30 Sep 1987 withdrawn from use. Operated by Midwest Express Airlines on 1 Dec 1987 as N800ME. Re-registered Mar 1988, cancelled 24 Oct 2002. Operated by Intercontinental on 24 Oct 2002 as HK-4271X. Registration repossessed Feb 2003, airline grounded 10 Jun 2004, withdrawn from use Bogota, seized 24 Feb 2005 by gvmt, seen 24 Apr 2009 withdrawn from use now as HK-4271, preserved at Bogotá, Colombia 2012 to 2017 as an instructional airframe. Relocated to the Educational Corporation Indoamericana, Bogota, Colombia during Nov 2017 for continued use as an educational airframe (4°37'37.31"N 74° 4'9.78"W). Current status: stored.