Douglas DC-8-63 MSN 46113

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CF-TIT ntu

History

Douglas DC-8-63, serial number 46113. Delivered to Air Canada on 12 Mar 1970, registered CF-TIU. CF-TIT not taken up. Re-registered with Air Canada on 1 Jan 1974 as C-FTIU. Std Marana AZ 6 May 1983; converted to DC8-63AF Feb 1986. Operated by Evergreen Int'l Airlines on 30 Oct 1988 as N818EV. Operated by Airborne Express on 2 Mar 1990. Re-registered with Airborne Express in Oct 1990 as N811AX. Leased to Cargoplus Avtn on 26 Dec 2006. Owned by Asian Leasing Group Ltd 26 Dec 2006, US registration cancelled 20 Mar 2007 sold to Cargoplus. Operated by Air Charter Express as 9G-AXA. Flew Sal-MST 14 May 2007, seen 15 May 2007 full colours, seen in service Malta-Luqa, Malta 28 Sep 2007, Basra-Cardiff 5 Nov 2007. Renamed Meridian Airways. Ferried Ost--Lima 20 Oct 2009 for C-check and repaint in full Meridian colours, arrived Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Oostende 18 Dec 2009, in service Sid-Amilcar 18 Dec 2009, ARN-Bangor 1 Feb 2010 Haiti relief, seen in service Stuttgart 23 Mar 2010, EU blacklisted Aug 2010, parked Ostend seen 16 Sep 2010, seen 23 May 2011 still stored, ferry out often delayed since Nov 2010, D-check, finally departed 15 Sep 2011 for Accra repossessed back in service, aircraft grounded by Ghana El Aguacate Airport 31 Dec 2013, airline looks at another country to register, stored Yaoundé Cameroon by Jan 2015. Current status: stored.