McDonnell Douglas MD-11F MSN 48780

Timeline

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-11, serial number 48780. Delivered to City Bird/Sabena on 16 Apr 1998, registered OO-CTC. Final passenger-MD-11, in service 4 May 1998, withdrawn from use 1 Mar 2001. Returned to City Bird on 1 Mar 2001. Withdrawn from use for Citybird 5 Mar 2001, ferried to Victorville 24 Mar 2001 full Sabena colours, OO-reg cancelled 29 Mar 2001, seen 29 Jul 2001 full Sabena colours stored. Re-registered with CBSA PL as P4-SWM. Seen at Victorville white no titles, identified seen 8 Nov 2001 (but see below?!, rrgd/dual registration that day?). Re-registered with CBSA PL as P4-TKB. Really?. Re-registered with BCC as P4-SWM. Ferried Victorville-Rome 15-16 Dec 2001, owned by BCC Grand Cayman Ltd by Aug 2002, seen Goodrich/Everett 17 Oct 2002 white, seen 1 Nov 2002, seen 10 Jan 2003 now full Finnair colours, seen 31 Jan 2003 now OH-LGE on nosewheel door. Operated by Finnair on 21 Feb 2003 as OH-LGE. Ferried Everett-Helsinki 21-22 Feb 2003, owned by CBSA P Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 17 Mar 2003, withdrawn from use 9 Mar 2009, seen at Helsinki, Finland 27 Mar 2009 basic colours no titles. Returned to CBSA Partners LLC (registered 17 Apr 2009) as N588BC. Cancelled 25 Aug 2009. Operated by Ethiopian Airlines Cargo on 25 Aug 2009 as ET-AND. Converted to freighter. In service 18 Sep 2009 after F-conversion at Singapore Paya Lebar Air Base, withdrawn from service 2 Feb 2015 parked Addis Ababa, ferried Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 18-19 Jul 2015 mostly white, partial tail colour scheme, due for Victorville to be broken up. Returned to CBSA Partners LLC (registered 4 Aug 2015) as N545BC. Seen at Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 30 Jul 2016 parked, US registration cancelled 21 Sep 2016 withdrawn from use Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, seen 17 Nov 2016. Current status: scrapped.