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VH-CZG. Douglas DC-9-31. c/n 47501-572.
First of three additional airframes ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1968 First flown - February 1970 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZG - February 13, 1970 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - February 13, 1970 Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Australia - February 14, 1970 Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport on completion of the delivery flight - February 17, 1970 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Essendon) - February 18, 1970 Delivery route: Long Beach - Honolulu - Pago Pago - Nadi - Tontouta - Sydney - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains A. Lane, P. Barson, N. F. Schmidt; Navigator B. S. McEwen Operated first revenue service - February 20, 1970 Involved in an attempted highjacking at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport - May 14, 1970 Young male passenger entered the cockpit armed with a toy gun and demanded they depart immediately Passengers were evacuated via the rear stairs without knowing about the drama Highjacker left the aircraft after some 30 minutes and was subsequently arrested and charged Operated final revenue service Adelaide - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - February 05, 1982 Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport having flown 30,452 hours Prepared for sale to Midway Airlines - March 1982 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States - March 22, 1982 Ferry route: Melbourne - Nadi - Pago Pago - Hilo - Seattle - Amarillo - St Petersburg/Clearwater Flight crew: Captains F. Boomsma, A. Gloster; Engineers R. Watson, P. Reed Sold to Midway Airlines Inc Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N936ML - May 01, 1982 Registered to Midway Airlines Inc Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 04, 1982 Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to United States standards Sold to Seventh HFC Leasing Corp - August 1984 Sold to Pegasus Capital Corp (Pegasus Aircraft Partners) - May 1990 Lease terminated by Midway Airlines and returned to Pegasus - March 27, 1991 Intended sale to AAA Airlines (Aust) for use on proposed Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane shuttle did not eventuate Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee - July 31, 1992 Leased to Aeronaves de Mexico SA t/a Aeromexico as the registered operator Aircraft destroyed at General Lucio Blanco Airport, Reynosa, Mexico - October 06, 2000 Was operating Aeromexico Flight 250 from Mexico City - Reynosa - Matamosa Carrying 83 passengers and 5 crew it overran the wet runway on landing It crashed through some houses and ended up in a ditch, breaking its back, subsequently it was declared a write-off The captain had more than 10,300 flight hours and had landed at this airport numerous times For more information regarding this accident click 'HERE' Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 29, 2001 Aircraft was scrapped at Reynosa |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-195.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-196.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-197.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-204.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-205.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-198.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-083.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-199.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-200.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-201.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-202.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-203.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-206.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-207.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-208.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1981. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-209.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1981. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-536.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1982. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-537.) |
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VH-CZG. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1982. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-538.) |
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N936ML. Midway - in the original livery at an unknown airport, December 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-327.) |
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N936ML. Midway Metrolink - in the standard livery at Chicago Airport, date unknown. (G. Bennett Collection Copyright Image 1135-467.) |
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N936ML. Aeromexico - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-328.) |