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9M-MHJ. Boeing 747-236B. c/n 22442-526.
Was also registered as: N361FC; TF-AAA.
This aircraft was built by The Boeing Company, Everett, Seattle, Washington for British Airways but was not taken up First flown at Everett (Paine Field) - May 21, 1981 It was sold to Malaysia Airline System - ? 1982 Entered onto the Malaysia Aircraft Register as 9M-MHJ - ? 1982 Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Malaysia - April 1982 It arrived at Kuala Lumpur on completion of the delivery flight - April 08, 1982 Operated its first revenue service - ? Dry-leased by Air New Zealand on behalf of Garuda Indonesia for Hadj flight to Saudi Arabia - March 1984 It arrived at Auckland in an all-white livery on completion of the ferry flight - March 21, 1984 The aircraft was reconfigured at Auckland with an all-economy class seating and painted with 'Garuda' titles Wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia for 11 weeks to operate Hadj flights to Saudi Arabia Departed Auckland on the delivery flight to Garuda Indonesia - April 15, 1994 Delivery route: Auckland - Brisbane - Kuala Lumpur - Jakarta The aircraft returned to Auckland for reconfiguration of normal seating at the end of the lease - July 1994 Ferried Auckland - Kuala Lumpur on return to MAS at the end of the lease - July 1994 The aircraft was converted to all-freighter configuration by Boeing - January 1996 It was withdrawn from service by MASkargo at Jakarta - March 2005 Sold to Omega Air Holdings LLC - March 21, 2005 Cancelled from the Malaysian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N361FC - ? Leased to Focus Air, Fort Lauderdale as the registered operator - March 21, 2005 It was withdrawn from service by Focus Air and stored at Fort Lauderdale - February 16, 2008 Sold to Atlanta Icelandic, Reykjavik, Iceland - June 01, 2008 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 01, 2008 Entered onto the Iceland Aircraft Register as TF-AAA - June 01, 2008 It was wet-leased to Cargolux - June 01, 2008 Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic at the end of the lease - July 24, 2008 Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines as the registered operator - August 12, 2008 Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic at the end of the lease - September 10, 2008 Leased to MASkargo as the registered operator - September 26, 2008 Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic at the end of the lease - April 30, 2010 Leased to Cargolux as the registered operator - June 01, 2010 Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic at the end of the lease - December 2011 Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines as the registered operator - May 01, 2012 Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic and withdrawn from service and stored at Jeddah - December 31, 2012 Ferried Jeddah - Furaijah (U.A.E.) for storage - May 09, 2013 The aircraft was mostly parted-out at Furaijah - ? The fuselage was loaded onto a barge and moved to a position off Bahrain - January 20, 2019 It was sunk off the coast of Bahrain - June 10, 2019 Cancelled from the Iceland Aircraft Rregister - ? The aircraft had flown 94,427 hours with 20,460 cycles |
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9M-MHJ. Malaysian - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1984. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4635-362.) |
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9M-MHJ. Malaysian - in the original livery with additional 'Kuala Lumpur - Los Angeles 86' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4635-853.) |