VH-BZF. Boeing 767-324ER. c/n 27569-601.

Was also registered as: N569BN; N767NA; N423AX.

 

 

This aircraft was ordered by Continental Airlines but it was not taken up

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - January 1996

First flown as 'N6055X' - January 12, 1996

Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2B7F engines

Sold to GECAS for lease to Ansett International - January 29, 1996

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZF - March 04, 1996

Registered to Ansett International Ltd, Melbourne

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery on completion of the ferry flight - March 28, 1996

Ferry route: Seattle - Hilo - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains B. D. Weiler, J. W. Heagney; F/O G. Neate; Engineers M. Austin, M Seyman, L. Robinson

Operated its first international revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Jakarta as AN869 - May 06, 1996

Operated its first Sydney - Nadi - Sydney service (Captain B. Weiler) as AN801/802 - November 24, 1998

Operated the final Ansett Sydney (KIngsford Smith) - Taipei - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) service - February 12, 2000

Rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the 'Olympic Torch Relay' livery - March 28, 2000

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) for Athens to collect the Olympic flame for the 2000 Olympics - May 20, 2000

The aircraft carried the tempory name 'Inspiration'

Operated Ansett's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hong Kong service - November 01, 2000

Ferried Auckland - Sydney (Richmond) for the removal of the Olympic livery as AN4405 - May 04, 2001

Returned to service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hong Kong in the 'Starmark' livery as AN874 - May 13, 2001

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN53 - September 13, 2001

The aircraft was parked at Melbourne following the suspension of all Ansett operations - September 13, 2001

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to GECAS as AN4405 - December 12, 2001

Ferry route: Melbourne - Bangkok - Paphos (Cyprus) - Dublin

Flight crew: Captains I. Robbins, B. Rodell; F/O D. Secker; Engineer S. Seeber; GECAS B. O'Shaughnessy

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 19, 2001

The aircraft had flown 25,222 hours with 6,592 cycles

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N569BN - ? 2002

Registered to GECAS Stamford

Leased to North American Airlines Inc - August 01, 2002

Rergistered as N767NA - August 01, 2002

Registered to GECAS FSC Carpenter J Inc, Stamford

Leased to North American Airlines as the registered operator

Test flown at Dublin in the standard North American livery - August 15, 2002

Departed Dublin on the delivery to North American at New York JFK Airport - August 16, 2002

The aircraft was named 'Janice M'

Used on military charter contracts mainly covering bases in Europe, Bahrain, Diego Garcia

It was operated in a 237 'Coach Class' configuration

It was observed at Accra operating for Ghana Airways - August 27, 2004

It was observed at Malta operating for Skyservice (Canada) - October 10, 2004

Operated by LOT Polish Airlines pending delivery of their aircraft SP-LPE - June 2005

It was observed at Darwin now named 'Fulvia Zaid' in full NAA livery - May 26, 2008

It was observed withdrawn from use and stored at Everett (Paine Field) - 2012

Removed from storage and ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Miami - July 18, 2012

It was observed at Washington (Dulles) in the basic North American livery without titles - August 16, 2012

The aircraft is now un-named

Following the default on the Chapter 11 bankruptcy agreement Global Aviation Holdings decided to continue flying

Department of Defense charter flights using their North American Airlines aircraft 'N767NA' - March 31, 2014

A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted Global Aviation Holdings approval to sell its remaining operating airline to

Omni Air International Inc - May 28, 2014

Under this deal Omni was to pay Global Aviation $US 13,000,000 in cash to acquire NAA as a going concern

The aircraft was leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator - June 09, 2014

The aircraft was sold to AFS Investments, Norwalk, CT - December 02, 2014

Leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator

Registered as N423AX - March 16, 2015

Leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator

Registered to Omni Aviation Leasing LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada - June 01, 2015

Registration transferred to Omni Aviation Leasing LLC, Tulsa - December 05, 2015

The aircraft sustained major damage whilst landing at Bucharest (Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu) - August 28, 2020

It was operating a charter flight Kabul (Hamid Karzai) - Bucharest - Washington DC as OY-703

During the landing roll on Runway 07 (12:00 UTC) the port main landing gear collapsed

The aircraft skidded for over 1,000 metres before stopping

Emergency cabin evacuation proceedures were implemented with 49 passengers and 11 crew safely evacuated

Due to the extensive damage it is expected that the aircraft will be declared a write-off

 

 

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-015.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1996.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1998.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-244.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 2000.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-012.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Brisbane Airport, May 2000.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2000.

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VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2000.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-011.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-010.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 2000.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-692.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 2001.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-193.)

VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2001.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-564.)

N767NA. North American - 'Janice M' in the standard livery at New York Kennedy International Airport, November 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-007.)