A real work-horse that looks as if it has been ridden hard and put away wet! Outbound after being loaded up with freight (Photo ID: 535200) and here back-tracking for departure off the roller-coaster runway at CYPL. I straightened this photo on a microwave tower in the background so the slope is not an editing error. The official gradient is 0.81%, but this portion is over three times that. The 748 disappeared over the crest of the hill then came thundering back a few minutes later with the Dart engines howling - very impressive.

Delivered new in 1981 to Air Niger and imported in 1991. Here use is being made of the LFD (large freight door) to load up bulky freight for delivery to some northern airstrip. Exported as SE-LIC in 1998 and wrecked as 5Y-BVQ on 14 November 2014 in South Sudan. (Note this is the second use of C-FKTL on a 748. The first was c/n 1613 which burned on the ground while unloading bulk fuel in 1991.)

Ex-C-FKTL, 5U-BAS, G-11-20. Later 5Y-BVQ. Written off 14-Nov-2014 at Panyagor Airstrip, South Sudan

ex G-11-20, 5U-BAS, C-FKTL. Became 5Y-BVQ, crashed 14 November 2014 on approach to Panyagor Airstrip, South Sudan

Ex-C-FKTL, 5U-BAS, G-11-20. Later 5Y-BVQ. Crashed in South Sudan 2014

Ex-C-FKTL, 5U-BAS, G-11-20. Later 5Y-BVQ. Crashed in South Sudan 2014

Delivered to Air Niger as 5U-BAS in 1982. To Kelner Arways as C-FKTL in 1991. Renamed Wasaya Airways in 1992. To West Air Sweden as SE-LIC in 1998 then to 748 Air Services as 5Y-BVQ in 2008. Crashed in South Sudan in 2014.