Aircraft Photo of RP-C1241 | Boeing 727-134 | Philippine Airlines | AirHistory.net #21638
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:RP-C1241
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 727
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 727-100 (C-22)
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-134
C/n (msn):19692 / 498
Operator Titles:Philippine Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Jakarta - Halim PerdanakusumaMap
Country:Indonesia
Airport Codes:ICAO: WIHH   IATA: HLP   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:December 1983
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 21638
Photo Comment

Taken while boarding a Garuda flight with improvised support for a time exposure, this was one of only two 727s ever registered in the Philippines until much more recent times. Ex SE-DDB and bought from Scanair in 10.81; sold to TAME as HC-BLF in 7.84. On 28.1.02 flew into the side of the Nevado el Cumbal Volcano near Ipiales in Colombia at 14,700ft, 1400ft below the summit, on a flight from Quito to Cali via Tulcán

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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