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
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