| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-RME |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 767 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 767-200 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 767-277 |
| C/n (msn): | 22693 / 28 |
| Operator Titles: | Ansett |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | January 1985 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 26013 |
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Ansett's 767s were unique in they retained the three-crew cockpit (two pilots and a flight engineer) of the original design. Other buyers took advantage of Boeing's new glass cockpit to have two pilots only. VH-RME was finally converted to two-crew in 1998. In April 2001 it became one of the Ansett aircraft grounded by authorities for non-compliance, the first real sign the airline was in trouble. It re-entered service a month later but was under heavy maintenance when Ansett ceased operations in September. The work was never finished and -RME was scrapped at Melbourne in 2003. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 December 2017, and has since been viewed 201 times. |