Aircraft Photo of N708A | Douglas DC-6B | Aramco | AirHistory.net #458208
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N708A
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):43559 / 251
Operator Titles:Aramco
Location
City / Airport:Glasgow - PrestwickMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGPK   IATA: PIK   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 December 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID: 458208
Photo Comment

Built in 1952 and supposedly named The Flying Camel, but no sign of that here. In August 1961 it became SE-BDY with Transair Sweden who leased it to the United Nations. On 18 September 1961 it was destroyed when it flew into terrain on approach to Ndola, Zambia (FLND) while carrying the then UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld.

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