Aircraft Photo of JA8031 | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 | Japan Air Lines - JAL | AirHistory.net #613878
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:JA8031
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62
C/n (msn):45953 / 348
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
Local Operator Name:日本航空
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:6 October 1979
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 613878
Photo Comment

Delivered to Japan Air Lines as JA8031 in 1968. To Airborne Express as N807AX then to Aero Peru as OB-R1323 then OB-1323 in 1988. Returned to the lessor as N66656 in 1991. To Arrow Air in 1993 and converted to a freighter in 1994. To Digex Aero Cargo as PP-DGX in 1995. Reregistered as PP-DGP then returned to the lessor as N66656 in 1997. To Guinee Express Air as 3X-GDN in 2004. Withdrawn from use at Tripoli in 2007. Destroyed when it was set on fire during fighting in 2019.

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