Aircraft Photo of G-BLKB | Boeing 737-3T5 | Orion Airways | AirHistory.net #619353
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-BLKB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 737
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 737-300
Aircraft Version:Boeing 737-3T5
C/n (msn):23060 / 1069
Operator Titles:Orion Airways
Location
City / Airport:Nottingham - East MidlandsMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGNX   IATA: EMA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:26 April 1985
Photo by:Kerry Taylor
Photo ID: 619353
Photo Comment

Seen from the viewing deck at East Midlands this was the first 737-300 delivered to the UK. Delivered new to Orion Airways as G-BLKB on 29 Jan 1985. Merged into Britannia Airways on 26 Jan 1989. To Morris International Airways as N753MA on 11 Apr 1993. To Southwest Airlines as N668SW on 10 Jun 1994. W/O at Burbank on 05 Mar 2000 when it overran the runway, went through a fence and ended up on the freeway after landing halfway down the runway in wet weather.

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