| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-ASGN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers VC10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers VC10/Super VC10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers Super VC10 Srs1151 |
| C/n (msn): | 864 |
| Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Manchester - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGCC IATA: MAN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1969 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 783734 |
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First flown 1 May 1968, delivered to BOAC 7 May. Hijacked 9 September 1970 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after leaving Bahrain for Beirut while operating flight BA775 from Bombay to London. Flown to Dawson's Field, Jordan after refuelling at Beirut. 12 September 1970 destroyed at Dawson's Field along with Swissair DC-8-53 HB-IDD, TWA Boeing 707-331B N8715T, and Pan Am Boeing 747-121 N752PA. Seen here at Manchester-Ringway on a Heathrow diversion. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 27 February 2025, and has since been viewed 94 times. |