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AP-BCL |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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586 |
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Registration Date: |
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1985 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Boeing 747-217B |
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Construction Number: |
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20929 |
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Line Number: |
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247 |
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Year Built: |
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1974 |
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SelCal Code: |
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First Flight: |
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November 15, 1974 |
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Test Flight Registration: |
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Delivery Date: |
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Aircraft Name: |
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"City of Quetta" |
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Previous Registration: |
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C-FCRE |
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Previous Operator: |
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CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) |
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Fate: |
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Next Registration: |
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9L-LOR |
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Next Operator: |
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Orange Air |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 20929. First flight
November 15, 1974. Registered in Canada as C-FCRE for CP Air
(Canadian Pacific Air Lines). Delivered to CP Air on
December 2, 1974. CP Air aircraft tail number 744. Aircraft
named "Empress of Italy". To PIA, December 18, 1985.
Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCL. In 1997, aircraft named
"City of Quetta" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of
independence. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 1999 and stored
at Karachi Airport. Aircraft reactivated and returned to
service. Aircraft withdrawn from use. Registration AP-BCL
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on October 29, 2005.
Sold to Orange Air, November 2005. Registered in Sierra
Leone as 9L-LOR, January 2, 2006. Registered in United
States of America (USA) as N899TH. Leased out to Orient Thai
Airlines, January 10, 2007. Derelict at U-Tapao Airport in
Thailand in February 2007. Broken up 2011/2012. |
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Photo: |
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Boeing
747-217B
(Abbas Ali
Collection) |
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Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCL) |
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