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VH-EAJ |
19630 |
City
of Geelong |
VH-EAJ |
08AUG68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
VH-EAJ |
12SEP68
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First flown |
VH-EAJ |
25SEP68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. Handed over to Qantas as "City of Geelong". Departed Seattle on delivery to London. |
VH-EAJ |
01OCT68
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Departed London at 1750 as QF170/003, a migrant charter to Athens and Sydney. |
VH-EAJ |
03OCT68
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Arrived Sydney at 1610. (TT: 38:56) |
VH-EAJ |
08JAN69
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Bush fires swept across Avalon airfield while VH-EAJ and VH-EBU were on the ground in connection with crew training details. Thanks to the quick actions of aircrew and engineers, the aircraft were saved by moving them around the field to escape the fires. (Source: AHSA Journal Jan-Feb 1969) |
VH-EAJ |
26MAY69
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Arrived in Warsaw at 0925 on a migrant charter. First Qantas aircraft to land in Warsaw. |
VH-EAJ |
01JUL72
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Operated the inaugural service from Melbourne to Christchurch |
VH-EAJ |
12JUL74
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Photograph. |
VH-EAJ |
15MAY75
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Renamed "City of Broken Hill" |
VH-EAJ |
19MAR76
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Departed Sydney at 1715 to Auckland, Brisbane, Auckland & Sydney on its last service. |
VH-EAJ |
24MAR76
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Struck off Australian Register on sale to British Caledonian. (TT: 27874:01 Landings: 9387) |
G-BDSJ |
24MAR76
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Registered to British Caledonian. Named "County of Fife" |
G-BDSJ |
25MAR76
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Departed Sydney at 1300 on delivery to British Caledonian via Papeete and Miami. |
G-BDSJ |
-
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Renamed "Loch Tay" |
G-BDSJ |
15NOV78
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Leased to Nigeria Airways in BCAL colours with Nigeria titles |
G-BDSJ |
15DEC78
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Returned to BCAL |
G-BDSJ |
03JAN79
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Noted at Gatwick with a yellow tail |
G-BDSJ |
JUL79
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Noted at Gatwick in full BCAL colours. |
G-BDSJ |
08JUN80
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Noted at Heathrow operating a Kenya Airways cargo flight |
5X-UBC |
05OCT61
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Sold to Uganda Airlines |
5X-UBC |
18FEB82
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Heavy landing at Brussels. Repaired by Sabena and departed five days later |
5X-UBC |
JAN84
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Noted carrying the name "Pearl of Africa" (AL206/15). |
5X-UBC |
29MAY88
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Noted at Amsterdam with small "Leased to Ethiopian" titles (AL260/12) |
5X-UBC |
-
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Returned to Uganda Airlines |
5X-UBC |
17OCT88
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Struck a building while landing in fog at Rome. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. |
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The crew's lack of adequate preparation in the procedure for a Non Precision Approach on runway 34L at Fiumicino Airport, especially in the matter of crew coordination and altitude callouts and their continued descent beyond MDA without having located the runway visual markings. Besides, the following factors may have contributed to the cause of the accident: 1) Presumed mental and physical fatigue, accumulated by the crew during the two previous landing approaches, which were also carried out in an environmental situation that was extremely unfavourable and operationally demanding.; 2) A configuration of the Altitude Instruments, which although sufficient for the approaches that were carried out, consisted of a single radio altimeter with the acoustic warning of the MDA crossing inoperative; 3) The attention of the crew was excessively concentrated on the luminous sources along runway 34L, instead of on the instrument readings. Furthermore (...) part of the Board of Inquiry as well as the representative of the Ugandan CA, disassociated themselves from the majority, during the phase of identifying the factors that may have contributed to causing the accident." Crew: Fatalities:
7 / Occupants: 7 Source: Aviation
Safety Network |
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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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28JAN18
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Added a report on the crash from Aviation Safety Network. |
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09SEP06
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Added a reference to bush fires at Avalon on 08JAN69. |
1
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
NOTES |
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There
are four numbers in the second column of each header. These are: 1. The Constructor's Number (c/n or Manufacturer's Serial Number) 2. The Line Number (The order in which final assembly began) 3. Cumulative Line Number (The order in which the aircraft were rolled out) 4. Engineering Block Number (Customer Number) Note: During early production, the Line Number was often the same as the Cumulative Line Number. Source: "The Boeing 707 & 720" Air-Britain 1972. |
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Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |