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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-373C
    Construction Number:18707
    Last Civil Registration:HK-2401-X
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-373C cn 18707 cr HK-2401...
    Latest Owner or Location:TAMPA Cargo

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 707-373C.

    26 September 1963

    To World Airways with new c/r N375WA.

    February 1971

    To Britannia Airways with new c/r G-AYSI.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Manchester Airport UK

    April 1973

    To British Caledonian keeping c/r G-AYSI.

    From June 1976 to August 1976

    Leased to Singapore Airlines.

    2 March 1979


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: At Manchester Airport

    March 1980

    To International Air Leases with new c/r N3751Y.

    April 1980

    To TAMPA Cargo with new c/r HK-2401-X.

    June 1980


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Boeing 707-373C HK-2401X of Tampa, at Miami in June 1980. Still wearing British Caledonian livery.

    14 December 1983

    Destroyed in a crash.
    In the morning of December 14, 1983, the TAMPA Boeing 707 freighter departed Medellin on a cargo flight to Miami (MIA). During departure the no. 4 engine suffered FOD damage. The flight returned to Medellin. It was decided to ferry the aircraft to Miami for repairs. That afternoon the airplane took off again with the no. 4 engine operating at idle power. During takeoff the no. 3 engine failed. The 707 banked steeply, struck powerlines and crashed into some factories.
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