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SU-BCA_1983-09_MUC_1600_WH

 

Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

September 1983

 

SU-BCA "Horus"

Airbus A300B4-203

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EgyptAir

 

SU-BCA is taxiing to Riem’s runway 25 for take-off. This Airbus was last noted at Riem on 11 September 1997, ten days before it crashed at Luxor, Egypt.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Richard Vandervord:

Delivered September 1980, w/o 21st September 1987 during a training session at Luxor when it touched down too late and crashed off end of runway, in the process recording the first fatal Airbus accident (all five on board were killed).

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=61426

 

SU-BCA with EgyptAir at ORY ca. early 1980s (starboard side view):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/43916790050

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Taken in September 1983