McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, G-DCIO / 48277, British Airways (BA / BAW)
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Registration: G-DCIO
Construction Number: 48277
Model McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Operator: British Airways (BA / BAW)
Airport: London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), UK - England
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 1992
Date Submitted: 03/04/2009
Taxying out at a frosty Gatwick, this DC10 was once 'Flora MacDonald' with British Caledonian. In British Airways service she was named 'Epping Forest', she served BA until 1999 when she was put into storage pending sale at Manchester. She went on to fly for Omni Air International and Centurian Air Cargo as N189AX. She was destroyed in a landing accident at Bogata on 28 April 2004 when she ran off the end of runway 13L. She was on a cargo flight from Miami and while attempting a landing in wet weather reportedly hit a pothole on the runway, began to skid, and came to rest in a field.
Picture ID:1166592