Arrived NZ for maintenance but NEPC did not pay their bills so the aircraft was seized. It was eventually broken up,

The last built Fokker 27 was delivered to Air Wisconsin in United Express colours on 28 June 1986 as N513AW. In February 1994 the aircraft was sold to Indian Airline NEPC Airlines for whom it flew until NEPC was grounded and their AOC was revoked in 1997. VT-NED ended up in Woodbourne and was broken up there during 2007, the nose section is preserved at the South Canterbury Aviation Heritage Center.

Winter evening reveals a pair of derelict F-27s parked at Coimbatore airport. The aircraft parked behind is VT-NEB c/n 10690. Chennai-based NEPC and its subsidiary Skyline NEPC went out of business in Sep 1997 after failing to pay Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).