Aircraft Photo of YS-05C | Douglas DC-6B(F) | AESA - Aerolíneas El Salvador | AirHistory.net #163
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:YS-05C
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45537 / 1028
Operator Titles:AESA - Aerolíneas El Salvador
Location
City / Airport:Miami - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMIA   IATA: MIA   Local: MIA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:24 October 1986
Photo by:Aad van der Voet
Photo ID: 163
Photo Comment

With engine no.3 shut down, prop feathered, AESA's venerable workhorse YS-05C is seen here on another one of Miami's routine three-engined arrivals. Less than two years later, on June 29, 1988, this aircraft crashed at Comalapa, El Salvador, during take-off for yet another flight to Miami.

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