Aircraft Photo of HB-IRW | Convair 240-4 | Swissair - Swiss Air Lines

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	HB-IRW
Aircraft Original Type:	Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:	Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan)
Aircraft Version:	Convair 240-4
Operator / Titles:	Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
C/n (msn):	61

Location
City / Airport:	Manchester - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EGCC IATA: MAN Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	13 June 1954
Photo by:	R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:	7588

Photo Comment
Swissair's "Ticino" on finals to Runway 06 inbound from Zurich. Previously with KLM as PH-TEA, this aircraft crashed six days later in the English Channel, six miles off Folkestone (Kent), when it ran out of fuel. This photo was added on 13 September 2017, and has since been viewed 54 times.

Photo Comment

Swissair's "Ticino" on finals to Runway 06 inbound from Zurich. Previously with KLM as PH-TEA, this aircraft crashed six days later in the English Channel, six miles off Folkestone (Kent), when it ran out of fuel.

This photo was added on 13 September 2017, and has since been viewed 54 times.