Aircraft Photo of N440DS | Boeing 720-060B | Ethiopian Airlines | AirHistory.net #876347
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N440DS
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-060B
C/n (msn):18977 / 442
Operator Titles:(Ethiopian Airlines)
Local Operator Name:የኢትዮጵያ
Location
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal AirparkMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMZJ   IATA: MZJ   Local: MZJ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:4 November 1988
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 876347
Photo Comment

Delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in September 1965 as ET-ABP. Leased to MEA for two years from 1966. Hijack incident between Addis Ababa and Asmara on 8th December 1972. Sold to AAR Corp as N440DS and stored at Marana from January 1988. Bought by the Hughes Aircraft Co in March 1989 and registered N7381 in February 1990 for use as an airborne infrared measurement system testbed named "Embraceable Annie". To Raytheon in April 1988 and Texas Turbine Group in September that year. Broken. up at Mojave in October 2023

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