2 results found
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
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:November 1953 to March 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:829751Submit Correction
View count: 103
Ex PH-TEA of KLM. The aircraft was only with Swissair for seven months, ditching off Folkestone on 19 June 1954 due to fuel exhaustion, with the pilots blamed for negligence. Three occupants drowned. Here the aircraft name Ticino is not applied yet. The christening took place in March 1954. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
Registration / Serial:HB-IRW
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:November 1953 to March 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:November 1953 to March 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:829751Submit Correction
View count: 103
Ex PH-TEA of KLM. The aircraft was only with Swissair for seven months, ditching off Folkestone on 19 June 1954 due to fuel exhaustion, with the pilots blamed for negligence. Three occupants drowned. Here the aircraft name Ticino is not applied yet. The christening took place in March 1954. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
Registration / Serial:HB-IRW
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:November 1953 to March 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Ticino
City / Airport:Manchester - International (EGCC / MAN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:7588Submit Correction
View count: 592
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.
Registration / Serial:HB-IRW
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Manchester - International (EGCC / MAN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
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
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Ticino
City / Airport:Manchester - International (EGCC / MAN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:7588Submit Correction
View count: 592
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.
Registration / Serial:HB-IRW
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):61
Operator Titles:Swissair - Swiss Air Lines
City / Airport:Manchester - International (EGCC / MAN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield