Aircraft Photo of HB-IRW | Convair 240-4 | Swissair - Swiss Air Lines | AirHistory.net #7588
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: 413
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
Aircraft Photo of HB-IRW | Convair 240-4 | Swissair - Swiss Air Lines | AirHistory.net #7588
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: 413
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