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Airbus A300B4-203
- Reg: VT-EHD full info | VT-EHD photos
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182
- Airline: Indian Airlines
- Photo Date: Mar 24, 2008
- Uploaded: Jun 28, 2008
- Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l - VABB, India
Date of Production : 26th March 1982, Date of Delivery : 27th May 1982, Engines : CF6-50C2. This was quite a special moment for me as i will be seeing an IC A300 on taxiway A4 only one more time after this. Inducted in the IC Fleet in 1976, Indian Airlines became the the first & only domestic airline in the world at that time to operate the A300's, these machines were the workhorses for their operator & they were retired from the Indian Airlines Fleet after 32 years of glorious service. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990-91, a record 111,711 Indians were airlifted from Amman in 1990 over a period of 59 days by Air India (AI) & Indian Airlines (IC) operating a total of 488 flights, The Largest Civilian Evacuation in History - still a World Record. And one of the workhorses of that operation was the IC A300.
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Date of Production : 26th March 1982, Date of Delivery : 27th May 1982, Engines : CF6-50C2. This was quite a special moment for me as i will be seeing an IC A300 on taxiway A4 only one more time after this. Inducted in the IC Fleet in 1976, Indian Airlines became the the first & only domestic airline in the world at that time to operate the A300's, these machines were the workhorses for their operator & they were retired from the Indian Airlines Fleet after 32 years of glorious service. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990-91, a record 111,711 Indians were airlifted from Amman in 1990 over a period of 59 days by Air India (AI) & Indian Airlines (IC) operating a total of 488 flights, The Largest Civilian Evacuation in History - still a World Record. And one of the workhorses of that operation was the IC A300.Camera
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- Reg: VT-EHD full info | VT-EHD photos
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Aircraft:
Airbus A300B4-203
- Airline: Indian Airlines
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Serial #:
182
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Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l - VABB
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Tremendous photo and information and fact and......everything Vishal. Very well done. I didn't know about this world record airlift. Shows how narrow my world is ;o) I photographed her from inside a BA 747 while passing through BOM in 1990 on my way to DAC. Once again very well done for capturing a piece of history.
This would rank right up there in my list of "how many times....how many time...lol! Nevertheless, i'd give anything to see these vintage warhorses in action again! Gr8 memories , Vishal!
Thank you for your detailed remarks so that we could know more about this aircraft.
