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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:707-3K1C
    Construction Number:20805
    Last Civil Registration:9G-IRL
    Compressed ID:Boeing 707-3K1C cn 20805 cr 9G-IRL
    Latest Owner or Location:Cargo Plus Aviation

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    Dates

    Event

    1974

    Constructed as a 707-3K1C.

    From 3 June 1974 to Circa 1995

    To Tarom with new c/r YR-ABC.

    22 August 1976


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: YR-ABC : Boeing 707-3K1C : Tarom - Climbing away from runway 06 at Glasgow

    15 May 1992


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: YR-ABC of Tarom arriving at Vienna, Austria

    February 1995

    Leased to Air Afrique.

    1997

    Leased to JARO International.

    1999

    Leased to EAS Airlines.

    27 April 2000


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Boeing 707-3K1C - YR-ABC of TAROM, At Birmingham on 27th April 2000.

    2002

    To Amako Airlines with new c/r 5N-KMA.

    2003

    To Johnsons Air with new c/r 9G-IRL.

    Circa 2004


    Photographer: Unknown

    To Race Cargo Airlines keeping c/r 9G-IRL.

    By 2005

    To Cargo Plus Aviation keeping c/r 9G-IRL.
    Operating for Ethiopian Airlines.

    19 March 2005

    Involved in an incident.
    The Boeing 707 departed Addis Abeba on a cargo flight to Lome, Togo with a scheduled refueling stop at Entebbe.The airplane was carrying 32.8 tons of cargo. It was raining as the Boeing approached Entebbe, with a visibility of about 8 km. At 10:46 the aircraft made a first attempt to land on runway 17 but the approach was abandoned. On the second attempt the pilot wanted to carry out a visual approach to runway 35 over Lake Victoria. At 10:51, the pilot reported short final and was cleared to land. It came in too low, struck a rock, broke up and crashed into Lake Victoria.


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    Terry Fletcher
    Reinhard Jost

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