VH-OEC. Boeing 747-4H6. c/n 24836-808.


Ordered new by Malaysian Airlines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - July 27, 1990

Powered by General Electric GE CF6-80C2B1F engines

First flown as N6009F - August 8, 1990

Entered onto Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-MHN - September 1990

Registered to Malaysian Airlines System

Delivered to Malaysian Airlines - September 27, 1990

Aircraft was named 'Malacca'

Sold to Westinghouse Credit Corporation and leased back to Malaysian Airlines

Sold to Qantas Airways - November 2, 1998

Cancelled from Malaysian Aircraft Register - November 2, 1998

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OEC - November 2, 1998

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Departed Kuala Lumpur as QF6010P in full Qantas livery - November 17, 1998

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - November 17, 1998

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Los Angeles as QF11 - November 18, 1998

Aircraft initially un-named but later named 'King Island'

Registered to qantas Airways Ltd - May 14, 2005

Offered for sale having flown 79,990 hours with 9,733 cycles - ?

Operated final revenue service Sydney-Los Angeles as QF11 - November 7, 2009

Ferried Los Angeles-Victorville California for storage - November 9, 2009

Observed stored at Victorville in basic Qantas livery as VH-OEC - January 4, 2010

Offered for sale by Planemart.com having flown 81,629 hours with 9,891 cycles - ?

Observed stored at Victorville in good condition in basic Qantas livery - February 24, 2011

Sale to World Airways for conversion to freighter configuration did not eventuate

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 4, 2011

Observed at Victorville being stripped of useful parts - July 21, 2011

Final scrapping at Victorville - ?


9M-MHN. Malaysia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1994.

VH-OEC. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1999.