VH-INU Douglas DC-6B

Delivered new to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-INU - December 16, 1954

Accepted by A.N.A. and departed Los Angeles on delivery flight - February 27, 1955

Delivery route was Los Angeles-San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi, arriving Melbourne - March 3, 1955

Aircraft was named 'Kwinana' (pretty maiden)

Originally configured with 58 first class seats, later changed to 60 seats

Entered service with A.N.A. - March 9, 1955

Established new Adelaide-Perth record of 4 hours - April 13, 1955

Leased to T.A.A. - February 26, 1960 to August 29, 1966

Entered service with T.A.A. - March 7, 1960

Sub-leased to T.E.A.L. - 1960

Operated its final service with T.A.A. - August 14, 1966

Returned to Ansett-ANA & placed in storage at Melbourne's Essendon Airport - August 29, 1966

Returned to service with Ansett-ANA following loss of Viscount VH-RMI - September 1966

Chartered to Qantas for use on Norfolk Island route due pilots strike - November 28, 1966

Withdrawn from service & returned to storage at Essendon Airport - May 11, 1967

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taipei - December 15, 1967

Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) via Australian Aircraft Sales - December 18, 1967

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 18, 1967

Aircraft was reregistered B-2005

Leased to Air Vietnam - June 1968

Aircraft crashed into a school at Nha Trang, near Saigon, Vietnam - December 22, 1969

Crash was caused by the detonation of an explosive device in the cabin resulting in damaged hydraulics

Aircraft overshot runway during landing and was destroyed, killing many


VH-INU. Australian National Airways - in their last color scheme at Melbourne Airport. (Image 1125-300. B. Colledge Photograph)

VH-INU. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. (Image 1125-161. B. Dannecker Collection)	VH-INU. T.A.A. - in full Ansett-ANA livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1960. (Image 1125-131. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-INU. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, date unknown. (Image 1125-066. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-INU. Ansett-ANA - returned following end of lease at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1966. (Image 1125-427. G. Bennett Collection)	VH-INU. Ansett-ANA - returned following end of lease at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1966. (Image 1125-428. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-INU. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 1125-162. B. Dannecker Collection)	VH-INU. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 1125-425. B. Dannecker Collection)