VH-MMB. Fokker F.27-3026. c/n 10186.
First flown as PH-FDA - September 18, 1961
Delivered new to Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH - LTU - as D-BAKU - November 16, 1961
Sold to Fokker BV - becoming PH-FSG - December 1, 1966
Leased to Luxair - January 20, 1967 to September 30, 1967
Sold to L.T.U. - becoming D-BAKU - November 24, 1967
Leased to Sobelair - Sabena - April 17, 1968 to October 16, 1968
Leased to Interregional IFG - January 1, 1969
Leased to Sobelair - Sabena - March 1, 1969 to May 27, 1969
Sold to Fokker - becoming PH-FSG - May 27, 1969
Stored at Woensdrecht - May 1969 to August 1970
Sold to Ansett Transport Industries for M.M.A.
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMB - August 4, 1970
Delivered to M.M.A. at Perth - August 10, 1970
Entered service with M.M.A. - August 18, 1970
Withdrawn from M.M.A. service - March 7, 1971
Sold to East West Airlines - via Fokker - March 16, 1971
Delivered to East West at Tamworth - March 15, 1971
Aircraft was named 'City of Taree'
Entered service with East West Airlines - April 1, 1971
Sold to Air Executive, Norway - becoming LN-LPH - July 13, 1978
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 4, 1978
Transferred to Busy Bee A/S - September 1, 1980
Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle - May 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987
Sold to Schreiner Airways BV - becoming PH-SFE - December 31, 1987Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle - January 1, 1988 to May 31, 1988
Leased to Nationale Luchtvaart School (N.L.S.) for use as training aircraft - December 16, 1988
Sold to Air West, Sudan - becoming ST-AWA - January 10, 1993
Force landed 174 km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia due fuel exhaustion - March 23, 1993
No fatalities and aircraft subsequently scrapped
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PH-FSG. MMA - in the 'delta' livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, August 1970. (Image 1999-398. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, July 1977. (Image 1999-622. E. D. Daw Collection) |
VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, August 1977. (Image 1999-039. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978. (Image 1999-187. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978. (Image 1999-982. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MMB. BusyBee - in the basic East West livery at Darwin Airport, July 1978. (Image 1999-623. E. D. Daw Collection) |
LN-NPH. BusyBee - in its full livery at unknown airport, April 1982. (Image 1999-010. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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PH-SFE. Schreiner International Air Training - in its full livery at unknown airport, June 1989. (Image 1999-187. R. N. Smith Collection) |
PH-SFE. Nationale Luchtvaart School - in its full livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, June 1989. (Image 1999-132. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 1993. (Image 1999-122. R. N. Smith Collection) |
PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 1993. (Image 1999-813. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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