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Peter Agatsiotis
3rd April 2011, 07:26 AM
Just for a change Asiana have sent in B744 HL7423 today on OZ601.
Grahame Hutchison
3rd April 2011, 12:07 PM
According to ACARS, the Asiana 601/602 services were operated by a B747 today. Is this pickup correct ??

HL7423 OZ0601 03/04/2011 07:10 Asiana Airlines B747-48E Incheon(Seoul)-Sydney
HL7423 OZ0602 03/04/2011 09:46 Asiana Airlines B747-48E Sydney-Incheon(Seoul)
Julian L
3rd April 2011, 10:32 PM
Yup Asiana was operated by a 744, (HL7423).
Tony G
3rd April 2011, 11:21 PM
In this situation, would they have planned for this in advance and flown a 744 crew a day earlier to fly the return flight, or just augment with crew on board.
Jacob P
5th April 2011, 11:41 AM
Hye guys aircraft will be in again on the 24th of April.
This 747 is actually a combi version only carries 299 PAX.
Ian Garton
5th April 2011, 06:46 PM
Interesting that it's a combi. I thought these were prohibited after The Helderberg?
Jacob P
5th April 2011, 07:52 PM
Hi Ian,

just wondering what happened in Helderberg?
AdamB
5th April 2011, 08:27 PM
The Helderberg was a SAA 747-200 combi that crashed as a result of an uncontrollable fire killing all 159 people onboard. It has long been suspected that the aircraft was illegally carrying weapons and/or rocket fuel propellant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295
Kent Broadhead
6th April 2011, 08:41 AM
Interesting that it's a combi. I thought these were prohibited after The Helderberg?
No new builds, as the nature of the safety requirements makes them uneconomic. KLM still has 5 744Ms - I didn't realise Asiana had them as well
Dave Dale
6th April 2011, 08:53 AM
I didn't realise Asiana had them as well

I am sure Lufthansa has a few aswell.
Jacob P
6th April 2011, 02:49 PM
In case there's any doubt, OZ does operate Combi 744's.

http://au.flyasiana.com/Global/AU/en/homepage?fid=ABOUT12000
Kent Broadhead
6th April 2011, 03:11 PM
In case there's any doubt, OZ does operate Combi 744's. I wasn't questioning, just truly didn't realise. And I'd forgotten about LH, although I vaguely remember a discussion somewhere saying they were converting some/all to full passenger - or was that another airline....

Maybe I'll just shut up :)
Shayne G
24th April 2011, 05:16 AM
As mentioned by Jacob, the same 747 is operating today, rego HL7423.