Asiana B744 today

Peter Agatsiotis · #1 3rd April 2011, 07:26 AM

Just for a change Asiana have sent in B744 HL7423 today on OZ601.

Grahame Hutchison · #2 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 · #3 3rd April 2011, 10:32 PM

Yup Asiana was operated by a 744, (HL7423).

Tony G · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 5th April 2011, 06:46 PM

Interesting that it's a combi. I thought these were prohibited after The Helderberg?

Jacob P · #7 5th April 2011, 07:52 PM

Hi Ian,

just wondering what happened in Helderberg?

AdamB · #8 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_A...ays_Flight_295

Kent Broadhead · #9 6th April 2011, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian Garton

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 · #10 6th April 2011, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

I didn't realise Asiana had them as well

I am sure Lufthansa has a few aswell.