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A total of 571 Boeing 727-00/100 series aircraft were delivered (407 -100s, 53 -100Cs, and 111 -100QCs), the last in October 1972. One 727-100 was retained by Boeing, bringing total production to 572. [43] The -100 designation was assigned retroactively to distinguish the original short-body version. Actual aircraft followed a "727-00" pattern.
August 16, 1965: United Airlines Flight 389, a new 727-100, crashed into Lake Michigan 30 miles (26 nmi; 48 km) east northeast of Chicago's O'Hare Airport. The crew was told to descend to and maintain an altitude of 6,000 feet (1,800 m), which was the last radio communication with the flight.
As well as commercial operators the 727 has been used by military, government and private operators. The United States military used the 727 as a military transport, designated as the C-22. Afghanistan. Afghan Air Force Angola. Angolan Air Force Belgium. Belgian Air Force Benin. Military of Benin Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso Air Force [5] Cameroon
American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727-100, crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, while on a domestic scheduled passenger flight originating at T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island and ending at Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, with an intermediate stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport. 37 out of the 88 passengers on board died in the accident.
The aircraft involved was a United Airlines Boeing 727-100 (727-22), registration N7036U. [4] With serial number 18328, and line number 146, the aircraft had its maiden flight on May 18, 1965 with delivery to United Airlines on June 3, 1965 meaning it had been in passenger service for two and a half months before it crashed.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 727-100 [a] (registration number N1996), serial number 18901. [ 1 ] : 7 The Boeing 727 was delivered to American Airlines on June 29, 1965, and had operated a total of 938 hours at the time of the accident.
The aircraft was a Boeing 727-100 with U.S. registry N2969G [1] manufactured in 1966. On September 4, 1971, the aircraft operating the flight crashed into a mountain in Haines Borough, about 18 miles west of Juneau, Alaska, while on approach for landing. All 111 people aboard were killed. [2]
Boeing 737-200s arrived in 1968; six 727-100s were added from 1977, and in June 1981 the airline added the Boeing 727-200. Piedmont's fleet was all-turbine after the last Martin 4-0-4 piston powered flights in 1972 and all-jet after the last NAMC YS-11 turboprop flights in 1982 (one 727-100 that Piedmont bought from Northwest Orient Airlines ...