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Launch customer of 727-200 Olympic Airways Greece: 2 10 Ozark Air Lines United States: 2 Never used and sold to Pan Am: Pacific Air Lines United States: 6 Became Air West in 1968 Pacific Southwest Airlines United States: 16 33 Pan American World Airways United States: 46 105 Ceased operations in 1991 Republic Airlines United States: 22
On 9 February 2024, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 registered 5Y-AXL and operated by African Express Airways crashed in similar circumstances as the Safe Air Boeing 727 did at Malakal Airport, South Sudan; the aircraft touched down short of the runway and lost its landing gear, before coming to a stop on its belly. It was later removed from the ...
A Boeing 727-223F(Adv) of USA Jet Airlines on final approach to Chino Airport. A Dassult Falcon FA-20 in one of the older liveries of USA Jet Airlines. USA Jet Airlines is an American cargo airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Willow Run Airport , and in Van Buren Township, Michigan .
Aerosucre Flight 157 was a domestic cargo flight from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño, Colombia, to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.On 20 December 2016, the Boeing 727-2J0F operating the route overran the runway during takeoff, striking the perimeter fence and other obstacles before becoming airborne, ultimately losing control and crashing 4 nmi (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) from the airport.
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports.
The crew consisted of Captain George T. Kunz (age 55), employed by National Airlines since 1956, who had qualified to fly the Boeing 727 in 1967 and accumulated 18,109 flight hours in his career with 5,358 hours on the Boeing 727; First Officer Leonard G. Sanderson Jr. (31), employed by National Airlines since 1976, with 4,848 flight hours of which 842 hours were on the Boeing 727; and Flight ...
Northeast ordered a fleet of Boeing 727-100s for their Florida routes, and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and Fairchild-Hiller FH-227s for shorter routes. These "Yellowbirds" featured a new yellow and white livery. In 1966 Northeast was the launch customer for the Boeing 727-200, which they began flying in December 1967. [1]
In command was Captain Harvey G. "Hoot" Gibson, aged 44, who had logged a total of 15,710 piloting hours, 2,597 of them on the 727. The day before he had returned to flying following a three month medical leave. [1]: 4 The First Officer was J. Scott Kennedy, aged 40, who had logged a total of 10,336 total piloting hours, 8,348 of them on the 727.