r3500vdp
12th May 2005, 21:13
I'm looking for any information on the current status of Boeing 707 - 9Q-CBW. This is the infamous aircraft with relations to dubious characters like Ronald Desmet.
It stood for 5 years at SEN (Southend), was re-registered TL-ADJ and titled African Lines and started a ferry flight to Libia on 31/12/2002 but had to make an emergency landing at Ostend.
It departed Ostend on 6/8/2003 under pressure of the DRC government it seems, but again had to land at RHE (Reims) due to faulty transponder I believe and was subsequently impounded.
It departed Reims on an unkown date and once more landed with problems at XCR (Vatry). The Boeing was subsequently registered back to 9Q-CBW and departed for an unkown destination.
I would really appreciate anymore information on this story i.e. does anybody know when it departed Vatry using what registration what destination was filed on the flightplan.
Also curious who would pay the parking and repair bills at Southend, Ostend, Reims and Vatry which must have been substantial for such an old and worn aircraft. One story is that it is now active with Hewa Bora and parked Kinshasa but not confirmed to date.
It stood for 5 years at SEN (Southend), was re-registered TL-ADJ and titled African Lines and started a ferry flight to Libia on 31/12/2002 but had to make an emergency landing at Ostend.
It departed Ostend on 6/8/2003 under pressure of the DRC government it seems, but again had to land at RHE (Reims) due to faulty transponder I believe and was subsequently impounded.
It departed Reims on an unkown date and once more landed with problems at XCR (Vatry). The Boeing was subsequently registered back to 9Q-CBW and departed for an unkown destination.
I would really appreciate anymore information on this story i.e. does anybody know when it departed Vatry using what registration what destination was filed on the flightplan.
Also curious who would pay the parking and repair bills at Southend, Ostend, Reims and Vatry which must have been substantial for such an old and worn aircraft. One story is that it is now active with Hewa Bora and parked Kinshasa but not confirmed to date.