Seems this 747 is pretty old. Most of it's contemporaries have already been scrapped.
This 747 238B was originally owned by Qantas in Australia.
VHEBJ delivered to Qantas 30 May 1975
N158UA to United Airlines 1 June 1991
Seems to have been sitting at Marama, Arizona for some time.......at least between 7 October 2001 and 16 January 2003
Was registered with Afghanistan YA-EAH sometime between 16 January 2003 and 2 November 2003.
So, when did it get the Swaziland registration 3D-BOX......and one has to ask........why register it in maybe only the last few weeks and then fly it from Tripoli? Someone wants to make a fast buck perhaps......and kill people in the process.
Surely this 747 is past its use by date and shouldn't be flying anyone anywhere.