Originally Posted by
dixi188
I remember being in Dublin soon after the 1-11s went to Nigeria and talking to one of the Aer Lingus engineers. He was a bit cross and said, "we never put a scratch any of them in 20 years and the F***ing ***s have written off one and damaged another within months.
Yes but even worse. EI operated them for 24 years (65-89). Kept all four intact. I understand that three out of four were written off within eighteen months of going to Nigeria.
Flew back from LGW in one in '88.