I ferried a Shabair DC-10, registered 9Q-CSS, from Oostend, Belgium to Shannon,Ireland back in early '95 for a guy named Poindexter. We were supposed to fly it to Birmingham,Alabama,USA for paint, but the airplane was in such bad shape after 9 months storage, we had to make an emergency landing in STN. We got as far as SNN, then had to fly Aer Lingus home.
We originally had waited 2 days in Belgique because the Zaireian mechanics who maintained it had'nt been paid for 2 months and had stolen the aircraft's batteries. I assumed in Kinshasa, they had been paid, but not after it moved to Oostend.
Wonder if its the same guy?
