Four from Zambia

[happytraveller]

Finally getting around to sorting out some of the recent holiday photos, so here are four from Zambia, not a place that we see too often in aviation photos. All the photos were taken at Lusaka airport, including the 707. Lusaka International airport will not go down on the list of the world's best airports !!!









smooth landings.

[Ian Warren]

Africa , only place you would find an old knocked around DC-8 ... 1980s Rhodesia a chap called Murdoch run a gun running operation and even had Mig-21s have a go at his charter flight .. survived only to be killed in his privately owned Spitfire , only in Africa .. I like the tractor as the aircraft tug

[Naki]

Great stuff ..love seeing pics of the more exotic locations...is the DC-8 a flyer?

[happytraveller]

From what I read, the DC-8 (not as I thought, a 707) is probably not a flyer. From what Wikipedia says, the company ceased trading in 2010, so the aircraft is probably just stored in Lusaka. Seems like they have a habit of falling out of the sky though

Accidents and incidents

On 15 February 1992, an MK Air Cargo d'Or (as the company was called at that time) Douglas DC-8 (registered 9G-MKB) crashed and subsequently caught fire while approaching Kano Airport on a flight from London. The five persons on board survived the accident.[9]
On 17 December 1996, an MK Airlines DC-8 (registered 9G-MKD) struck trees upon approaching Port Harcourt International Airport following a flight from Luxemburg. The pilots did not manage to perform a go-around, and the aircraft touched down without being fully controlled, causing it to veer off the runway, thus being destroyed beyond repair. The four crew members remained uninjured.[10]
On 27 November 2001, another MK Airlines aircraft (this time a Boeing 747-200 registered 9G-MKI) crashed when descending to Port Harcourt completing a cargo flight from Luxemburg. The copilot who (against aviation safety regulations) was solely in charge of the aircraft controls), misjudged the remaining distance to the runway, bringing the aeroplane down on a field, which resulted in the nose section breaking off. Of the thirteen persons on board, one died in the ensuing fire.[11]
The crash of Flight 1602 on 14 October 2004 with its seven fatalities marks the worst accident in the history of MK Airlines. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 747-200 registered 9G-MKJ, did not get airborne upon take-off from Halifax Stanfield International Airport following a fuel stop en route to Zaragoza, Spain. The runway was overshot, and the airliner broke up and burst into flames. There were no survivors. TSB investigation into the accident revealed that the crew had used a wrong aircraft weight for calculating the necessary take-off thrust.


smooth landings.

[AlisterC]

Thanks again for sharing your travels. Great to see these places not normally seen.