Northwest Airlines-NWA (subsidiary of Delta Air Lines) (Minneapolis/St. Paul) had an incident yesterday afternoon at Minneapolis/St. Paul when its Boeing 747-251B (N623US, msn 21705) used for charter flights blew five tires on landing at MSP blocking runway 12. The aircraft was later removed.
News link:
kstp.com/news/stories/s1062849.shtml
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Image: Virgin Atlantic Airways.
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Press release:
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finance.yahoo.com/news/Happy-Birthday-to-Us-Virgin-prnews-4187696544.html?x=0&.v=1
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The first aircraft is this Boeing 747-2J6B (SF) B-2448 (msn 23461) pictured on the ramp at Beijing. Copyright Photo: Wu Weiqiang.
Uni-Top Airlines (Wuhan) started cargo operations in May with this ex-Air China Cargo Boeing 747-2J6B (SF) registered B-2448 (msn 23461).
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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is quickly repainting the Northwest Airlines-NWA fleet, changing signage and issuing Delta uniforms to NW flight crews. The Northwest brand will be gone by the end of 2010.
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Watch for a special salute to the history of Northwest Airlines this summer in the Airliners Gallery digital photo library. ย Click on the photo for a sample and then search on “Northwest” (many more photos coming).
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