AP-BCL gone from Lahore

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AP-BCL gone from Lahore

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PIA Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCL) was not present at Lahore Airport tonight. On October 28 it was seen with all PIA logos and Pakistan titles removed from its tail and fuselage. Last two letters of its registration 'CL' were also painted out from its nose gear doors.

Any info about its fate will be appreciated.
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maybe its gone to the same airline AYW went to ?
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Exactly, but there wasn't any news about it...
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which airline bought AYW ???

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evergreen international i think
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Just got following info from a friend.

Ex-PIA Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCL) sold to Orange Air and registered in Sierra Leone with registration mark 9L-LOR.
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hi abbas....can u tell me if both bcl and ayw are being flown or have they been dismantled for parts...info wud be highly appreciated
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Orange Air is a Jordanian start up. They are currently looking for contract 747 crew to fly the hajj.
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F.K wrote:hi abbas....can u tell me if both bcl and ayw are being flown or have they been dismantled for parts...info wud be highly appreciated
Hi F.K, all I know at the moment is that AP-BCL was sold to Orange Air in November 2005.

AP-AYW was sold to Evergreen International of United States and it left Lahore in September 2005 with US registration N559EV. The last known destination for this Boeing 747 was Marana Airport in the US.

I have seen some photos of Evergreen 747s meeting sad end like this one at Marana Airport:

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N476EV of Evergreen broken up for spares - Photo Copyright Philip Edwards

Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/318982/L/


(Sale of AP-AYW to Evergreen was discussed earlier in this topic in September: viewtopic.php?t=3358)
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PIA's AP-AYW on its way to its future home.....

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Former AP-BCL of PIA now with Orange Air as 9L-LOR. Photo taken at Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Photo copyright Erezms

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PIA's only B742 that flew into Israel. After leaving PIA that is :P
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What mircales a minor modification can perform.

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Post by F.K »

good to see this bird still in the air, i guess pias engineering just dint wanna go that extra mile in maintaining it and would rather have the airline throw out millions of dollars on leasing the same type just for three months.

whts become of ayw, i hope it hasnt been broken up cus it was a better machine then bcl and should ve been inducted by this airline instead.
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Interesting info on BCL picked up from Pprune.

This aircraft takes the prize for being the world's greatest "bucket of bolts." Ex-PIA, it has such corrosion issues, no first-world authority or MRO would consider releasing it but it flies today as a testament to third-world licensing & repair facilities. She recently visited Al Salaam in RUH for an A-Check & to paint the logos & the "orange" on the tail. They did a double-take at what they found when they started scratching at the surface. When they took the rudder off to balance it after the paint, the corrosion they found was significant. Rumour has it that she was pushed out & departed without any paper-work formalities (or the A-Check) signed out.