OD-AFM ¦ ZRH 03.03.1985 - a photo on Flickriver

OD-AFM ¦ ZRH 03.03.1985

             Boeing B.720-023B (c/n 18027/189)
MEA (Middle East Airlines)
Zürich-Kloten (ZRH/LSZH)
03 March 1985

From the seventies to the nineties, the Boeing 720 was the mainstay of MEA's fleet, with over 20 in service, all acquired second-hand from American Airlines and Western Airlines.

This particular one, registered OD-AFM, was seen on finals to runway 14 on the airline's regular Beirut to Zürich service, showing MEA's red and white 'Cedarjet' livery of that time. It was built for American in 1961 and acquired by MEA in late 1970.

Quite a few of the airline's aircraft were destroyed on the ground at Beirut during various shellings of the airport by Israel, which eventually led to the decision that no MEA aircraft would furthermore park overnight at Beirut, rather nightstopping at their destinations.

OD-AFM was lucky to survive, and in fact became MEA's last operational 720, retired in October 1995 and sold to Pratt & Whitney Canada as a spares source. Now C-FWXL, it was parked at Mojave, and eventually broken-up there in 2006.
   

Taken in: Switzerland / Zurich / Oberglatt / Oberglatt / Bellen-Grafschaft (show map)

Taken on: March 3, 1985

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