VH-BZF. Boeing 767-324ER. c/n 27569-601. Was also registered as: N569BN; N767NA; N423AX. |
This aircraft was ordered by Continental Airlines but it was not taken up Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - January 1996 First flown as 'N6055X' - January 12, 1996 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2B7F engines Sold to GECAS for lease to Ansett International - January 29, 1996 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZF - March 04, 1996 Registered to Ansett International Ltd, Melbourne It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery on completion of the ferry flight - March 28, 1996 Ferry route: Seattle - Hilo - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains B. D. Weiler, J. W. Heagney; F/O G. Neate; Engineers M. Austin, M Seyman, L. Robinson Operated its first international revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Jakarta as AN869 - May 06, 1996 Operated its first Sydney - Nadi - Sydney service (Captain B. Weiler) as AN801/802 - November 24, 1998 Operated the final Ansett Sydney (KIngsford Smith) - Taipei - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) service - February 12, 2000 Rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the 'Olympic Torch Relay' livery - March 28, 2000 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) for Athens to collect the Olympic flame for the 2000 Olympics - May 20, 2000 The aircraft carried the tempory name 'Inspiration' Operated Ansett's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hong Kong service - November 01, 2000 Ferried Auckland - Sydney (Richmond) for the removal of the Olympic livery as AN4405 - May 04, 2001 Returned to service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hong Kong in the 'Starmark' livery as AN874 - May 13, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN53 - September 13, 2001 The aircraft was parked at Melbourne following the suspension of all Ansett operations - September 13, 2001 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to GECAS as AN4405 - December 12, 2001 Ferry route: Melbourne - Bangkok - Paphos (Cyprus) - Dublin Flight crew: Captains I. Robbins, B. Rodell; F/O D. Secker; Engineer S. Seeber; GECAS B. O'Shaughnessy Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 19, 2001 The aircraft had flown 25,222 hours with 6,592 cycles Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N569BN - ? 2002 Registered to GECAS Stamford Leased to North American Airlines Inc - August 01, 2002 Rergistered as N767NA - August 01, 2002 Registered to GECAS FSC Carpenter J Inc, Stamford Leased to North American Airlines as the registered operator Test flown at Dublin in the standard North American livery - August 15, 2002 Departed Dublin on the delivery to North American at New York JFK Airport - August 16, 2002 The aircraft was named 'Janice M' Used on military charter contracts mainly covering bases in Europe, Bahrain, Diego Garcia It was operated in a 237 'Coach Class' configuration It was observed at Accra operating for Ghana Airways - August 27, 2004 It was observed at Malta operating for Skyservice (Canada) - October 10, 2004 Operated by LOT Polish Airlines pending delivery of their aircraft SP-LPE - June 2005 It was observed at Darwin now named 'Fulvia Zaid' in full NAA livery - May 26, 2008 It was observed withdrawn from use and stored at Everett (Paine Field) - 2012 Removed from storage and ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Miami - July 18, 2012 It was observed at Washington (Dulles) in the basic North American livery without titles - August 16, 2012 The aircraft is now un-named Following the default on the Chapter 11 bankruptcy agreement Global Aviation Holdings decided to continue flying Department of Defense charter flights using their North American Airlines aircraft 'N767NA' - March 31, 2014 A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted Global Aviation Holdings approval to sell its remaining operating airline to Omni Air International Inc - May 28, 2014 Under this deal Omni was to pay Global Aviation $US 13,000,000 in cash to acquire NAA as a going concern The aircraft was leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator - June 09, 2014 The aircraft was sold to AFS Investments, Norwalk, CT - December 02, 2014 Leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator Registered as N423AX - March 16, 2015 Leased to Omni Air International as the registered operator Registered to Omni Aviation Leasing LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada - June 01, 2015 Registration transferred to Omni Aviation Leasing LLC, Tulsa - December 05, 2015 The aircraft sustained major damage whilst landing at Bucharest (Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu) - August 28, 2020 It was operating a charter flight Kabul (Hamid Karzai) - Bucharest - Washington DC as OY-703 During the landing roll on Runway 07 (12:00 UTC) the port main landing gear collapsed The aircraft skidded for over 1,000 metres before stopping Emergency cabin evacuation proceedures were implemented with 49 passengers and 11 crew safely evacuated Due to the extensive damage it is expected that the aircraft will be declared a write-off |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-015.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-126.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1998. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-690.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-691.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-244.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-191.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-012.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Brisbane Airport, May 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-014.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2000. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-013.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2000. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-011.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-010.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 2000. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-692.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - 'Inspiration' in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and decal at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-193.) |
VH-BZF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-564.) |
N767NA. North American - 'Janice M' in the standard livery at New York Kennedy International Airport, November 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-007.) |