VH-TNU. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 203.

Was also registered as: C-GLOT; OE-LLM; 5Y-BTZ.

 

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Tyrolean Airway - ?

Construction completed at the de Havilland Downsview plant - March 1990

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-GLOT' - ?

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown with the test registration 'C-GLOT' - March 21, 1990

Powered by PWC PW120A turboprop engines

It was configured to seat 36 passengers

Accepted by Tyrolean Airways at Downsview - March 30, 1990

Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-LLM - ?

Sold to Bombardier Inc - November 1994

Leased to Sunstate Airlines - November 28, 1994

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TNU - November 28, 1994

Registered to Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane

Sub-leased to Eastern Australia Airlines as the registered operator - June 21, 1995

Retruned to Sunstate Airlines - October 21, 1995

Sub-leased to Southern Australia Airlines as the registered operator - October 22, 1995

Returned to Sunstate Airlines - November 21, 1995

It was involved in a separation incident at Brisbane Airport - August 03, 1998

To view the ATSB report on this incident please click 'HERE'

Withdrawn from QantasLink / Sunstate service - March 2006

Ferried Brisbane - Cairns as QF6500 - April 04, 2006

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 05, 2006

It was prepared for delivery to Kenya by Hawker Pacific

Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-BTZ - May 03, 2006

The aircraft departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Kenya - July 08, 2006

Ferry route: Cairns - Denpasar - Singapore (Seletar) - ?

Current with Air Kenya

 

 

OE-LLM. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Innsbruck Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-837.)

OE-LLM. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Innsbruck Airport, date unknown.

(M. Ebbers Copyright Image 2924-122.)

VH-TNU. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-838.)

VH-TNU. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-839.)

VH-TNU. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-840.)