McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H

Japan Air Lines - JAL

Illustration of the same aircraft family; variant may differ: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73AF · D-ADUE · Lufthansa Cargo · Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF) · September 7, 1996
Illustration of the same aircraft family; variant may differ
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73AF · D-ADUE · Lufthansa Cargo · Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF) · September 7, 1996
Photo: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt · GFDL1.2;copyright footer retained;local recovery only · Photo source · Photograph details
This is an illustrative photograph, not the missing original image.

Original photo record

The details and photographer’s remark below belong to the original record. Its photograph has not been recovered.

Airline
Japan Air Lines - JAL
Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H
Registration
JA8053
Location
Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF)
Country / region
Germany
Date photographed
March 15, 1980
Photographer
Gerhard Plomitzer

Photographer’s remark

JA8053 Leaving a busy FRA ramp on a hazy spring day. Being one of the last DC-8s built, this a/c caught fire on take off and was w/o JFK March 12, 1991, as N730PL operating for A.T.I.