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De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-MAS
Year of Manufacture:
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Registration History:
1974
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
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8Q-MAS
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Widerøes Flyveselskap AS, Oslo
Damaged on landing at Sandnessjøen, Norway 14-Feb-1992; repairable
Ex-Bodø 15-Feb-1995, and arrived Calgary, AB 20-Feb-1995
de Havilland Inc., Downsview, ON
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
R/O at Calgary, AB 22-Mar-1995 in full Aeroperlas c/s; departed 25-Mar-1995 on delivery to Panama
Aeroperlas, Panama City
Left runway on landing, and collided with trees at Rio Sidra 06-Sep-2000
Wreckage noted in Calgary, AB by 02-May-2003 for repair; officially imported to Canada 21-May-2004
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Repaired by Nov-2005 & flew via Iqaluit, NU & Keflavik, Iceland 31-Nov-2005 on delivery to Maldives
Maldivian Air Taxi, Male
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
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Date
18-Dec-1974
27-Jan-1975
14-Mar-1975
20-Mar-1995
24-Mar-1995
10-Apr-1995
04-Jun-2004
09-Dec-2005
14-Jul-2008 - Collided with a speedboat, and crashed while attempting to go around after a failed landing at the Adaaran Club Bathala, in the North Ari Atoll, Maldives. The weather was windy with rough sea conditions at the time. All 17 onboard escaped safely, however the aircraft sank in shallow water.
LN-BNJ DHC-6-300 Widerøes Flyveselskap Mo i Rana Date/Photographer Unknown
LN-BNJ DHC-6-300 Widerøes Flyveselskap Bodø 26-May-1992 Rolf Larrson Photo ©
LN-BNJ DHC-6-300 Widerøes Flyveselskap Calgary-Int'l, AB Mar-1995 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
8Q-MAS DHC-6-300 Maldivian Air Taxi Male 12-Jul-2008 Steve I Photo ©
8Q-MAS DHC-6-300 Maldivian Air Taxi North Ari Atoll 14-Jun-2008 Bobby Crusoe Photo ©
8Q-MAS DHC-6-300 Maldivian Air Taxi North Ari Atoll 14-Jun-2008 Bobby Crusoe Photo ©
8Q-MAS DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Calgary-Int'l, AB 01-Jul-2023 Jan Koppen Photo ©