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02-Apr-2010 AKMC

100402_151753_6772 9M MPP On A Roll

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (Mascot), NSW

Malaysian Airlines 747-400 (747-4H6 variant) 9M-MPP begins a take-off roll down runway 34L at Kingsford Smith Airport.

I certainly hope this aircraft likes temperature extremes. It remained operating out of hot and steamy Malaysia until December 2016 when it was leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic. No, seriously. In May 2017 they leased it to... Saudi Arabian Airlines. (At least it was a dry heat, I suppose.) In March 2022 it returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic, then it went to Air Atlanta Europe in June, then back to Saudi Arabian Airlines the same month under the registration 9H-AZC. According to the most excellent resource PlaneSpotters.net, the fuselage is currently (as of 27 August 2022) "stored"... which MAY be the case, but if it is then it must have happened recently since FlightAware.com shows the plane having done the Surabaya Indonesia to Jeddah Saudi Arabia route as recently as the 13th of this month.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/800s f/8.0 at 105.0mm iso200 full exif

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