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N° 35 – June 2009

Index New Yangtze River Express Boeing in Luxembourg

New Yangtze Boeing B-2435 1 The latest Boeing 747-400F acquired by Yangtze River Express on 18.03.2009, Special Greek Hercules livery 1 B-2435 (ex. ANA JA401A) was present in Luxembourg on 23rd May 2009. Latest MK Airlines G-MKKA 1

Atlas Air N496MC repainted 1 Cargolux Italia Operational 2 DAT MD-87, SE-RBA 2

Air Slovakia OM-ASC 2 Brussels Airlines diversions 2 Auction at the Old Terminal 3

Païscht Croisière 2009 3 CSA Charter flights 3 Last Florennes TLP Session 4

SIS Exercise 2009 5 Luxembourg Movements 7

Claude SIBENALER ©

Greek Hercules C-130 with special tail livery

A Greek Hercules might not be a rare visitor here in Luxembourg, but this one, present on 5th May, had a special tail painting.

The C-130, 752 (cn: 382-4734), received its painting already in

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Small Photo: Hercules on Hercules

Pete © BAKEMA

Latest MK Airlines: Boeing 747-200 - G-MKKA Atlas Air N496MC repainted

Finally MK Airlines latest fleet member made a visit to Surprise visitor on 16th May was this Boeing 747-400, Luxembourg. On 6th May, G-MKKA, ex. Orient Thai N496MC on a ferry flight from Hahn to Huntsville. The

Airlines HS-ORA was seen at Luxembourg airport. The Atlas Air 747 was until now flying in a dirty ex-Polar Boeing 747-200 was acquired by MK Airlines (British colour scheme, but has been repainted in basic Atlas

Global) in April 2009. colours.

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Cargolux Italia LX-KCV operational

After months of waiting and postponing, finally Cargolux Italia was operational and started its flight to Milano. LX-KCV was seen first time with “Cargolux th Italia” titles on 9 May waiting for its first flight.

The Boeing 747-400 was named “Lombardia”. In the last weeks LX-KCV was seen several times here in Luxembourg operating the route Luxembourg-Milano.

A week later the same Boeing was seen again with additional “Operating for Cargolux” titles.

Danish Air Transport MD-87 SE-RBA Air Slovakia Boeing 737-300, OM-ASC

A colorful visitor arrived in the morning of the 17th May. Quite rare to see an Air Slovakia bird here in

The only MD-87 of Danish Air Transport (DAT), acquired Luxembourg. OM-ASC, a Boeing 737-300, was on visit in January 2009, SE-RBA, operated a flight Luxembourg on 22nd May 2009.

- Milano (DX3741).

Brussels Airlines Invasion in Luxembourg

th Due to a strike at Belgocontrol during the evening hours of 16 May, 3 Brussels Airlines aircrafts had to divert to Luxembourg in the morning of 17th May. No traffic was reported at BRU, LGG and CRL. Present at Luxembourg Airport were: OO-VEP, Boeing 737-400 (left photo), OO-SSG, Airbus A319-100 (right photo) and OO-SSK, Airbus A319-100.

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Public Auction at the old Terminal

On 30th May a public auction was held at the old Airport Terminal. Around 250 visitors were present and tried to take home a small (or bigger) souvenir.

Objects ranged from chairs, tables, panels to the main “Arrival” and “Departure” panels and the letters “Aéroport de Luxembourg”. The latter were sold for 1300€. All the objects were sold for a total of 15000€ which will be donated. © MORO Mike

Silver Air Let 410, OK-WDT Business Jet from Azerbaijan

Quite a rare aircraft type here in Luxembourg. Silver Air, Nice Business Jet with Azerbaijan registration. 4K-AZ888, OK-WDT, Let 410 UVP-E, was on visit on 18th May. Gulfstream G450 was present on 27th May.

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Païscht Croisière 2009 Charters

As every year the “Païscht Croisière” brings always some charter flights to Luxembourg. The flights to Genoa took place th on 24 May and were operated by Luxair, TNT (OO-TNF, Boeing 737-300, left photo) and Travel Service (OK-TVK, Boeing 737-800, right photo).

Claude SIBENALER © Pete © BAKEMA Return flights were operated by TNT (OO-TNG, Boeing 737-300) and Travel Service (OK-TVK).

Charter CSA flights in Luxembourg

On 31st May two CSA flights took place to take the athletes to Cyprus for the “Little Countries Games”. The charter flights were operated by OK-VGZ, Boeing 737-400 (left photo) and OK-GEA (new CSA colors), Airbus A320-200 (right photo).

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Last TLP at Florennes AFB - Spotter’s Day 2009 (Text & Photos by Mike MORO)

This event at Florennes was the last Spotter's Day held at the Florennes AFB considering TLP missions. After 20 years the TLP Mission will move to Albacete in

Spain. The last TLP Flying Course 2009-3 was going on until 29th May. The next TLP, Flying Course 2009-4, will be the first one to be held in Spain (09.11.2009 - 04.12.2009)

Our Day started quite early. Around 8 o'clock we arrived at the North entrance, and already a lot of Spotters were present, trying to find a parking spot (which wasn't easy). Gates were opened and the big waiting began to register. Almost 1 hour later we finally sat in the bus enroute to the spotting place. With almost 1100 Spotters, the place was overcrowded. Around 12 o'clock finally TLP departures started and arrivals were around

15 o'clock.

Here are some of the participating aircrafts:

FA-109, Belgian Air Force, F-16AM 4055, Polish Air Force, F-16C

1, French Air Force, Dassault Super Étendard MM7052, Italian Air Force, Panavia Tornado IDS

G-FRAS, FR Aviation, Falcon 20C MM7239, Italian Air Force, F-16C

348 & 333, French Air Force, Dassault Mirage 2000N FA-87, Belgian Air Force, F-16AM

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SIS (Service Incendie & Sauvetage) Exercise 2009 (Text & Photos by Mike MORO)

On 15th May 2009, a quiet Friday evening, Luxembourg Airport was the scene of a major event. An emergency situation, consisting of an aircraft accident on the runway, was trained at the airport.

Scenario: A Boeing 737-500 (LX-LGP), carrying 35 passengers, has hit during landing another aircraft, a Learjet (staged by a bus) carrying 10 passengers. In addition, due to the impact, the Learjet hits a technical vehicle driving on the taxiway. The Boeing 737 is only slightly damaged and has stopped on the runway (at position Echo). The Learjet, standing at the taxiway at position India, was severely damaged and took fire. Inside the Boeing most of the passengers were unhurt or slightly hurt. Only 6 passengers were severely hurt. Inside the Learjet and technical car all passengers were severely hurt.

Emergency Alarm at 23:32: At 23:00 everything was set up. Security personnel secured the site and LX-LGP was towed to the Echo position. We entered the airport with a bus which let us out onto the runway. At 23:32 the Tower sounded the emergency alarm putting in place a well defined emergency plan.

A NOTAM was issued by the airport: A0726/09 - RWY 06/24 CLSD. 15 MAY 21:00 2009 UNTIL 16 MAY 03:59 2009. A0725/09 - ALL TWY CLSD. 15 MAY 21:00 2009 UNTIL 16 MAY 03:59 2009.

Seconds after the alarm the Airport Fire Brigade (composed of 8 fire-fighters) arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire and prevent any other fires on the Boeing. Present was also the new truck, received in 2009 (upper right photo). They had to by a new model due to increased traffic at the airport and security regulations.

A total of 80 personnel (firemen, Protection Civile, Sauvetage) were at the scene with dozens of vehicles. A very impressive sight.

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Shortly after the alarm, the emergency door of the Boeing openes and passengers evacuate over the wing and are brought to security. But still 6 passengers were inside the Boeing unable to get out by themselves. Fully equipped fire-fighters boarded the plane to get them out.

As the number of victims is confirmed, numerous backup emergency vehicles arrive at the scene, coming from Luxembourg (Protection Civile), Lintgen, Sandweiler, Niederanwen, Schüttrange. Later on, backup is called from Bettembourg and other stations as the number of victims is very high.

Next to the taxiway a PMA (Poste Médical Avancé) tent was set up to give first medical response to the victims.

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Finally, an hour later every passenger was secured or taken to the hospital and the emergency drill was over.

From my point of view the emergency went on very well. Everyone at the scene was send to the right place and I couldn't see any disorder during the rescue operation. Passenger were treated very rapidly and correctly classified by their injuries. The PMA tent worked smoothly and passengers were quickly transported to the hospital.

Luxembourg's Logbook: Passenger and Cargo Visitors

01.05.2009 D-IGOB Private Piaggio P-180 Avanti N707HM Private Raytheon B200 King Air 04.05.2009 G-MKKA MK Airlines / British Global Boeing 747-200 LX-WAL West Air Europe British Aerospace ATP N560PL Flying Group Cessna 560XL Citation XLS N612AF Private Gulfstream G450 05.05.2009 752 Air Force – Greece C-130H Hercules UR-CAK Meridian Antonov An-12 06.05.2009 D-BOOK Bertelsmann Dassault Falcon 2000EX F-GSMG Private Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 G-CFPU Private Sikorsky S-76C N226EM Private Cessna 650 Citation 3 N515TJ Private Raytheon 400A Beechjet N560PL Flying Group Cessna 560XL Citation XLS PH-FJK JetNetherlands Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ3 S5-BAS LinxAir Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ2 SE-RCY Private Cessna 550 Citation 2 07.05.2009 D-IAYL Windrose Air Raytheon 390 Premier 1A G-SYLJ TAG Aviation Embraer ERJ-135 HB-FOW Private Pilatus PC-12 09.05.2009 LX-KCV Cargolux Italia Boeing 747-400 11.05.2009 D-CATE Jetline Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign F-GNOE Private Raytheon B300 King Air HB-IAZ TAG Aviation Dassault Falcon 2000 SE-RIX Next Time Jet Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ 12.05.2009 CD-01 Air Force – Belgium Dassault Falcon Mystère 900B CS-DRA NetJets Raytheon Hawker 800XP G-ITIG TAG Aviation Dassault Falcon 2000EX G-RHMS Astra Fire Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy N424TM EMC Corp Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 N503BC Brinks Learjet 60 VP-BRA Private Dassault Falcon 2000EX VQ-BLA Private Gulfstream G550 13.05.2009 69-027 Turkish Air Force C-160D Transall CS-DNP NetJets Dassault Falcon 2000 CS-DRL NetJets Raytheon Hawker 800XP D-CREY Triple Alpha Cessna 650 Citation 3 N851GG Gulfstream Gulfstream G450 OE-FPS DJT Aviation Cessna 525 VitationJet CJ2

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14.05.2009 CS-DLC NetJets Dassault Falcon 2000EX CS-DRJ NetJets Raytheon Hawker 800XP

HB-IJR Swiss Airbus A320-200

OY-SML Private Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1

15.05.2009 I-SNAW Servizi Aerei Dassault Falcon 2000 UR-CGV Meridian Antonov An-12 16.05.2009 N496MC Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 17.05.2009 B-2435 Yangtze River Express Boeing 747-400 N880WD Private Gulfstream IV SE-RBA Danish Air Transport McDonnell Douglas MD-87 18.05.2009 CS-DFX NetJets Raytheon Hawker 800XP CS-DQB NetJets Cessna 560XL Citation XLS CS-DRJ NetJets Raytheon Hawker 800XP F-HBMP CAE Aviation CASA 212-300 I-CAFD Eurofly Services Dassault Falcon 50 OK-WDT Silver Air Let L-410 UVP-E OO-SSG Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-100 OO-SSK Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-100 OO-VEP Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-400 19.05.2009 69-038 Turkish Air Force C-160D Transall 81-0956 Air Force – USA (USAF) Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II 81-0962 Air Force – USA (USAF) Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II LX-WAV West Air Europe British Aerospace BAe ATP 20.05.2009 4X-AXL El Al Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-200 CE-02 Air Force – Belgium Embraer ERJ-135 HB-IJS Swiss Airbus A320-200 21.05.2009 HB-IPS Swiss Airbus A319-100 22.05.2009 OM-ASC Air Slovakia Boeing 737-300 YU-AND JAT Boeing 737-300

23.05.2009 UR-CGU AeroVis Airlines Antonov An-12 24.05.2009 N524MC Atlas Air Boeing 747-200

N377GM Private Dassault Falcon 2000EX OK-TVD Travel Service Boeing 737-800

OO-TNF TNT Airways Boeing 737-300 27.05.2009 4K-AZ888 Silk Way Gulfstream G450 VP-BBV Private Dassault Falcon 10 28.05.2009 HB-IJF Swiss Airbus A320-200 30.05.2009 TF-BBE Bluebird Cargo Boeing 737-300 31.05.2009 OK-GEA Czech Airlines (CSA) Airbus A320-200 OK-TVK Travel Service Boeing 737-800 OK-VGZ Czech Airlines (CSA) Boeing 737-400 OO-TNG TNT Boeing 737-300

Editor: Mike MORO Luxembourg Aviation Photography

E-mail: [email protected] www.aviation-photography.lu

In cooperation with LUXSPOTTING (www.luxspotting.eu)

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