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All-White A343 At IAD 9/16

CV990A From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2070 times:

I was out running errands around IAD this afternoon, and around 240, I saw an all-white A340-300 land. Flightaware has no records of this plane landing, and the IAD flight schedules only list 2 A340s- the AF and IB- both of which arrive around 4pm. The OS93 arrival is scheduled around 220, but I had thought OS had disposed of their A340 fleet. Does anyone know the identity of this mystery bird? Thanks in advance.

CV990A

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Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51
Reply 1, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1977 times:

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It probably was OS, as they do have an A340-300 that is all-white, OE-LAK. It's scheduled to leave the OS fleet in the near future.

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Pnwtraveler From Canada, joined Jun 2007, 2046 posts, RR: 12
Reply 2, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1949 times:

Yes I have seen that same aircraft in Toronto. And it was Austrian. Even saw their flight attendants with the women in red nylons - looks kinda like some kind of stork/flamingo but with red legs Big grin

[Edited 2007-09-17 00:23:46]

Cloud4000 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 639 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1929 times:

Where is this bird going?

Boston, USA

AlitaliaMD11 From Spain, joined Dec 2003, 4068 posts, RR: 15
Reply 4, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1882 times:

OS93 was operated by OE-LAK today.

Airline Austrian Airlines
Flight Number 93
Departure City (Airport) Vienna, Austria (LOWW)
Departure Time 09/16/2007 11:42 AM
Arrival City (Airport) Washington, DC (IAD)
Arrival Time 09/16/2007 02:30 PM
Remaining Flight Time 00:00
Aircraft Type A343
Current Altitude 0 feet
Current Groundspeed 0 mph
Flight Status Arrived

ACARS mode: 1 Aircraft reg: OE-LAK [Airbus A340]
Message label: ** Block id: @ Msg no: 0d6a
Flight id: OS0093 [VIE-IAD] [Austrian Airlines]

Quoting Cloud4000 (Reply 3):
Where is this bird going?

I believe Swiss.

No Vueling No Party

Osprey88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 330 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1852 times:

Why would OS keep in an all white livery like that?

"Reading departure signs in some big airports reminds me of the places I've been"

Stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 12
Reply 6, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1848 times:

Quoting Cloud4000 (Reply 3):
Where is this bird going?

will fly for LX in the near future

CV990A From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1726 times:

Ah- so I guessed right! Thanks everyone! bigthumbsup

CV990A

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