Aviation Photo #1947979 Boeing 727-22 - Hewa Bora Airways

Taken on one of its last flights before it 'disappeared'. A HBA mechanic based in Goma said in Jan 2011 that COP would return into service as addition to the MD82s. The plane was seen in Feb 2011 in the MX area of Kinshasa's N'Djili airport (South end), as well as all other HBA 727s (-200 series) that were phased out by 2009-2010 and 3 HBA cargo jets (727F, DC-8F and 707F). Oscar Papa reentered service, but crashed on July 8th, 2011 in short finals of Kisangani Int'l in bad WX conditions.