By Toan Dao

 

The abandoned Cambodian aircraft at Vietnam's Noi Bai International Airport. Photo by VEF

The airplane has been staying at Noi Bai International Airport since May 2007.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to allow the Airports Corporation of Vietnam to auction a Boeing 727-200 that has been left at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for around 10 years.

The aircraft, which was previously owned by Cambodia’s Royal Khmer Airlines, has been parked at the airport since May 2007 following a technical malfunction, Vietnamplus reported Friday.

Noi Bai has sent several requests to the Cambodian carrier, asking them to remove it from the airport and pay related parking fees but to no avail.

In October 2014, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) sent a notice to Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry and the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation of Cambodia (SSCA) asking them to take the plane back. The CAAV also posted the notice on its website in both Vietnamese and English, indicating that the airplane would be treated as an abandoned one if its owner does not take it back.

One month later, the SSCA replied that Cambodian authorities have revoked the license for operating the abandoned airplane previously granted to Royal Khmer Airlines. And the airplane has been removed from the list of aircrafts which carry Cambodia’s nationality since October 13, 2008. Therefore, the CAAV could handle the abandoned airplane according to Vietnam’s law.

In early June this year, an assessment team set up by the CAAV concluded that the airplane has been seriously degraded and it can't be recovered for normal operations.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport also asked the prime minister to allow the Airports Corporation of Vietnam to hire a consultant to set the starting price for the auction of the abandoned airplane.

In October last year, Vietnam Aviation Academy proposed to the Ministry of Transport and CAAV to allow it to use the abandoned aircraft for training activities.

source http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-to-auction-cambodia-plane-abandonded-at-hanoi-airport-3465854.html

What airline would want an ancient 727 which is expensive to operate with 3 engines !

B727. 10 years on the ground. The Vietnamese would be lucky to give it away. Best give it to the airport fire service as a training aid.

The value is in salvaging spare useful parts and scrap aluminium. That plane will never

fly again.

can make a lot of chang beer cans with the scrap.

2 hours ago, Searat7 said:

What airline would want an ancient 727 which is expensive to operate with 3 engines !

Remember what Clint Eastwood said to Clyde in the Cadillac scene in the movie "Every Which Way But Loose"

4 hours ago, Searat7 said:

What airline would want an ancient 727 which is expensive to operate with 3 engines !

Plenty of African ones.

I once took a plane from Senegal to Cameroon, with plenty of stops along the way - Russian air crew who treated us terribly and very uncomfortable seats. The plane was an MD80, rough as hell and very old. But there was no alternative. And it was very expensive, as are air fares in Africa generally.