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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
7O-ADK
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Series 300

C-GDKL (5) • A40-DB

7O-ADK

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• C-GDKL (5) de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 13-Jul-1984. First flight date unknown.

• A40-DB Delivered to Oman Aviation Services, Seeb, Muscat, 03-Aug-1984.

Flew via Keflavík - Amsterdam 11-Aug-1984 on delivery to Oman.

Accident: Khasab, Oman, 05-Dec-1991. When landing in heavy rain nose gear failed and it ran off the runway – repaired.

• A40-DB Returned to Service with Oman Aviation, Seeb, Muscat. 22-Apr-1992

• 7O-ADK Sold to Yemenia, Sana’a, Yemen. 20-Mar-2001

Incident: An-Naeem Airstrip, Yemen, 23-Jun-2007. The aircraft had just arrived at An Naeem Airstrip, located near an Occidental Petroleum oil exploration area when a security guard opened fire with an automatic weapon. Two crew and four passengers were apparently hit in the shooting and one passenger later died. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

• Status unknown •

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A40-DB of OMAN AVIATION, at Amsterdam - EHAM, Netherlands.
Photo: Peter DeGroot © 11 August 1984 - Erik Johannesson Collection
Photo: Paul Zethof © 11 August 21984 - John Mounce Collection - Aird Archives