A very rare visitor to Brisbane

Friday Night, about 5.30 p.m. we had a very rare visitor call into Brisbane. 

It was a Queen of the Skies in the form of ATC (Aero Trans Cargo)
This was a rare site for two reasons.
One; Brisbane doesn't get 747 Jumbos at all and two; this was only the second time this airline has called into Brisbane; the last time was over two years ago I was informed.

ER-BBC, with the callsign of Alpha Tango Golf 5502, departed Delhi (DEL/VIPD) from runway 28 at 1.41 a.m. (20.11 UTC) and flew for 11 hours and 19 minutes, covering 5504 nautical miles.

It landed in Brisbane (BNE/YBBN) on runway 19R at 5.31 p.m. (07.31 UTC) reaching the gate 13 minutes later at 5.44 p.m.

AEROTRANS CARGO BOEING 747-433 ER-BBC (MSN 24998)

It sat on the ground here in Brisbane for 19 hours before heading back out, this time to Kuala Lumpur (KUL/WMKK).

It was scheduled to depart at 12.30 p.m. but didn't get away until after 2 p.m.

Alpha Tango Golf 5503 pushed back at 1.50 p.m. (03.50 UTC) and taxied out for runway 19R five minutes later. At 2.17 p.m. (04.17 UTC) 5503 was given clear for takeoff.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Aerotrans Cargo

Code: F5/ATG

Aircraft: Boeing 747-433 (BDSF)

Registration: ER-BBC

Serial Number: 24998

Engines: 4 x PW PW4056

First Flew: 15/02/1991

Age: 32 Yrs 3 Mts


Aircraft History
04/06/1991 Air Canada as C-GAGL 

01/08/2006 Air China as B-2477 Converted to freighter in IAI. 

01/07/2012 My Cargo Airlines as TC-ACH
24/11/2016 Air Cargo Global OM-ACB

Stored 10/2019 

06/10/2020 Aerotrans Cargo ER-BBC