GARUDA INDONESIA MD11ER PKGIL TOKYO (NRT) JAKARTA
MARCH 17, 1998

In March we decided to go on vacation together with my father in law, wife and daughter to Indonesia to visit the beautiful islands of Bali and Lombok soon after he became a widower.

This video features the outbound and very empty flight from TokyoNarita to Jakarta connecting to Denpasar onboard Garuda Indonesia MD11ER PKGIL.

However, also this flight was taped with the very first generation of video cameras with digital recording on mini DV cassettes. There were neither stabilizing nor focusing features available at that time. I therefore apologize for the poor video quality and hope that you still can capture the feeling of what it was like to fly in the 90s.

History of Garuda Indonesia MD11ER PKGIL

Airframe 48755 was manufactured 1997 and delivered to Garuda Indonesia, registered PKGIL, May 24, 1997. This aircraft operated for Varig, Brazil, from October 29, 1999 until June, 2006, registered PPVQJ and later for TAM Linhas Aéreas, Brazil, from February 4, 2007 was registered PTMSH, until she was stored in November, 2008. This aircraft was acquired by MDFC Carson Co and registered N730BC, November 17, 2008 and converted into a freighter to be leased to Federal Express, registered N572FE on June 4, 2009. N572FE is reported to be active.

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Flight details
Flight : GA 873
Date : Tuesday, March 17, 1998
Aircraft : MD11ER
Registration : PKGIL
Later registrations
PPVQJ (Varig, Brazil)
PTMSH (TAM Linhas Aéreas, Brazil)
N730BC (MDFC Carson Co)
N572FE (Federal Express)
Built : 1997
From : Tokyo (NRT)
To : Jakarta (CGK)
Take off : 11.26 h (0226 UTC)
Touch down : 16.44 h (0944 UTC)
Flying time : 7 hours 18 minutes
Flying distance : 5.867 km
Altitude : 9.400 / 10.700 m
Speed : 718 / 896 / 920 km/h