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Airbus A340-600 (A340-642)

A340-731Written off

RegistrationESEC-JOH

OperatorIberia

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Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) built in 2006. Operated for Iberia.

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

First flight2006

Country of registrationEspaña

MSN731

Hex / ICAO 24-bit34230B

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A340

Figures for the A340-300 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 61% the length of a football pitch

Length63.7 m209 ft

Wingspan60.3 m198 ft

Height16.9 m55 ft

Range13,705 km7,400 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,634 m41,450 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight276,500 kg609,577 lb

Maximum payload146,300 kg322,536 lbIts 295 passengers with baggage would weigh about 29.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity295 passengersUp to 440 in a high-density layout

Endurance15 h 44 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,705 km range, from London it could fly non-stop as far as:

SCLSantiago11,653 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)11,137 kmSINSingapore10,883 km LIMLima10,150 km HKGHong Kong9,630 km

Beyond its rangeSYDSydney (Mascot)17,021 km

The type first flew in 1991 (35 years ago) · About 380 units built · Production ended in 2011

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

The full story of the Airbus A340 Compare this aircraft

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

since 2006Iberia network of its widebody aircraft

Base

LHRLondon MADMadrid

Main destinations

JFKNew York LGWLondon ORDChicago MIAMiami CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)DFWDallas-Fort Worth ANUOsbourn BCNBarcelona UVFVieux Fort AUHAbu Dhabi

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

2006

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Feb 1, 2006

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-WWCE.

Mar 27, 2006

Transferred to Iberia

Transferred to Iberia.

Operators

2006-02-01

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-WWCE · Lessor: Toulouse

2006-03-27

Iberia

Registration EC-JOH

In memoriam

This aircraft suffered a serious accident or hull loss. Out of respect for what happened and for the people who may have been affected, this record does not enable the register of memories.

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) · EC-JOH · Iberia. Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A340-731 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) · EC-JOH · Iberia}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A340-731},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A340-731}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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