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Douglas DC-8-55F

DC8-45965Written off

RegistrationGH9G-MKD

MKOperatorMK Airlines Ghana

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Douglas DC-8-55F. Operated for Iberia, Flash Airline Ltd and MK Airlines Ghana.

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Technical data

Country of registrationGhana

MSN45965

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Douglas DC-8

Figures for the DC-8-63 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 54% the length of a football pitch

Length57.1 m187 ft

Wingspan45.2 m148 ft

Height12.9 m42 ft

Range7,408 km4,000 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed895 km/h483 ktMach 0.84

Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight161,025 kg354,999 lb

Maximum payload89,022 kg196,260 lbIts 259 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.9 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity259 passengers

Endurance8 h 17 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

The type first flew in 1958 (68 years ago) · About 556 units built · Production ended in 1972

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.

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Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Mar 31, 1968

Delivered to Iberia

Delivered to Iberia as EC-BMV.

Feb 1, 1988

Transferred to Flash Airline Ltd

Transferred to Flash Airline Ltd.

Aug 23, 1993

Transferred to Over-Night Cargo Ltd

Transferred to Over-Night Cargo Ltd.

Oct 1, 1995

Transferred to MK Airlines Ghana

Transferred to MK Airlines Ghana.

Operators

1968-03-31

Iberia

Registration EC-BMV

1979-10-18

Iberia

Registration EC-BMV · Lessor: Aviaco

1982-08-02

Iberia

Registration EC-BMV · Lessor: LACSA Costa Rica

1984-12-01

Iberia

Registration EC-BMV

1988-02-01

Flash Airline Ltd

Registration 5N-ATZ

1993-08-23

Over-Night Cargo Ltd

Registration 5N-ATZ

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Liberia World Airlines

Registration 5N-ATZ

1995-10-01

MK Airlines Ghana

Registration 9G-MKD

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

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Douglas DC-8-55F · 9G-MKD · MK Airlines Ghana}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
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Wikipedia

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