1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia

1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia with unidentified British Airways Boeing 737-236(A) and unidentified British Caledonian BAC One-Eleven in background at Aéroport international de Genève (GVA/LSGG), Meyrin/Grand-Saconnex, Genève, Suisse on Wednesday, April 15, 1987

1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia (Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA), Roma, Lazio, Italia

• powered by two 14,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A low-bypass turbofan engines
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration CY107, short- to medium-range mid-size narrow-body airliner
• full-span leading edge slats
• built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Company Division, Long Beach, California, USA at Long Beach, California
• completed on December 9, 1968
• delivered to Alitalia on January 9, 1969
• re-registered as I-RIBJ on July 15, 1988
• name Isola della Capraia retained
• seating configuration CY107
• leased from Società United Leasing Nord
• re-registered as I-RIFJ on December 3, 1992
• name Isola della Capraia retained
• seating configuration CY107
• leased from ATASCO Leasing Inc. (Aircraft Trading and Services Co.), Tel Aviv, Israel
• N617NW, “9617”, Northwest Airlines (Northwest Airlines Inc.), Eagan, Minnesota, USA on May 15, 1997
• re-engined with JT8D-9A(HK3) low-bypass turbofan engines
• seating configuration F16Y84
• withdrawn from use on March 2, 2007
• stored at Pinal Airpark (MZJ/KMZJ), Marana, Arizona, USA on March 15, 2007
• ferried for maintenance from Pinal Airpark (MZJ/KMZJ) via San Antonio International Airport (SAT/KSAT), San Antonio, Texas, USA to Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ/SKBQ), Soledad, near Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia on November 15, 2007
• YV371T, Aserca Airlines (Aero Servicios Carabobo), Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela on September 10, 2008
• seating configuration Y110
• ferried for delivery from Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ/SKBQ) to Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía Simón Bolívar (CCS/SVMI), Maiquetía, near Caracas, Venezuela on September 10, 2008
• active

[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Kodak Gold Super 200 (Kodak GB 200 5096) 36-exposure colour negative film]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, April 1987