Air India Sells 43-Year-Old Boeing 737 It Forgot About 13 Years Ago, As One Does

So I guess the guy cutting the grass found it and questions started there?

Did it magically dissappear to Iran then a non functioning look alike magically returned 😉

Given the number of 732s still in active service, any remaining non-rusted parts might be worth something.

Nice job Ben. It's still super funny to make fun of Air India.

Tons of western airlines "lose" aircraft and basically trash them in remote areas all the time. But those dumb smelly Indians sure are idiots!!

As a frequent flier from CCU, I had always wondered why a random Air India B737-200 was parked in the grass. The taxiway beside it isn't actually used at all as all functioning parts of the airport (hangars, terminals etc.) sit on the other side of the runway & no plane ever goes to that side of the runway these days.
I had thought that it maybe had an incident and veered off the runway & nobody bothered to remove it after that but now I am very happy to know the real reason.

@ Jeff -- I'm sorry, but that's completely unfair. This is the first time I've heard of an airline "losing" a plane in this way. I would've written of this story regardless of what the airline was. I even linked in this post to a story about how American "lost" a slot pair at JFK, due to forgetting about it. Please don't make this something it's not.

Exactly what I was thinking. Nolinor was probably who bought it.

I wonder how much they sold it for and who bought it ?

For an understanding of this, and India, you can Google the article "India, it's worse than you think."

The writer lost me when he said India is a sinking ship and getting worse. Having traveled to India for 40 years, most things are better now and improving marginally every year. For instance, travel is a lot easier and infrastructure has been upgraded. Still a long way to go but I don´t share in the pessism. It is currently the fastest growing major economy.

Whilst AI was a nationalized airline a lot of items were bought such as expensive apartments, art etc that were forgotten and keepers became owners

Has any "Good " News come out of India lately?

I suppose the stench of urine is all gone.

Bigot.

This reminds me of the fabled Miami International Airport “Corrosion Corner.” Years ago before the old EAL T-Hangers were torn down there was a ramp area where DC-8’s, 707’s and other older aircraft would be parked and forgotten. When MIA repurposed the area tearing down the T-Hangars and building new cargo facilities they had to figure out what to do with all those abandoned aircraft that racked up ramp parking fees. As a previous commenter wrote some were sold but, many others had to be dismantled and hauled away.

Just search MIA Airport Corrosion Corner to read more.

India and Aircraft!
Nuff Said

"Tons of western airlines "lose" aircraft"

Cool, what are some examples?

Thanks for your kind words, and also for flagging the fact about India being the fastest growing major economy. We are now at No. 4 globally in terms of GDP, after the US, China and Germany. Of course a lot still needs to be done. We hope to keep at it ..

Yes. By March 2026, we will overtake Germany to become the No. 3 economy in the world after the US and China.

Your id betrays your fixation with peeing. Maybe you have a kidney problem. And if it was meant to be "scorpion", please correct the spelling.

Lastly, any good news come out of the US and the EU lately? Would be glad to know. We wish all of them well, not being riddled with malice like you.