The last McDonnell Douglas MD-11F of Lufthansa Cargo registered in Europe made its last com
The aircraft, with registration D-ALCC, landed in Frankfurt from New York just after noon on October 17 in what was its last commercial flight, after two decades of service in the cargo wing of the Lufthansa Group.
The company made a special farewell gesture by taping messages such as «Thank you MD-11» and «Goodbye» to the fuselage of the aircraft. Frankfurt Airport, home for many years to Lufthansa’s cargo trijets, also greeted the Mad Dog with an emotional video that was posted via its YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDjqRJnWtKE&feature=emb_title
In addition to the video, the airport used fire trucks to honor the aircraft with the classic water arc when the aircraft entered the apron.
As reported by our partner Aeroin, this model had been flying to Brazil until the end of December last year, before being replaced by the Boeing 777F. You can view the last operation to Viracopos, Sao Paulo, on our partner’s site.
