THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 1/7 : Swissair MD-11 HB-IWQ cockpit documentary from Osaka (KIX) to Zurich

SWISSAIR MD-11 HB-IWQ OSAKA (KIX) - ZURICH
MARCH 17, 2001

In order to fly one last time on Malev’s legendary TU-154 aircraft in the last week of operation, I travelled once again from Japan to Europe, this time via Zurich onward to Budapest. This video features lots of cockpit footage onboard late Swissair MD-11 HB-IWQ “Valais/Wallis” from Osaka-Kansai to Zurich on a long 12 and a half hour flight. This flight was my last Swissair flight. At this time it was already obvious that the days of Swissair were numbered and the company was in a fundamentally bad shape, despite its glorious history. The friendly cockpit crew offered to take me into the cockpit to pursue my filming passion, because the Maitre de Cabin strictly prohibited filming in the cabin , so all footage in the cabin had to be done “under cover”.
History of MD-11 HB-IWQ VALAIS/WALLIS

Airframe 48541 was manufactured 1997 and delivered to Swissair, registered HB-IWQ, named “Valais/Wallis”, December 22, 1997. After the liquidation of Swissair HB-IWQ was transferred to
Swiss International Airlines on March 31, 2002. HB-IWQ was sold to Varig, Brazil, registered PP-VTU, September 15, 2004. This aircraft was converted into a freighter and sold to United Parcel Service (UPS), registered N284UP, January, 2006. This aircraft is reported to be active

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Flight details

Flight : SR 163
Date : Saturday, March 17, 2001
Aircraft : MD-11
Registration : HB-IWQ
Name : Valais/Wallis
Later registrations :
PP-VTU (Varig)
N284UP (United Parcel Service – UPS -)
Built : 1997
From : Osaka (KIX)
To : Zurich (ZRH)
Take off : 14.05 h (0505 UTC)
Touch down : 18.34 h (1734 UTC)
Flying time : 12 hours 29 minutes
Flying distance : 10.392 km
Altitude : 10.668 / 9.448 m
Speed : 901 / 775 km/h
Flight Captain : Messemer, Hans-Peter
Senior First Officer : Zerkiebel, Andri
Maitre de Cabin : Graf, Bruno