A late-build DC-10-30ER, this aircraft was delivered to TOA Domestic Airlines in Japan in Mar-88 as JA8550. The following month TOA Domestic was renamed JAS Japan Air System.  In Nov-97 it was transferred to Harlequin Air (a JAS subsidiary) and operated with them until it was sold to Northwest Airlines in Mar-00 as N243NW.  It was retired by Northwest in Oct-06 and sold to Omni Air International. Re-registered N522AX in Jan-07, it continued in service with Omni Air until it was retired in Feb-12 and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. As of Nov-13 it remains stored and is unlikely to fly again.
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