一架被印度航空遺忘了整整13年的波音737客機,近日在加爾各答機場被發現。這架編號VT-EHH的飛機自2012年停飛後,竟從公司的官方資產紀錄中徹底消失,成為一宗離奇的「失蹤」個案件。
Air India just rediscovered a Boeing 737-200 (VT-EHH) they forgot about for 13 years.
— Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) November 24, 2025
Acquired in 1982, converted to cargo in 2007, parked in Kolkata in 2012…and completely forgotten.
Hard to imagine how an entire airplane slips through the cracks.
Photo: Dipalay Dey pic.twitter.com/fxHET6wzFl
機場要求移走飛機始揭發
事件曝光源於機場當局於11月22日聯絡印度航空,要求其移走一架長期閒置的飛機。公司內部隨後展開文件審查,才驚覺這架機齡已達43年的老舊客機,多年來從未被列入資產清單。
🚨 Imagine losing track of an entire Boeing 737-200 plane for over a decade!
— Fahad Naim (@Fahadnaimb) November 22, 2025
Air India just "rediscovered" VT-EHH, a 43-year-old jet abandoned at Kolkata Airport since 2012. It vanished from records.. no depreciation, insurance, or maintenance logs. Pre-privatization chaos at… pic.twitter.com/RO8mHkcDMq
客機服役歷史曲折
這架屬於Baby Boeing系列的波音737-2A8F客機,命運相當曲折。它於1982年首次為印度人航空服役,其後由聯盟航空營運。2007年,印度航空將其改裝為貨機,並承包予印度郵政使用,直至2012年在加爾各答機場停飛。
The 'Lost' Air India 737, VT-EHH, has been acquired by Bengaluru Airport (BIAL), where it will be used for Training of MRO Engineers
— AviationAll (@AviationAll_) November 26, 2025
However, as per a tender from BIAL earlier this year, this could be used for Fire Training
via : https://t.co/uV2lzoPqjp
📸 @flyingTrini pic.twitter.com/WUxjsiYtMY
高層解釋遺忘原因
印度航空執行長坎貝爾·威爾遜向員工解釋,這架飛機在公司民營化前,就多次被排除在內部文件之外,導致它實際上被「遺忘」。然而,它並未按正常程序被出售或報廢,而是被棄置於機場偏僻角落。
波音737客機停飛後「檔案離奇消失」,印航客機遭遺忘13年被尋獲。X平台圖片
或重獲新生變身主題餐廳
目前,這架失而復得的飛機已從加爾各答轉移至德里,再運往拉賈斯坦邦。據悉,它或將被改造成主題餐廳,迎接全新的生命。
Apparently, the aircraft's ownership lay forgotten for years.
— Trinidade Gois (@flyingTrini) November 21, 2025
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson mentioned that VT-EHH had been decommissioned years ago to operate for India Post and was omitted from many official documents during privatisation of the carrier!https://t.co/iR8tU0Ijrb