Although its first flight date is unknown, the aircraft, with serial number 174, was said to be 23.5 years old.
According to Airfleets.net, the plane had been flown by three United States-based airlines for 17 years before being sent to Nigeria, namely - Britt Airlines, Continental Express and JRM Air LLC.
Britt Airlines bought the plane on March 23, 1990, and marked it in US registration as N51726. Continental Express later bought it on September 1, 1990 and kept it under US registration as N51726.
Before coming to Nigeria, the plane was later bought by JRM Air LCC which also marked it N 388JR.
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