First flight 1963 as CCCP-11976 probably opb Sovjet AF. June 6th 1987 LZ-BAE Balkan. October 1st 1995 LZ-BAE Heavylift (leased from LZ), September 1st 1996 LZ-BAE returned to Balkan. November 2003 LZ-VEF Vega Air. November 2007 RDPL-34156 PMT Lao Airlines. January 2009 UP-AN216, from April opf Interisland Airways. April 21 2010 written off in a crash near the town of Mexico in the Philippines. Seen arriving rwy 24, probably carrying a horse for horsraces in the weekend.