| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | EL-AKY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Antonov An-8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Antonov An-8 |
| Aircraft Version: | Antonov An-8 |
| C/n (msn): | 0G3410 |
| Operator Titles: | Santa Cruz Imperial - SCI |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sharjah - InternationalMap |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: OMSJ IATA: SHJ Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 20 December 2003 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 833589 |
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Built for the Soviet AF in 1960, registered CCCP-69343 to MAP Kaluga Motors in 1981. To Santa Cruz Imperial as EL-ALC in 1996, soon changed to J2-KBG then EL-AKY in 1997 and 9L-LEO in 2004. De-registered by Sierra Leone in October 2004, it became S9-DBC, also marked 6O-DBC for a while. On overhaul at Nairobi in October 2005 as S9-DBC but like others of the type, declared no longer airworthy by Antonov. Despite this was flying from Goma in 2006 and 2008 with Kisangani Airlift. Noted dumped at Goma in bad condition in 2012, scrapped by 2016. Confusingly, An-8 0Zh3410 also used regs EL-ALC & AKY This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 7 August 2025, and has since been viewed 44 times. |