| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | TL-ACH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Antonov An-32 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Antonov An-32 |
| Aircraft Version: | Antonov An-32A |
| C/n (msn): | 1407 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Ras Al Khaimah - InternationalMap |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: OMRK IATA: RKT Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 2000 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 843058 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to MAP Kaluga Motors as CCCP-48974 in 1987 and transferred to Impulse Aero as RA-48974 in Match 1993. Antonov declared no longer airworthy in 1997 but with Air Pass, all white. Moved to another company of the infamous arms smuggler Viktor Bout, Centrafrican, as TL-ACH. Became 3C-QQT in May 2001 and then 9XR-QT (although this registration was never official according to Rwandan CAA). Registered 9Q-CAC in March 2005. W/o on 26th August 2007 flying from Kongolo to Goma with 9 tonnes of tin ore, attempted return with engine trouble but crashed short of Kongolo runway This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 September 2025, and has since been viewed 52 times. |