An IL-76 cargoplane was downed by a missile while flying in Sudan airspace in October 2024. Photos taken at the crashsite show the registration EX-76011 on a safetycard. However the actual registration of the aircraft was ST-JAN. The Ex-76011 registration caused media to believe this aircraft was hired by the United Arab Emirates to supply…
Malta is used as a base by several anonymous looking Dash 8 for flights to various destinations in Libya and nearby countries. The reason for these flights is yet unknown but is likely related to transport of diplomats. Dash 8 N706XT has been flying from Malta since summer 2021. The aircraft is on paper owned…
A Dash 8 registered N646CC (hex code A87BBA) operated by Opticap Aviation is flying between Malta, Tripoli, Benghazi for an yet unknown reason. It is clear this aircraft is not a regular charter. It operates for an United States agency. These flighs are exactly what Dash 8 N706XT did in 2021. Read this article for…
Since around October 2023 the Congo military is operating an IL-76 freighter registered 9T-TIB (serial #: 0093491754 and using hex #08CBBB) The aircraft is former TransAviaExport EW-78799. The aircraft used different registrations in 2023 . It was photographed in Minsk, Belarus as 9S-AAV in March 2023. It then used 9S-PII which was probably used as a ferry registration…
In the night of May 24 2023 two Airbus A340-200 aircraft were spotted on Flightradar24 flying closely together heading towards Iran. The aircraft were registered in Mali wearing registration TZ-DTA (ICAO hex 05C081) and TZ-DTC (ICAO hex 05C086) The aircraft departed Kertajati International Airport in Indonesia, were spotted flying near the westcoast on India on…
Despite a ban, United Arab Emirates is hiring old Russian Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft operated by dodgy Kazakh airlines to illegally transport arms and troops from UAE airports to Libya. At a conference on Libya in Berlin on Sunday, January 19, all participants in the conflict promised to abide by the UN embargo on arms…