Monday, April 27, 2009

Tupolev Tu204 CU-C1703 delivered to Cubana

Cubana has taken delivery of another Tu204 aircraft. CU-C1703, msn 1450744764037 arrived in Shannon this lunchtime from Moscow Domodedovo airport for a fuel stop in preparation for it's onwards journey to Gander and Havana.
The aircraft registration carries the 'C' prefix to the numerical part of the registration as identifying the aircraft as "Cargo", although that should be fairly obvious from the livery !
CU-C1703 may have been originally intended for sale to North Korea as it carries hex code 7277A8. The aircraft is ADS-B equipped and showed flight number LX9121 as opposed to it's actual designation CUB1461.
Pictured above, CU-C1703 prepares to land on R24.
Posted 090427

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