Ilyushin Il-18V, CU-T831 / 182005202, Cubana (CU / CUB)
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Registration: CU-T831
Construction Number: 182005202
Model Ilyushin Il-18V
Operator: Cubana (CU / CUB)
Airport: Bridgetown - Grantley Adams International (BGI / TBPB), Barbados
Photographer: Frank Hudson
Date Taken: 16/10/1976
Date Submitted: 01/02/2007
Named 'Fernando Ãlvarez', after the Pilot that was killed whilst flying this aircraft on March 27 1966. The aircraft was enroute from Santiago de Cuba to Havana when it was hijacked, with a demand to fly to Miami, Alvarez resisted and landed in Havana but was shot by the hijacker who was later caught and executed.
Picture ID:1039617