Mil Mi-8, LZ-CAE / 10312, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (LZ / LAZ)
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Registration: LZ-CAE
Construction Number: 10312
Model Mil Mi-8
Operator: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (LZ / LAZ)
Airport: Albena, Bulgaria
Photographer: Tony Edlind
Date Taken: 18/08/1980
Date Submitted: 11/07/2008
Helicopter lift along the coast. The helicopter was leased to the Maltese Armed Forces from ELISUD. During June 1998 - June 2002 LZ-CAE was transfered to Malta Air Charter (MAC) and operated the Malta - Gozo route. During 2004 LZ-CAE and LZ-CAF (all-white) were based at the presidential residence in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire and were destroyed (the Mi-8's fin was cut off by a missile) by the French on 7 November 2004. Fate unknown
Picture ID:1118183