Antonov An-12BP, 4K-AZ23 / 8345605, Silk Way Airlines (ZP / AZQ)
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Registration: 4K-AZ23
Construction Number: 8345605
Model Antonov An-12BP
Operator: Silk Way Airlines (ZP / AZQ)
Airport: Baku - Bina (BAK / UBBB), Azerbaijan
Photographer: Miklos Szabo
Date Taken: 10/09/2008
Date Submitted: 18/01/2014
The plane of slight contradictions. However registered April 25 1989, reportedly seen in Bukhara, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (now: Uzbekistan) a day earlier. Although officially registered for Soviet Air Force, appeared with full Aeroflot livery and civil, CCCP-11715 registration. Later the Soviet prefix disappeared, only 11715 was visible and the a/c was painted in plain grey. First seen like this July 7 1994 at Gavrishevka Airport, Vynnitsia, The Ukraine. First observed in Silk Way Airlines of Azerbaijan September 14 2002 in Sharjah, UAE, wearing 4KAZ-23 (wrongfully dashed) registration. Officially registered at Azerbaijan CAA between November 20 and December 31 2003. Here spotted from aboard Aurora Airlines MD-82 (S5-ACC) en route Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan to Budapest, Hungary.
Picture ID:1438521