This aircraft and the shady airlines it worked for have been linked to the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. According to researchers it was previously EL-AKQ, 3D-SBQ and 3C-KKL. Under the Kazakh registration UN-75005 its operators were named as Air Cess, 'Air Bas', 'Linee Aerienne Tchad' in late 2003 and then Irbis Air Company. Irbis became Mega Airlines and this machine became UP-I1801. It was seen in Somalia in 2014. Here it is wearing the name of the Russian city of Zlatoust.
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