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    Airframe Family: Tupolev Tu-134 Crusty (NATO)
    Latest Model:Tu-134A Crusty-A (NATO)
    Construction Number:4308068
    Last Civil Registration:RA-65617
    Compressed ID:Tupolev Tu-134A cn 4308068 cr RA-65...
    Latest Owner or Location:Harco Air Services (Harka)

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    Dates

    Event

    1974

    Constructed as a Tu-134A.

    5 May 1974

    To Interflug GDR with new c/r DM-SCT.

    5 September 1974


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Le Bourget, Paris

    8 May 1981

    To Interflug GDR with new c/r DDR-SCT.

    3 October 1990

    To Interflug FRG with new c/r D-AOBH.

    7 December 1991

    To Aeroflot with new c/r CCCP-65617.

    15 December 1992

    To Harco Air Services (Harka) with new c/r RA-65617.

    24 June 1995

    Destroyed in a crash.
    The Tupolev, leased from Komi Avia, approached Lagos in bad weather (heavy rain, low cloud base) at 16:05 LT after a flight from Kadnua. The aircraft landed long, overran the runway and finally collided with a concrete culvert 500 m beyond the end of the runway.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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