Airbus A400M-180
23 September 2021
11:32
Origin : ISL
ISL
LTBA
Istanbul
İstanbul Province
TurkeyElevation : 50m / 163ft
Coordinates : 41°58′37″N 29°48′53″E
Destination : MLA
MLA
LMML
Valletta
Luqa
MaltaElevation : 91m / 300ft
Coordinates : 36°50′27″N 14°28′39″E
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Most unusual ! First time we see a Turkish A400 there and if it is going to Africa -- the position suggests Libya while the callsign number suggest Mogadishu -- why is it taking this usual route ?Also unusual but probably not related -- just don't have anywhere else to write it : there doesn't appear to be a single Bayraktar flying ! Not on the Aegean coast, not over Syria, no Van TB2s and not test flights at Keşan.
Weird skies today.
Weird skies today.
And it's getting weirder : the A400 landed in Malta ! Bayraktars for Malto too ?
Speaking of TB2s, one just appeared over Keşan.
It does not look like it is delivering TB2s to Malta but participating in some NATO thing. In the last 30 minutes these machines arrived in Malta :
And those are just the ones that are visible.
@ 13:54 UTC : Returning home after dropping off whatever it was there to drop off.
Update : It was there to drop of men and material -- TB2s ? -- for the international Malta Air Show held in Malta.
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