Abandoned Planes in Umm Al Quwain, UAE

The plane is a Soviet Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane.The Soviet-era airlifter has become something of a UAE landmark and is familiar to anyone driving past the Barracuda Beach Resort along the E11. Umm Al Quwain airfield, where it sits, was a popular skydiving location at the time but is now closed.
Company owning the aircraft has links to the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was the inspiration for an arms dealer character played by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 film Lord of War
So how did this plane finally end up abandoned in Umm Al Quwain? According to the book ‘Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible’, the book by Doug Farah on Bout’s life: “In one celebrated case, his operation boldly spirited away a decrepit Ilyushin plane that had been consigned for use as a Soviet war monument. Former Russian aviation official Valery Spurnov recounted a tale of Bout offering one of his pilots $20,000 to fly a shuddering wreck out to a desert landing in the Emirates, where it was promptly turned into a highway-side billboard.”
Sources: arabianbusinessdotcom

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I now own a part of that aircraft!

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how did u get inside , i went there last year they didn't allow me !!!!!!

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What happended?

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The Jet Plane Is A Russian Ilushiyin (dunno how to spell that) IL-76 That Landed 30 Years Ago [1993]

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Sayang nman hinayaan nlang.