Tiramavia

More unconfirmed information:

• Tiramavia is a Moldovan air cargo company based in Chisinau .
• Tiramavia was founded in 1998 as Mikma.In same year changed its name to Tiramavia.
• It alegedly became defunct in 2007, but planes have been sighted flying in Africa since then.
• Possibly flying out of Monrovia, Liberia
• Crashed with load of Arms on February 15th, 2002 --[ 11km north west of Airport on approach, see below.]

The fleet:

1 Ilyushin IL-76MD Ilyushin IL-76MD 1
2 Ilyushin IL-76T 2 Ilyushin IL-76T
1 Ilyushin IL-76TD Ilyushin IL-76TD 1
1 Antonov AN-12BP 1 Antonov AN-12BP
2 Antonov AN-12V 2 Antonov AN-12V


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2002 Liberia Plane Crash Report of Tiramavia plae:


Status:
Preliminary
Date:
15 FEB 2002
Time:
06:08
Type:
Antonov 12BP
Operator:
Tiramavia
Registration:
ER-ADL
C/n / msn:
4342610

First flight:
1964
Engines:
4 Ivchenko AI-20M

Crew:

Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:

Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3

Total:
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10

Airplane damage:
Written off

Airplane fate:
Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location:
11 km (6.9 mls) NE of Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB) (Liberia)

Phase:
Approach (APR)

Nature:
Cargo

Departure airport:?

Destination airport:
Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB/GLRB), LiberiaNarrative:Crashed after requesting to make an emergency landing at Monrovia. The aircraft reportedly carried arms.

Sources: » allAfrica.com» ICAO Adrep» Michel/ScrambleThis information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

The Rest @ Aviation Flight Safety Network


Key: There are alegedly 9 people who survived the crash and burn. There was no manifest, no listing of epople. The crew calls for a max load of 7 but there werre supposedly 10 and the pilot.

Tiramavia Airlines

Tiramavia Airlines is a charter aircraft company based in Moldova (Country run by Russina Military officers).

IT was founded in 2008 and has one or two aircraft, a ER-ACO Antonov AN-12BP, MSN 5343204 ,possibly an Antonov AN-12BK msn 347407

• Name Alias IATA ICAO Country Base Dates
  
• Tiramavia TVI Moldova Chisinau 1998-2007
  AOC revoked 21/6/07.
  
• Mikma ITL Moldova Kishinev 1998-1998
  
  Full Aircraft ownership history here

They have flown through Liberia on many occasions carrying Arms aimed for other countries, including this event in 2002 when they crashed. Since Tiramavia has rechartered in Moldova, they may have continued to ship arms into Africa.

read recent report concering arms shipments and Moldova:

"Although it is difficult to obtain exact figures, there is a general understanding that
Moldova retains significant SALW stockpiles and would welcome an opportunity to
sell at least some of them on the international market. There is therefore no guarantee
that the recent pattern [ of reduction in SALW ]of minimal transfers will continue."

Moldova and Small Arms Trasnsfer Report @ Safer World

-Shimron Issachar

Viktor Bout Airlines and Airplane Laundering

oringially posted July 17 th 2007

Not long ago, the European Union added a whole chunk of dodgy Moldovan airlines to its flight-safety blacklist after ramp checks showed their aircraft were unsafe. Now, we have reports that the Moldovans have taken the logical next step and drained the swamp, by revoking the AOCs of the companies in question. It's bye bye to our old friends Jet Line International, but also to mystery operator Grixona (a frequent presence on the Sharjah-Iraq and Afghanistan routes), Jet Stream (another UAE-to-warzones Il76 operator), and Tiramavia (much the same). Pecotox also goes.Here's the list from ATDB:

• An-24RV (ER-AWR, msn 37308605) put in storage by Jet Line International, returned to Aerocom·
• An-24RV (ER-AZY, msn 47309310) put in storage by Aerom·
• An-24RV (ER-AZX, msn 47309804) returned to Pecotox-Air after lease to Aéro-Service then ops in Iraq·
• An-24RV (ER-AFB, msn 87310810.2)
• put in storage by Jet Line International, returned to Aerocom· Il-18V (ER-ICB, msn 188010603) put in storage by Grixona·
• An-12AP (ER-ACV, msn 347408) put in storage by Grixona· An-12TB (ER-ACQ, msn 1347908) put in storage by Grixona·
• An-12BK (ER-AXG, msn 347407) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• An-12BK (ER-AXZ, msn 8346106) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• An-12BP (ER-ADQ, msn 402410) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• An-12BP (ER-ADK, msn 5342802) put in storage by Grixona·
• An-12V (ER-ACY, msn 347306) put in storage by Grixona·
• An-12V (ER-ACS, msn 347401) put in storage by Grixona·
• An-12V (ER-ACO, msn 5343204) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• An-12V (ER-ACR, msn 6343810) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• An-26B (ER-AFE, msn 17310905) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• An-26B (ER-AFL, msn 17311705) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• An-72 (A) (ER-AVG, msn 36572095909) put in storage by Pecotox-Air·
• Il-76TD (ER-IBK, msn 53460790) put in storage by Jet Stream Airlines· Il-76TD (ER-IBY, msn 53460832) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• Il-76T (ER-IBV, msn 3423699) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• Il-76T (ER-IBF, msn 73410300) put in storage by Jet Line International·
• Il-76T (ER-IBH, msn 73411331) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• Il-76T (ER-IBD, msn 73411338) put in storage by Jet Stream Airlines·
• Il-76T (ER-IBG, msn 93418548) put in storage by Tiramavia·
• Il-76T (ER-IBP, msn 93418556) put in storage by Jet Stream Airlines·
• Il-76MD (ER-IBC, msn 83489683) put in storage by Tiramavia

It's good to see the back of the firm that brought the missing 99 tonnes of guns in Iraq, to say nothing of the mysterious "Air Bridge Group" of Australia.

Labels: 4GW, aviation, Operation Firedump, Viktor
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The Rest @ the Yorkshire Ranter

also Richard Chichakli appears to be backonline from Moscow

Uzbekistan Arms Trafficking

According to TBDA, Someone in Tashkent Toshkent Uzbekistan has persistently been tring to find Viktor Bout, over the last fortnight, and looking for a Viktor Bout airline connection. I am not sure how Ruslan Saidov is connected, but Badr and Tiramavia Ltd, astril and Botir airlines are being sought out.....

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