News reports state seven of the occupants were Ukrainians, and one was Russian. THE Aircraft was Georgian registered and and belonged to Sunway Airlines, which I had never heard of. It seemed to be based in the UAE these past years, first as Kyrgyzstan Airways EX-036, then as Georgian National Airlines 4L-GNI before going over to Sunway. It started life as Aeroflot's RA-76785.