Test flights have been announced for Thursday and senior officials of the Croatian Defence Ministry are expected to attend.
The BE-200 programme director, Aleksander Kuleshov, spoke about the possibilities and advantages of the aircraft, designed in Russia in 1992. The serial production of the aircraft started in 2003.
A changeable platform enables the aircraft to adjust to different purposes, for example, the plane's interior can be changed in only two hours from a cargo to a passenger aircraft. "Beriev BE-200" is used for fire-fighting, sea and land border control, the transport of goods and passengers, and the evacuation of people from areas hit by natural disasters.