Maradona tribute plane unveiled in Argentina

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Updated 0804 GMT (1604 HKT) May 26, 2022

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(Reuters)An aeroplane dedicated to Argentine great Diego Maradona was unveiled on Wednesday ahead of a journey that will end at the World Cup in Qatar later this year.

The Tango D10S — a 12-seater financed by an Argentine fintech company — is designed as a flying museum in tribute to the former World Cup winner, who died of a heart attack in November 2020.The Tango D10S, a themed airplane with a museum with objects used by late soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona, in Buenos Aires.The interior of the plane dedicated to Maradona.It features a picture of Maradona kissing the World Cup trophy on the fuselage, while his face is also on the tail.The wings feature both of his goals from Argentina's 2-1 victory over England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final: the 'Hand of God' goal on the left wing and the winner, a goal widely regarded as the greatest of all time, on the right.«I am mad about Maradona, one of those people who still watch videos of Diego before I go to sleep at night,» Gaston Kolker, CEO of fintech company Give and Get, told Reuters.Read More«This is the first World Cup without Maradona and maybe the last with (Lionel) Messi. I said, I want to make Diego's plane, I want to make Diego's plane. And so we launched Tango D10S.»When Maradona's team mates saw it, the World Cup winners from 1986, they were amazed, they were hypnotized by the aircraft," Kolker said at an unveiling with other members from that World Cup winning side.A sculpture representing Argentine late football star Diego Armando Maradona as a child is seen during the presentation of the aircraft.A ceremony was