Aberdeen are hoping to fly high by reaching the Europa League group stage on Thursday night, and they may well have a good luck omen to thank should they down FCSB in Romania.

Jimmy Thelin and his Dons team have arrived in Bucharest for the second leg of the play-off, with the tie finely poised after a 2-2 draw at Pittodrie last week.

The Scottish Cup winners flew out on the Embraer E190LR from Aberdeen and into Henri Coanda International Airport on Wednesday, writes Record Sport .

And it turns out that it was the same aircraft that flew the England women's out to successfully defend their European Championship crown in Switzerland earlier this year.

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