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The Ilyushin Il-76 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12. It was developed to deliver heavy machinery to remote and poorly ...
On 8 May 2003, an Ilyushin Il-76MD operated by Ukrainian Cargo Airways suffered an explosive decompression following the opening of the cargo door in mid-air while flying over Mbuji-Mayi. The aircraft was conducting a civilian transport flight from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi. Death toll estimates vary widely from 17 to 200.
Il-74 trijet airliner project, enlarged Il-72 and competitor to the Tu-154, 1966. Lost to the Tu-154. Il-82 twin-engine airliner project, proposed Tu-134 replacement, 1968; cancelled in favor of the Tu-134. Il-84 search-and-rescue (SAR) variant of the Il-76, project cancelled, 1989. Il-88 transport aircraft project, 1972; cancelled due to the ...
The aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-76 registered as UR-UCB and was operated by Ukrainian Cargo Airways, a Ukrainian state-owned charter airline company based in Kyiv. The two-hour flight was chartered by the military to transport soldiers and their families to Lubumbashi , home to a large Congolese military base and located in the south of the ...
1996 Abakan Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 2012 Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 1995 Airstan Ilyushin Il-76 hijacking; 2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash; Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Flight 9064
The Ilyushin Il-76 took off from Runway 12 at Irkutsk International Airport not long after sunrise at 06:18 local time, on a mission to fight forest fires. The last communication with the aircraft was sixteen minutes later at 06:34, when it was flying above the Bayandayevsky District in a north-easterly direction at an altitude of 9,900 feet ...
On 18 October 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, with the registration CCCP-76569, carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Azerbaijan history.
On 27 November 1996, a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crashed near Abakan Airport, Russia, killing all 23 people onboard. [1] The plane was on a cargo flight from Moscow Ramenskoye Airport [ a ] to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport , with a scheduled stopover at Abakan International Airport .