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The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-76 registered as EX-76011 with serial number 0013428831. It was manufactured in 1981 and was previously operated by New Way Cargo Airlines. There were five crew members on board, two Russians and three Sudanese, according to RT , the pilot was Anton Selivanets. [ 5 ]
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 ...
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 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 ...
The Ilyushin Il-76 was “performing a scheduled flight” to an airfield near the border when it was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile system, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Il-76 is a military transport aircraft designed to airlift troops, cargo, military equipment and weapons. It usually has a crew of five, and can carry up to 90 passengers.
The Il-76 involved, registered as RA-78804, was initially made in 1989, flying for Soviet Air Forces until in 1991. The aircraft later made its way to operate with the Russian Air Force until the crash in 1996.
1989 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 2003 Ukrainian Cargo Airways Il-76 accident; 2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown; 2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash; 2022 Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 2024 Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash; 2024 New Way Cargo Airlines Ilyushin Il ...