AFGHANISTAN: Ilyushin IL-76 crashes into mountain...

[Stratofreighter]

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20110706-0

Status: Preliminary
Date: 06 JUL 2011
Time: 00:10

Type: Ilyushin 76TD
Operator: Silk Way Airlines
Registration: 4K-AZ55
C/n / msn: 2053420680
First flight: 2005

Crew: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location: ca 25 km from Bagram Air Base (BPM) (Afghanistan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) (GYD/UBBB), Azerbaijan
Destination airport: Bagram Air Base (BPM) (BPM/OAIX), Afghanistan

Narrative:
An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, was destroyed in an accident near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
The plane is said to have flown into the side of a mountain at about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters).

The transport plane carried a total of 18 tons of cargo for the NATO-led forces at Bagram Air Base. The flight left Baku, Azerbaijan at 21:26 local time.

Contact with the flight was lost at 00:10 local time. At the same time a flash and fire were observed on a mountainside about 25 km from Bagram.

Sources:
» Xinhua
» Trend

[T7]

Updated info: 4K-AZ55..

[n.p.quist]

Sad news ,

Two pictures of the Silk IL76 in better times. Both pictures were taken on Kandahar Airfield Afghanistan.

Niels

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[Chris IL-76]

My thoughts are with the families and friends of the crew. Very sad news.

Regards
Chris