ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD CCCP-78780 Kabul Airport (KBL)
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Date:Friday 28 August 1992
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL76 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyushin Il-76MD
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: CCCP-78780
MSN: 0083489666
First flight: 1988
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kabul Airport (KBL) (   Afghanistan)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Two Ilyushin 76 aircraft had arrived in Kabul to evacuate Russian embassy staff. While preparing to board the passengers, one of the aircraft was hit by a renegade Mujahideen rocket. A fire erupted.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Daily Telegraph 29.08.1992 (page 9)
» Scramble 160
» Volkskrant 29.8.92


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