Status: | |
Date: | Friday 28 August 1992 |
Type: | 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)
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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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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.