Date: | Wednesday 6 July 2011 |
Time: | 00:10 |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-76TD |
Owner/operator: | Silk Way Airlines |
Registration: | 4K-AZ55 |
MSN: | 2053420680 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Engine model: | Soloviev D-30KP-2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 25 km from Bagram Air Base (BPM) -
Afghanistan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB) |
Destination airport: | Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4K-AZ55, was destroyed in an accident near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The plane struck 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, about 25 km from Bagram.
The cockpit voice recorder readout showed that the captain decided to perform a visual approach and deviated from the published approach procedure.
Sources:
Xinhua
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Images:
photo (c) Rainer Spoddig; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL); 17 December 2005
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