Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAY 1991 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76TD |
| Operator: | Metro Cargo |
| Registration: | LZ-INK |
| C/n / msn: | 0093494835 |
| First flight: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1099 |
| Cycles: | 353 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S of Kermanshah Airport (KSH) (Iran)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Kermanshah Airport (KSH/OICC), Iran |
A forced landing due to fuel shortage had to be made after three missed approaches.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» NRC Handelsblad 24.5.1991 (p.1)
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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.
