Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 MAR 2007 |
| Time: | ca 14:00 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76TD |
| Operator: | Transaviaexport Airlines |
| Registration: | EW-78849 |
| C/n / msn: | 1013405192 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KP-2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mogadishu (Somalia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia |
| Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB/HDAM), Djibouti |
On March 9, 2007 a company Il-76TD (EW-78826) sustained substantial damage after being hit by a missile while on approach to Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ). Later that month Il-76TD EW-78849 flew to Mogadishu to deliver equipment to cannibalize EW-78826 and to salvage usable parts.
On March 23, EW-78849 was to be flown back to Minsk with a refueling stop at Djiboutu (JIB). Shortly after takeoff three missiles were fired at the plane. Reportedly one of the missiles hit the wing. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.
Events:
Sources:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mogadishu International Airport to Djibouti-Ambouli Airport as the crow flies is 1081 km (676 miles).
Distance from Mogadishu International Airport to Djibouti-Ambouli Airport as the crow flies is 1081 km (676 miles).
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.
