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.
» Trend
accident date: 06-07-2011
type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
registration: 4K-AZ55
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Wednesday 6 July 2011 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Operator: | Silk Way Airlines |
| Registration: | 4K-AZ55 |
| MSN: | 2053420680 |
| First flight: | 2005 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KP-2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 25 km from Bagram Air Base (BPM) ( Afghanistan)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB), Azerbaijan |
| Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX), Afghanistan | |
| Flightnumber: | 995 |
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.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Xinhua» Trend
Photos
accident date: 06-07-2011
type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
registration: 4K-AZ55
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 Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Bagram Air Base as the crow flies is 1782 km (1114 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Bagram Air Base as the crow flies is 1782 km (1114 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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