2024 Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash

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2024 Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Russian Air Force, RF-76551, Ilyushin IL-76MD (cropped).jpg
RF-76551, the aircraft involved in the accident
Occurrence
Date12 March 2024 (2024-03-12)
SummaryEngine separation and crash following engine fire
SiteNear Ivanovo Severny Air Base, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
57°02′34.1″N41°01′05.8″E / 57.042806°N 41.018278°E / 57.042806; 41.018278
Aircraft
Aircraft type Ilyushin Il-76MD
OperatorFlag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg  Russian Air Force
Registration RF-76551
Flight origin Ivanovo Severny Air Base
DestinationPlesetsk Air Base
Occupants15
Passengers7
Crew8
Fatalities15
Survivors0

On 12 March 2024, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashed in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast. [1] Fifteen people were on board when the aircraft crashed; eight crew and seven passengers. [2] No survivors were found. Russian sources said one of its engines caught fire and the plane crashed soon after takeoff. [3] Russia's defense ministry cited an engine fire as the most probable cause of the crash. [4]

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Flight

According to Denis Pasler, governor of Orenburg Oblast, the flight was carrying pilots from Orenburg. He added that they were from the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. [5] Meanwhile, the governor of Tver Oblast, Igor Rudenya, also said there were pilots from Tver. [6]

The crash occurred at 13:00 Moscow time near Bogorodskoye District in Ivanovo Oblast. One of the aircraft's engines caught fire during takeoff for a routine flight. [7] There were unconfirmed videos of the aircraft plummeting downwards with one engine on fire where it soon then detached. Another video showed a column of smoke rising upwards. [8] The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Ivanovo-Severny airfield. [5]

Aftermath

Firefighters arrived at the crash site and extinguished the blaze. The governor of Ivanovo Oblast, Stanislav Voskresensky, said there was no damage to villages near the crash. [9] and offered condolences to the relatives of the victims. [4] A search and rescue mission was concluded on the same day of the crash by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. [10] A ministry source told TASS that all 15 people on board the aircraft died in the crash. [11]

Russia's defense ministry said a board of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to Ivanovo Oblast to investigate the crash. [7] It added that an engine fire was the likely cause of the crash. [4]

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