Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 SEP 1980 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76 |
| Operator: | Iraqi Airways |
| Registration: | YI-AIO |
| C/n / msn: | 073410315 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Baghdad-Saddam International Airport (SDA) (Iraq) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), France |
| Baghdad-Saddam International Airport (SDA/ORBS), Iraq |
The aircraft was said to have been shot down by Iranian fighters during the Iran/Iraq war.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Aviation World April 2000 (p. 58)
» Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
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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 Paris-Orly Airport to Baghdad-Saddam International Airport as the crow flies is 3822 km (2389 miles).
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to Baghdad-Saddam International Airport as the crow flies is 3822 km (2389 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.
