Hull-loss description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 AUG 1992 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76MD |
| Operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | CCCP-78780 |
| C/n / msn: | 0083489666 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kabul Airport (KBL) (Afghanistan)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan |
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Two Ilyushin 76 aircraft had arrived in Kabul to evacuate Russian embassy staff. While preparing to board the passengers, one of the aircraft was hit by a renegade Mujahideen rocket. A fire erupted.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Daily Telegraph 29.08.1992 (page 9)
» Scramble 160
» Volkskrant 29.8.92
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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.
