Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 17 JUL 1998 |
| Time: | 04:15 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76 |
| Operator: | Ukrainian Cargo Airways |
| Registration: | UR-UCI |
| C/n / msn: | 0083481440 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7,2 km (4.5 mls) from Asmara-Yohannes IV Airport (ASM) (Eritrea)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bourgas Airport (BOJ/LBBG), Bulgaria |
| Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY), Eritrea |
The Ilyuhsin was chartered by a Bulgarian company in February and operated on a Bourgas (BOJ) to Asmara (ASM) flight at the time of the accident. The plane was on an instrument approach to Asmara and reported on finals with runway in sight. A little later the aircraft struck a hill 7.2km from the airport at an altitude of 2321m/7618 feet. Weather was reported: wind 300/8 kts, QNH 1024 mB, temperature 13 deg.C., dew point 12 deg. C with broken clouds at 300 m.
The Ilyushin was originally built as an Il-78 tanker plane and later converted to Il-76.
Events:
Sources:
» CNN
» ICAO Adrep
» Reuters
» Scramble 233
» AFP
Photos
Ilyushin 76 UR-76415, which was later re-registred UR-UCI
Ilyushin 76 UR-76415, which was later re-registred UR-UCI
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 Bourgas Airport to Asmara International Airport as the crow flies is 3200 km (2000 miles).
Distance from Bourgas Airport to Asmara International Airport as the crow flies is 3200 km (2000 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.
