Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 19 FEB 2003 |
| Time: | 18:24 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76MD |
| Operator: | Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force - IRGCAF |
| Registration: | 15-2280 |
| C/n / msn: | 0063471155 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 257 / Occupants: 257 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 275 / Occupants: 275 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 35 km (21.9 mls) SE from Kerman (Iran)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Zahedan Airport (ZAH/OIZH), Iran |
| Kerman Airport (KER/OIKK), Iran |
Crashed 330 feet below a peak in the Sirach Mountains. All aboard were members of the Revolutionary Guards.
Events:
Sources:
» AP
» Reuters
» Thomas Brügge
» Scramble 363
Photos
YI-AND later moved to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (c/n 0063471155)
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 Zahedan Airport to Kerman Airport as the crow flies is 389 km (243 miles).
Distance from Zahedan Airport to Kerman Airport as the crow flies is 389 km (243 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.
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