Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 22 SEP 2009 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 76MD Simorgh |
| Operator: | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - IRIAF |
| Registration: | 5-8208 |
| C/n / msn: | 0083484542 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Varamin (Iran)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
The IRIAF Il-76MD "Simorgh" jet was destroyed in an accident near Tehran, killing all seven crew members. The "Simogorh" is an Il-76 jet modified with a radar dome on top of the fuselage for airborne early warning and control (AEW&C). It has been reported that the crew reported an engine fire. While maneuvering for an emergency landing at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) runway 29L the radar dome detached, striking the tail fin. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» Mehr News
» Iran Air Force Il-76 Crash Details and Video (uskowioniran.blogspot.com, 23-9-2009)
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Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
