Date:	Tuesday 18 May 2004
Time:	10:50
Type:	Ilyushin Il-76TD
Owner/operator:	Azal Cargo
Registration:	4K-AZ27
MSN:	0053460827
Year of manufacture:	1985
Engine model:	Soloviev D-30KP-2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	10 km from Urumqi Airport (URC) -   China
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Ürümqi-Diwopu Airport (URC/ZWWW)
Destination airport:	Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The Ilyushin freighter, loaded with clothes and convenience goods, departed Taiyuan, China at 05:50 for a cargo flight to Riga, Latvia. Intermediate stops were planned at Urumqi and Baku, Azerbaijan. The airplane touched down at Urumqi at 09:10, taxied to the apron where it was refueled. At 10:48 the flight took off from Urumqi for the next leg to Baku. Some two minutes after takeoff the plane apparently descended, crashing nose-first into a farm.

02:00 UTC / 10:00 local time:
ZWWW 180200Z 17010MPS CAVOK 30/M32 Q1012 NOSIG=

03:00 UTC / 11:00 local time:
ZWWW 180300Z 16010MPS CAVOK 33/M30 Q1011 NOSIG=

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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Sharjah Airport (SHJ); 22 February 2004

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