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| Date: | Tuesday 18 May 2004 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Owner/operator: | Azal Cargo, lsf Silk Way Airlines |
| Registration: | 4K-AZ27 |
| MSN: | 0053460827 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Soloviev D-30KP-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region -
 China
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ürümqi-Diwopu Airport (URC/ZWWW) |
| Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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.
METAR:
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=
Sources:
BAAA
MAK
Xinhua
Itar-tass
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Sharjah Airport (SHJ); 22 February 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2025 09:16 | RDV | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
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