| Date: | Friday 24 May 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Owner/operator: | Metro Cargo |
| Registration: | LZ-INK |
| MSN: | 0093494835 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1099 hours |
| Cycles: | 353 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km S of Kermanshah Airport (KSH) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN/EDDK) |
| Kermanshah Airport (KSH/OICC) |
The Ilyushin Il-76TD transport plane, named "Lugano", crashed while attempting to make a forced landing due to fuel shortage.
The aircraft had attempted three approaches to Kermanshah Airport, Iran.
The flight carried relief supplies to Kurdish refugees.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
NRC Handelsblad 24.5.1991 (p.1)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Manston-Kent International Airport (MSE); September 1990
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