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Date Location Airline Aircraft model Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description Refs
Un­known Soviet UnionNovokuznetsk Soviet Air Force Il-76M CCCP-86714 W/O 0 Hard landing at Novokuznetsk Airport before 1989. [1]
23 November 1979 Soviet UnionVitebsk Soviet Air Force Il-76 CCCP-86714 W/O 7/7 Banked left during an approach to Vitebsk Airport. Control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed some 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the airport. [2]
25 December 1979 AfghanistanOff Kabul Soviet Air Force Il-76M CCCP-86036 W/O 43/43 Struck the top of a 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) high mountain while on descent to Bagram Air Base. The crew was unfamiliar with the airport of destination and the approach was started with no navigational aid from the ground. The aircraft had departed Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport and was carrying paratroopers to support the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [3]
23 September 1980 IraqBaghdad Iraqi Airways Il-76 YI-AIO W/O Un­known The aircraft was completing a Paris-Orly–Saddam International Airport cargo flight, when it was apparently shot down by the Iranians during the Iran–Iraq War. [4]
27 October 1984 AfghanistanOff Kabul Soviet Air Force Il-76M CCCP-86739 W/O 11/11 Shot down by a surface-to-air missile. The aircraft crashed 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kabul. [5]
15 April 1986 LibyaTripoli Jamahiriya Air Transport Il-76TD 5A-DNF W/O 0 Destroyed during Operation El Dorado Canyon while standing at Tripoli International Airport. [6]
Jamahiriya Air Transport Il-76TD 5A-DNL W/O 0 [7]
Libyan Arab Air Force Il-76TD 5A-DLL W/O 0 [8]
2 April 1987 Soviet UnionLake Sivash Soviet Air Force Il-76MD CCCP-76679 W/O 8/8 Both aircraft collided in the air while performing a night formation. [9]
Soviet Air Force Il-76MD CCCP-76685 W/O 8/8 [10]
8 August 1987 LibyaSebha Libyan Arab Air Force Il-76M 5A-DKK W/O Un­known[nb 1] During the Chadian–Libyan conflict, the aircraft took off under shelling following the evacuation of the Aouzou Strip. The altimeter was not correctly set on take-off, and the aircraft crashed on approach to Sebha Airport. [11]
19 November 1988 Soviet UnionRogachevo Soviet Air Force Il-76MD CCCP-78771 W/O 0/10 The aircraft was completing a military Arkhangelsk–Rogachevo flight when it landed short of the runway at the airport of destination. [12]
11 December 1988 Soviet UnionOff Leninakan Soviet Air Force Il-76M CCCP-86732 W/O 77/78 Crashed into mountainous terrain on approach to Leninakan Airport, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) off the airport. The crew had incorrectly set the altimeter. The aircraft was part of the air relief that followed the Spitak earthquake. [13][14]
19 February 2003 IranOff Kerman IRGCAF Il-76MD 15-2280 W/O 275/275 Crashed into the Sirach Mountains, 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Kerman, while en-route from Zahedan to Kerman. [15]
10 May 2007 Republic of the CongoPointe-Noire Tenir Air Il-76TD EX-093 W/O 0 Destroyed by fire at Pointe Noire Airport. [16][17]
6 July 2011 AfghanistanOff Bagram Silk Way Airlines Il-76TD 4K-AZ55 W/O 9/9 Crashed short of landing at Bagram Air Base. [18]
26 August 2011 LibyaTripoli Un­known Il-76 Un­known W/O 0 Destroyed at Tripoli International Airport during a battle between troops loyal to Gaddafi and rebels during the Libyan civil war. [19]
30 November 2012 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville Aéro-Service Il-76T EK-76300 W/O 32 Struck the ground on short finals to Maya-Maya Airport, killing all seven occupants on board plus 25 people on the ground. [20]

Notes

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  1. ^ Exact figures are not available, but several dozen people lost their lives in the accident.

References

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  1. ^ Incident description for CCCP-86834 at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. ^ Accident description for CCCP-86714 at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ Accident description for CCCP-86036 at the Aviation Safety Network
  4. ^ Accident description for YI-AIO at the Aviation Safety Network
  5. ^ Accident description for CCCP-86739 at the Aviation Safety Network
  6. ^ Accident description for 5A-DNF at the Aviation Safety Network
  7. ^ Accident description for 5A-DNL at the Aviation Safety Network
  8. ^ Accident description for 5A-DLL at the Aviation Safety Network
  9. ^ Accident description for CCCP-76679 at the Aviation Safety Network
  10. ^ Accident description for CCCP-76685 at the Aviation Safety Network
  11. ^ Accident description for 5A-DKK at the Aviation Safety Network
  12. ^ Accident description for CCCP-78771 at the Aviation Safety Network
  13. ^ Accident description for CCCP-86732 at the Aviation Safety Network
  14. ^ Postlethwaite, Alan (24 December 1988 – 31 December 1988). "Crashes mar Armenian airlift effort". Flight International. 134 (4145): 3. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Accident description for 15-2280 at the Aviation Safety Network
  16. ^ Accident description for EX-093 at the Aviation Safety Network
  17. ^ Doyle, Andrew (11 May 2001). "Pictures: Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft destroyed in airport fire". London: Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013.
  18. ^ Accident description for 4K-AZ55 at the Aviation Safety Network
  19. ^ Incident description at the Aviation Safety Network
  20. ^ Accident description for EK-76300 at the Aviation Safety Network
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