Accident | |
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Date | October 18, 1989 |
Summary | Uncontained Engine Failure leading to structural failure |
Site | Caspian Sea, near Sumgait, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76 |
Operator | Soviet Air Forces |
Registration | CCCP-76569 |
Flight origin | Nasosnaya Air Base, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Destination | Zhovtneve Air Base, Bolhrad, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Passengers | 50 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 57 |
Survivors | 0 |
On October 18, 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, it was conducting a flight from Nasosnaya Air Base in SSR Azerbaijan to Zhovtneve Air Base in SSR Ukraine. It was carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in Azerbaijan. [1]
On 18 October 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, with the registration CCCP-76569, carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Azerbaijan history.
The flight was part of a routine training exercise taking place near the city of Sumgait, situated along the Caspian Sea coast. The aircraft, in route to carry out a training mission, faced unforeseen technical difficulties shortly after departing from Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
The crash prompted a swift response from search and rescue teams, who were able to recover the wreckage of the aircraft, along with the victims' remains, from the waters of the Caspian Sea. Investigations into the incident were subsequently launched to determine the precise causes of the crash. [2]
The flight crew consisted of:
The cause of the accident was an engine design flaw. The inter-shaft bearing had failed, leading to the low-pressure turbine shaft fracturing from heat.
Accident | |
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Date | October 18, 1989 |
Summary | Uncontained Engine Failure leading to structural failure |
Site | Caspian Sea, near Sumgait, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76 |
Operator | Soviet Air Forces |
Registration | CCCP-76569 |
Flight origin | Nasosnaya Air Base, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Destination | Zhovtneve Air Base, Bolhrad, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Passengers | 50 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 57 |
Survivors | 0 |
On October 18, 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, it was conducting a flight from Nasosnaya Air Base in SSR Azerbaijan to Zhovtneve Air Base in SSR Ukraine. It was carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in Azerbaijan. [1]
On 18 October 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, with the registration CCCP-76569, carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Azerbaijan history.
The flight was part of a routine training exercise taking place near the city of Sumgait, situated along the Caspian Sea coast. The aircraft, in route to carry out a training mission, faced unforeseen technical difficulties shortly after departing from Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
The crash prompted a swift response from search and rescue teams, who were able to recover the wreckage of the aircraft, along with the victims' remains, from the waters of the Caspian Sea. Investigations into the incident were subsequently launched to determine the precise causes of the crash. [2]
The flight crew consisted of:
The cause of the accident was an engine design flaw. The inter-shaft bearing had failed, leading to the low-pressure turbine shaft fracturing from heat.