Occurrence | |
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Date | 12 March 2024 |
Summary | Engine separation and crash following engine fire |
Site | Near Ivanovo Severny Air Base, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76MD |
Operator | Russian Air Force |
Registration | RF-76551 |
Flight origin | Ivanovo Severny Air Base |
Destination | Plesetsk Air Base |
Passengers | 7 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 12 March 2024, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashed in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast. [1] Fifteen people were on board when the aircraft crashed; eight crew and seven passengers. [2] No survivors were found. Russian sources said one of its engines caught fire and the plane crashed soon after takeoff. [3] Russia's defense ministry cited an engine fire as the most probable cause of the crash. [4]
According to Denis Pasler, governor of Orenburg Oblast, the flight was carrying pilots from Orenburg. He added that they were from the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. [5] Meanwhile, the governor of Tver Oblast, Igor Rudenya, also said there were pilots from Tver. [6]
The crash occurred at 13:00 Moscow time near Bogorodskoye District in Ivanovo Oblast. One of the aircraft's engines caught fire during takeoff for a routine flight. [7] There were unconfirmed videos of the aircraft plummeting downwards with one engine on fire where it soon then detached. Another video showed a column of smoke rising upwards. [8] The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Ivanovo-Severny airfield. [5]
Firefighters arrived at the crash site and extinguished the blaze. The governor of Ivanovo Oblast, Stanislav Voskresensky, said there was no damage to villages near the crash. [9] and offered condolences to the relatives of the victims. [4] A search and rescue mission was concluded on the same day of the crash by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. [10] A ministry source told TASS that all 15 people on board the aircraft died in the crash. [11]
Russia's defense ministry said a board of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to Ivanovo Oblast to investigate the crash. [7] It added that an engine fire was the likely cause of the crash. [4]
Occurrence | |
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Date | 12 March 2024 |
Summary | Engine separation and crash following engine fire |
Site | Near Ivanovo Severny Air Base, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76MD |
Operator | Russian Air Force |
Registration | RF-76551 |
Flight origin | Ivanovo Severny Air Base |
Destination | Plesetsk Air Base |
Passengers | 7 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 12 March 2024, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashed in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast. [1] Fifteen people were on board when the aircraft crashed; eight crew and seven passengers. [2] No survivors were found. Russian sources said one of its engines caught fire and the plane crashed soon after takeoff. [3] Russia's defense ministry cited an engine fire as the most probable cause of the crash. [4]
According to Denis Pasler, governor of Orenburg Oblast, the flight was carrying pilots from Orenburg. He added that they were from the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. [5] Meanwhile, the governor of Tver Oblast, Igor Rudenya, also said there were pilots from Tver. [6]
The crash occurred at 13:00 Moscow time near Bogorodskoye District in Ivanovo Oblast. One of the aircraft's engines caught fire during takeoff for a routine flight. [7] There were unconfirmed videos of the aircraft plummeting downwards with one engine on fire where it soon then detached. Another video showed a column of smoke rising upwards. [8] The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Ivanovo-Severny airfield. [5]
Firefighters arrived at the crash site and extinguished the blaze. The governor of Ivanovo Oblast, Stanislav Voskresensky, said there was no damage to villages near the crash. [9] and offered condolences to the relatives of the victims. [4] A search and rescue mission was concluded on the same day of the crash by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. [10] A ministry source told TASS that all 15 people on board the aircraft died in the crash. [11]
Russia's defense ministry said a board of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to Ivanovo Oblast to investigate the crash. [7] It added that an engine fire was the likely cause of the crash. [4]