Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 18 May 2004
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Owner/operator: Azal Cargo, lsf Silk Way Airlines
Registration Number: 4K-AZ27
Location: 10 km from Urumqi Airport (URC) –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Aircraft fuselage and wings.Aircraft fuselage and wings.
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin freighter carrying clothes and goods experienced a catastrophic crash during a cargo flight from Taiyuan, China to Riga, Latvia. The aircraft made intermediate stops in Urumqi and Baku, Azerbaijan, before descending and crashing nose-first into a farm.An Ilyushin freighter carrying clothes and goods experienced a catastrophic crash during a cargo flight from Taiyuan, China to Riga, Latvia. The aircraft made intermediate stops in Urumqi and Baku, Azerbaijan, before descending and crashing nose-first into a farm.
Description
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.
Primary Cause
Possible mechanical failure or control system malfunction during descent.Possible mechanical failure or control system malfunction during descent.Share on:
