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| Accident | |
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| Date | 19 February 2003 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during descent in bad weather |
| Site | 35 km (22 mi; 19 nmi) SE of Kerman Airport, Kerman, Iran |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76MD |
| Operator | Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution |
| Registration | 15-2280 |
| Flight origin | Zahedan Airport, Zahedan, Iran |
| Destination | Kerman Airport, Kerman, Iran |
| Occupants | 275 |
| Passengers | 257 |
| Crew | 18 |
| Fatalities | 275 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 19 February 2003, an Ilyushin Il-76 crashed in mountainous terrain near Kerman in Iran. The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aircraft, registration 15-2280, was flying from Zahedan to Kerman when it crashed 35 kilometres (22 mi; 19 nmi) southeast of Kerman.[1] The aircraft was carrying members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, a special force that is independent from the Iranian Army, on an unknown mission.[2]
Strong winds were reported in the region of the crash when the aircraft disappeared from radar; around the same time, villagers in the area described hearing a loud explosion.[3] There were no survivors among the 275 occupants on board the aircraft.[1][nb 1] As of October 2024[update] the crash remains the second deadliest on Iranian soil (behind Iran Air Flight 655) and the deadliest crash of an Il-76.[1]
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