.jpg) 4K-AZ55, the aircraft involved, seen at Cologne Bonn Airport in 2005 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 July 2011 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain[1][2] |
| Site | Ghorband District, approx. 40 km SW of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Operator | Silk Way Airlines |
| Registration | 4K-AZ55 |
| Flight origin | Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Destination | Bagram Airfield, Bagram, Afghanistan |
| Occupants | 9 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 6 July 2011, a Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76TD cargo aircraft on a flight from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, crashed into a mountainside at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) while descending at night towards Bagram. All nine people on board were killed.[3]
Despite initial claims by Taliban rebels that they had shot down the aircraft, an investigation found no evidence of external interference, while analysis of the flight recorders suggested the crash was a case of controlled flight into terrain.[1][2]
- ^ a b Hradecky, Simon (6 July 2011). "Crash: Silk Way IL76 near Bagram on Jul 6th 2011, impacted mountain". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ a b Leysan, Leila (6 July 2012). "Год со дня крушения ИЛ 76 – Кто виновен в трагедии?" [One year since the crash of IL 76 – Who is guilty of the tragedy?]. 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ Burch, Jonathon (6 July 2011). "Azeri cargo plane crashes in Afghanistan, no survivors". Reuters. Retrieved 18 May 2019.