1.General description. Specific features
plane technical destiny
The Ilyushin Il-76 transport clearly appears as a military design. Its high wing and strong landing gear give it the ability to operate from airfields with rough or unpaved runways, while its rear loading ramp guarantees easy loading and even air dropping capabilities. On the military side, both an airborne tanker and an early warning version of the Il-76 have been developed., The Il-76 can be found in widespread commercial use as a freighter. Comparable in size to the B707 and DC-8, strong demand for medium sized freighters boosted the activities of the Il-76 after the political opening of the former Sovjet Union. Besides CIS airlines carrying both domestic and international freight on Il-76s, the aircraft found also work in Africa, the Far East and Europe. Even British, Swiss and South African airlines are to be found among the carriers operating the Il-76, albeit still under joint-venture agreements with Russian partners.stretched version, the Il-76MF equiped with more powerful Perm PS-90 engines, is currently being tested.
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Engines4 Soloviev D-30KP, 120kNLenght, m49.6Wingspan, m50.5Maximum take-off mass, kg190, 000Crew, prs4Ceiling, m13, 000Range with max.payload, km4, 800Range with max.fuel, km5, 000Cruise speed, kmph850Max speed, kmph975Payload Capacity, kg40, 000 aircraft was first conceived by Ilyushin in 1967 to meet a requirement for a freighter able to carry a payload of 40 tons (88,000 lb) over a range of 5,000 km (2,700 nmi; 3,100 mi) in less than six hours, able to operate from short and unprepared airstrips, and capable of coping with the worst weather conditions likely to be experienced in Siberia and the Soviet Union's Arctic regions. It first flew on March 25, 1971.of Il-76s was placed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then a republic of the Soviet Union). Some 860 of basic transport variants were made. In 1990s modernized variants were developed (MF, TF), but were not produced in significant quantity due to financial problems of the major user, the Russian Air Force. The prototype of longer variant Il-76MF, with bigger capacity, first flew on 1 August 1995. The production ceased around 1997, and the factory since deteriorated. Some commercial aircraft were modernized to IL-76TD-90VD, starting from 2004, using new engines PS-90 to meet European noise limits [. In 2005, China ordered in Russia 34 new Il-76MD's and 4 tankers Il-78, and the factory in Tashkent completed 16 incomplete airframes. Production of the IL-76 at a new factory in Ulyanovsk in Russia, in cooperation with Tashkent works, is under consideration.
2.Accidents
.11.1988 Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-76 78:78 Leninakan, Armeniaaircraft crashed after colliding with a Soviet fighter jet
.18.1989 Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-76 57:57 Nasosny, Russia SSSR-76569
.20.1989 Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-76 25:25 Leninakan, Russia SSSR-76466aircraft crashed on approach. Incorrect altimeter setting used by the crew
.27.1990 Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-76 11:11 Kabul, Afghanistan SSSR-78781
.12.1990 Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-76 10:10 Kabul, Afganistan SSSR-8690aircraft was shot down.
.02.1990 Iraqi Airways Ilyushin IL-76 130:130 Kuwait City, Kuwaitaircraft was shot down by Kuwait after violating that country's airspace.
.05.1996 Avialinii Ilyushin IL-76 19:19 Petropavlovsk, Russia RA-76752
.12.1996 Kazastan Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 27:37 Chaki Dahdri, India UN-76435 12th of November 1996 , two planes smashed into each other while airborne. This accident happened over Charkhi Dadri, India. Saudi Arabian Flight 763, a Boeing 747-168B, crashed against Air Kazakhstand 1907, an IL-76. The Boeing was a commercial aircraft, the IL was a cargo plane. There were 349 fatalities in total. While the Boeing was taking off, the other plane was trying to land, ignoring the warnings from ground control. It than crashed into the Boeing, which disintegrated in mid-air immediately. The IL was still structurally intact, but still crashed being uncontrollable.aircraft collided with a Saudi 747 after the crew failed to maintain their assigned altitude. The 747 was climbing to 13,000 and the Ilyushin w...
