2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash

When

19 Feb 2003

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

30.14° N, 57.40° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

275

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.

Aviation accident in Kerman, Iran

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 southeast of Kerman. The aircraft was carrying members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, a special force that is independent from the Iranian Army, on an unknown mission.

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