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2022 Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash

24 Jun 2022 · Mikhaylovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia

Ilyushin Il-76MD · Crash landing caused by an in-flight fire in engine No. 4 shortly after takeoff

From Orenburg Central Airport (REN) to Belgorod International Airport (EGO)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
5 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
9
Survivors
4
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
4
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Ilyushin Il-76MD

Aircraft type
Ilyushin IL-76
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
RF-78778
Onboard fatalities
5
Route
From Orenburg Central Airport (REN)To Belgorod International Airport (EGO)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

In the early morning of June 24, 2022, an Ilyushin Il-76MD cargo aircraft of the Russian Air Force was operating a flight from Orenburg Tsentralny Airport to Belgorod International Airport with an intermediate flight to Dyagilevo air base crashed immediately after takeoff from Dyagilevo air base, near the Mikhailovsky highway area in the city of Ryazan.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the plane was operating a training flight from Orenburg to Belgorod and landing in Ryazan for refueling.

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Wikipedia article: 2022 Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
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2022 Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Revision
1345524390 · 2026-03-26 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
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Wikipedia article "2022 Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash" (page 72546466, revision 1345524390)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
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Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.