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| Summary: | Engine separation and crash following engine fire |
| Site: | Near Ivanovo Severny Air Base, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia |
| Aircraft Type: | Ilyushin Il-76MD |
| Tail Number: | RF-76551 |
| Origin: | Ivanovo Severny Air Base |
| Destination: | Plesetsk Air Base |
| Occupants: | 16 |
| Passengers: | 8 |
| Crew: | 8 |
| Fatalities: | 16 |
| Survivors: | 0 |
On 12 March 2024, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashed in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast.[1] Fifteen people were on board when the aircraft crashed; eight crew and seven passengers.[2] No survivors were found. Russian sources said one of its engines caught fire and the plane crashed soon after takeoff.[3] Russia's defense ministry cited an engine fire as the most probable cause of the crash.[4]
According to Denis Pasler, governor of Orenburg Oblast, the flight was carrying pilots from Orenburg. He added that they were from the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment.[5] Meanwhile, the governor of Tver Oblast, Igor Rudenya, also said there were pilots from Tver.[6]
The crash occurred at 13:00 Moscow time near Bogorodskoye District in Ivanovo Oblast. One of the aircraft's engines caught fire during takeoff for a routine flight.[7] There were unconfirmed videos of the aircraft plummeting downwards with one engine on fire where it soon then detached. Another video showed a column of smoke rising upwards.[8] The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Ivanovo-Severny airfield.
Firefighters arrived at the crash site and extinguished the blaze. The governor of Ivanovo Oblast, Stanislav Voskresensky, said there was no damage to villages near the crash.[9] and offered condolences to the relatives of the victims.[4] A search and rescue mission was concluded on the same day of the crash by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.[10] A ministry source told TASS that all 15 people on board the aircraft died in the crash.[11]
Russia's defense ministry said a board of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to Ivanovo Oblast to investigate the crash. It added that an engine fire was the likely cause of the crash.[4]