Iranian Revolutionary Guard Ilyushin IL-76MD plane crash
Key facts
- Airline
- Iranian Revolutionary Guard
- Aircraft
- Ilyushin IL-76MD
- Location
- SE Kerman, Iran
- Date
- 19th February, 2003
- People on board
- 275
- Fatalities
- 275
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Accident account
The aircraft was on a flight from Zahedan to Kerman. It crashed 330 feet below the peak of Sirach Mountain approximately 35nm southeast of Kerman. Weather at the time of the accident was poor. All 275 passengers and crew members were killed in the accident.
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