Tashkent - Bagram

On December 25, 1979 at 09:33 PM, Tashkent - Bagram experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Kabul Kabul.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

47 people were known to be on board, 47 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 38, passenger fatalities: 38, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The four engine airplane was completing a flight from Tashkent-Yuzhny to Bagram AFB, Kabul, carrying 38 paratroopers and nine crew members. While descending by night at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located about 36 km from Kabul. The wreckage was found few hours later and none of the 47 occupants survived the crash. The airplane was engaged in the first day of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-86036, MSN 093416500, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.4619°, 69.1197°.