Tashkent - Kokand - Kabul

On March 27, 1990 at 11:30 AM, Tashkent - Kokand - Kabul 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 cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Tashkent to Kabul with an intermediate stop in Kokand, Uzbekistan, carrying a load of fuel drums. While descending to Kabul Airport, the crew was instructed by ATC to maintain FL190 as an Afghan Antonov AN-32 was passing just below at FL180. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion 7,6 km east of Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport. All nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-78781, MSN 00834 89670, year of manufacture 1988.

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