Cologne - Bakhtaran

On May 24, 1991 at 12:00 AM, Cologne - Bakhtaran experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Metro Cargo Airlines, with the event recorded near Bakhtaran Kermanshah.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Cologne-Bonn Airport on a humanitarian flight to Bakhtaran, Iran, carrying various goods for Kurdish refugees on behalf of the Swiss company Mexair. On approach to Bakhtaran airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to initiate a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, a second attempt to land and then a third attempt were also abandoned. During the fourth approach, the captain informed ATC that he was shot of fuel and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in an open field located 11 km from the airport. Four crew members were killed while six others were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration LZ-INK, MSN 00934 94835, year of manufacture 1989.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.3733°, 47.1100°.