Ilyushin II-76

Algerian Air Force - Al Quwwat Aljawwija Aljaza'Eriiya

The aircraft was engaged in a troop transport from Boufarik to Tindouf with an intermediate stop in Béchar, west Algeria, and was carrying 247 soldiers and their family members and 10 crew members. Shortly after takeoff from the Boufarik AFB located some 25 km southwest of Algiers, while climbing to a height of about 150 meters, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an agricultural zone located near the airport, bursting into flames. The airplane was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. It was quickly confirmed by the Algerian Authorities that none of the 257 occupants survived the crash, among them 26 members of the Front Polisario. According to first testimonies, it appears that the left wing (engine?) was on fire when control was lost.

MCHS Rossii

The aircraft departed Irkutsk Airport at 1019LT on a fire fighting mission in the region of Bayanday. As the crew was approaching the area to be treated, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. The wreckage was found two days later and all 10 crew members were killed. Crew: L.S. Owl, pilot, A. A. Lebedev, copilot, G. L. Petrov, navigator, V. N. Kuznetsov, flight engineer, I. E. Murahin, radio operator, S. A. Makarov, flight operator, S. A. Souslov, flight operator, M. M. Khadayev, flight operator, V. G. Jdanov, operator, A. M. Mashnin, operator.

Ukrainian Air Force - Povitryani Syly Ukrayini

The aircraft was on its way to Luhansk Airport, carrying 40 paratroopers, a crew of 9 and few materials, furniture, goods and equipment. On final approach by night, pro-Russian rebels shot down the aircraft with an anti-aircraft weapon 'Igla' SAM. The four engine aircraft crashed in a huge explosion in a wheat field located near the village of Novohannivka, about 20 km southeast of Luhansk. All 49 occupants were killed and the aircraft was completely destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Crew: Aleksander Belviy, Major Mikael Diakov, Captain Igor Skachkov, Captain Sergei Telegin, Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Burkavtsov, Aleksander Kozolyy, Senior Lieutenant Oleg Pavlenko, Aleksander Kowalyk, Victor Mentus.