Ilyushin II-76 crash, Mar 27, 1990 (9 killed), Kabul

Ilyushin II-76 accident on March 27, 1990 near Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan with 9 fatalities.

On 27 March 1990 an Ilyushin Il-76 (CCCP-78781) flying a cargo service from Tashkent via Kokand to Kabul, carrying fuel drums, was told to hold FL190 to keep separation from an Afghan An-32 passing below. It then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed about 7.6 km east of Kabul Khwaja Rawash Airport. All nine crew were killed.

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