Ilyushin II-78 crash, Jul 17, 1998 (10 killed), Asmara
Ilyushin II-78 accident on July 17, 1998 near Asmara, Maekel, Eritrea with 10 fatalities. Cause: The crew chose a non-standard visual approach in...
- Date: July 17, 1998
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-78
- Location: Asmara, Maekel, Eritrea
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew chose a non-standard visual approach in marginal weather, did not initiate a go-around, and the aircraft was heavily overloaded for the flight conditions.
An Ilyushin Il-78 cargo flight from Burgas, Bulgaria, struck a mountain slope about 4.3 km short of runway 25 while on approach to Asmara in limited visibility from patchy fog. The aircraft was flying a visual approach to runway 25 instead of the normal instrument approach to runway 07, and it disintegrated on impact. All ten people on board were killed.