Ilyushin II-76 crash, May 18, 2004 (7 killed), Ürümqi-Diwopu
Ilyushin II-76 accident on May 18, 2004 near Ürümqi-Diwopu, Xinjiang Uyghur, China with 7 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. An overload explanation...
- Date: May 18, 2004
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-76
- Location: Ürümqi-Diwopu, Xinjiang Uyghur, China
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. An overload explanation appears in a secondary database but is not confirmed by an official report.
An Il-76TD cargo flight operated by AZAL Cargo crashed about two minutes after takeoff from Urumqi-Diwopu, near a farm roughly 10 km from the airport. All seven crew were killed, and the aircraft was largely destroyed by the impact and a post-crash fire. Weather was reported as good.