Ilyushin II-96 crash, Jun 3, 2014, Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Ilyushin II-96 accident on June 3, 2014 near Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Airport: spontaneous combustion....
- Date: June 3, 2014
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-96
- Location: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: Airport: spontaneous combustion. BAAA: destroyed by fire of unknown origin, with no investigation recorded. Official finding not located.
Aeroflot Il 96 300 RA 96010, parked at Moscow Sheremetyevo for about two months while offered for sale, caught fire in the cockpit in the afternoon with no one aboard. Firefighters needed more than an hour to extinguish it, and the fire destroyed the cabin and roof, leaving the jet written off. The airport attributed the fire to spontaneous combustion, and no formal investigation finding was located.