Ilyushin II-76 crash, Jun 14, 2014 (49 killed), Luhansk
Ilyushin II-76 accident on June 14, 2014 near Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine with 49 fatalities. Cause: Ukrainian prosecutors said two separatist...
- Date: June 14, 2014
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-76
- Location: Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 49
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Ukrainian prosecutors said two separatist fighters shot the aircraft down with an Igla missile on the orders of Igor Plotnitsky. The Security Service of Ukraine instead attributed the shoot down to Russian military intelligence (GRU) personnel from the Wagner PMC, and no independent confirmation was found.
An Il 76MD carrying 40 paratroopers and a crew of nine was shot down by a surface to air missile while on final approach to Luhansk airport at night on 14 June 2014. It crashed in a wheat field near Novohannivka, about 20 km southeast of Luhansk, and all 49 people on board were killed. Ukrainian prosecutors blamed separatist fighters, while the Security Service of Ukraine blamed Russian military intelligence personnel, and the accounts conflict.