Ilyushin II-76 crashes

69 crashes involving the Ilyushin II-76 since 1980, with 1,272 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 69
Fatal crashes: 51
Fatalities: 1,272
First recorded: September 23, 1980
Most recent: December 9, 2025

Deadliest

February 19, 2003: Ilyushin II-76, Kerman, Kermanshah, Iran (275 fatalities)
April 11, 2018: Ilyushin II-76, Boufarik AFB, Blida, Algeria (257 fatalities)
December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 fatalities)
January 24, 2024: Ilyushin II-76, Yablonovo, Belgorod oblast, Russia (74 fatalities)
October 18, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Nasosny AFB, Absheron, Azerbaijan (57 fatalities)

Countries

Russia (18)
Afghanistan (9)
Sudan (6)
Iran (4)
Ukraine (3)
Angola (2)
Armenia (2)
Azerbaijan (2)
Libya (2)
Mali (2)
Somalia (2)
Tajikistan (2)

Years

2009 (6)
1996 (5)
1987 (4)
1989 (4)
1983 (3)
1990 (3)
2001 (3)
2004 (3)
2005 (3)
2007 (3)
2024 (3)
2025 (3)

All crashes

December 9, 2025: Ilyushin II-76, Osman Digna AFB, Red Sea, Sudan (10 fatalities)
November 4, 2025: Ilyushin II-76, Babanusa, West Kordofan, Sudan (5 fatalities)
February 23, 2025: Ilyushin II-76, Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan (7 fatalities)
October 21, 2024: Ilyushin II-76, Al Malha, North Darfur, Sudan (5 fatalities)
March 12, 2024: Ilyushin II-76, Ivanovo-Severny, Ivanovo oblast, Russia (16 fatalities)
January 24, 2024: Ilyushin II-76, Yablonovo, Belgorod oblast, Russia (74 fatalities)
October 20, 2023: Ilyushin II-76, Ayni AFB (Gissar AFB), Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (0 fatalities)
September 23, 2023: Ilyushin II-76, Gao, Gao, Mali (2 fatalities)
June 24, 2022: Ilyushin II-76, Dyagilevo AFB, Ryazan oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
April 11, 2018: Ilyushin II-76, Boufarik AFB, Blida, Algeria (257 fatalities)
July 1, 2016: Ilyushin II-76, Uyan, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (10 fatalities)
June 14, 2014: Ilyushin II-76, Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine (49 fatalities)
November 30, 2012: Ilyushin II-76, Brazzaville, Brazzaville City District, Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo (32 fatalities)
June 27, 2012: Ilyushin II-76, Tver-Migalovo AFB, Tver oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 6, 2011: Ilyushin II-76, Bagram AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (9 fatalities)
November 28, 2010: Ilyushin II-76, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (11 fatalities)
November 7, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Ivanovo-Severny, Ivanovo oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 1, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Mirny, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (11 fatalities)
September 22, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Varamin, Tehran City District, Iran (7 fatalities)
August 27, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (0 fatalities)
March 9, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Entebbe, Central, Uganda (11 fatalities)
January 15, 2009: Ilyushin II-76, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia (4 fatalities)
June 30, 2008: Ilyushin II-76, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (4 fatalities)
February 14, 2008: Ilyushin II-76, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
October 31, 2007: Ilyushin II-76, Bamako, Bamako City District, Mali (0 fatalities)
March 23, 2007: Ilyushin II-76, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia (11 fatalities)
March 9, 2007: Ilyushin II-76, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia (0 fatalities)
November 11, 2005: Ilyushin II-76, Kōh-e Khāk-e Shahīdān, Kabul, Afghanistan (8 fatalities)
March 23, 2005: Ilyushin II-76, Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania (8 fatalities)
February 3, 2005: Ilyushin II-76, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (7 fatalities)
December 30, 2004: Ilyushin II-76, Dushanbe, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (0 fatalities)
May 18, 2004: Ilyushin II-76, Ürümqi-Diwopu, Xinjiang Uyghur, China (7 fatalities)
March 4, 2004: Ilyushin II-76, Baku-Heydar Aliyev (Bina), Absheron, Azerbaijan (3 fatalities)
February 19, 2003: Ilyushin II-76, Kerman, Kermanshah, Iran (275 fatalities)
January 31, 2003: Ilyushin II-76, Baucau, Timor Leste, East Timor (6 fatalities)
February 24, 2002: Ilyushin II-76, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (0 fatalities)
December 2, 2001: Ilyushin II-76, Novaya Inya, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (18 fatalities)
July 14, 2001: Ilyushin II-76, Moscow-Chkalovsky, Moscow oblast, Russia (10 fatalities)
April 18, 2001: Ilyushin II-76, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
June 20, 2000: Ilyushin II-76, Privolzhskiy AFB (Astrakhan), Astrakhan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1999: Ilyushin II-76, Irkutsk-Intl, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 13, 1998: Ilyushin II-76, Ras al-Khaimah, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (8 fatalities)
January 25, 1997: Ilyushin II-76, Anadyr, Chukotka okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia (23 fatalities)
November 12, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India (37 fatalities)
August 19, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Belgrade-Nikola Tesla (ex Surčin), Belgrade City District, Serbia (12 fatalities)
June 6, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (10 fatalities)
April 5, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (20 fatalities)
December 31, 1994: Ilyushin II-76, Sarajevo, East Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia & Herzegovina (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1993: Ilyushin II-76, Pskov AFB, Pskov oblast, Russia (11 fatalities)
May 24, 1991: Ilyushin II-76, Bakhtaran, Kermanshah, Iran (4 fatalities)
June 12, 1990: Ilyushin II-76, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
March 27, 1990: Ilyushin II-76, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (9 fatalities)
February 1, 1990: Ilyushin II-76, Panevėžys-Pajuostis AFB, Apskritis of Panevėžys, Lithuania (8 fatalities)
October 20, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (15 fatalities)
October 18, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Nasosny AFB, Absheron, Azerbaijan (57 fatalities)
August 10, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Novgorod, Novgorod oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
March 21, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Menongue, Cuando Cubango, Angola (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 fatalities)
November 19, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Rogachevo AFB, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Sebha, Sebha, Libya (46 fatalities)
August 8, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Sebha, Sebha, Libya (0 fatalities)
April 2, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Lake Sivash, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (8 fatalities)
April 2, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Lake Sivash, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (8 fatalities)
October 27, 1984: Ilyushin II-76, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (11 fatalities)
October 20, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
October 20, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
June 5, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (8 fatalities)
September 23, 1980: Ilyushin II-76, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (4 fatalities)