Ilyushin II-76 crashes

83 crashes involving the Ilyushin II-76 since 1979, with 1,559 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 83
• Fatal crashes: 62
• Fatalities: 1,559
• First recorded: November 23, 1979
• Most recent: December 9, 2025

Deadliest

1. February 19, 2003: Ilyushin II-76, Kerman, Kermanshah, Iran (275 fatalities)
2. April 11, 2018: Ilyushin II-76, Boufarik AFB, Blida, Algeria (257 fatalities)
3. December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 fatalities)
4. December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 fatalities)
5. January 24, 2024: Ilyushin II-76, Yablonovo, Belgorod oblast, Russia (74 fatalities)

Countries

• Russia (20)
• Afghanistan (12)
• Sudan (6)
• Armenia (4)
• Iran (4)
• Libya (4)
• Ukraine (4)
• Angola (3)
• Azerbaijan (3)
• Iraq (2)
• Mali (2)
• Somalia (2)

Years

• 1989 (8)
• 1987 (7)
• 2009 (6)
• 1996 (5)
• 1983 (4)
• 1988 (4)
• 1990 (3)
• 2001 (3)
• 2004 (3)
• 2005 (3)
• 2007 (3)
• 2024 (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 (15 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, 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 (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, Belgrade City District, Serbia (12 fatalities)
• June 6, 1996: Ilyushin II-76, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of 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 (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 20, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (15 fatalities)
• October 18, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Nasosny AFB, Absheron, Azerbaijan (57 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)
• August 10, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Novgorod, Novgorod oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
• March 21, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Menongue, Cuando Cubango, Angola (0 fatalities)
• March 21, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Menongue, Cuando Cubango, Angola (0 fatalities)
• December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 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 19, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Rogachevo AFB, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• November 16, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Sebha, Sebha, Libya (46 fatalities)
• November 16, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Sebha, Sebha, Libya (46 fatalities)
• August 8, 1987: Ilyushin II-76, Sebha, Sebha, Libya (0 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)
• 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 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)
• June 5, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (8 fatalities)
• September 23, 1980: Ilyushin II-76, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (4 fatalities)
• September 23, 1980: Ilyushin II-76, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (4 fatalities)
• December 25, 1979: Ilyushin II-76, Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan (47 fatalities)
• November 23, 1979: Ilyushin II-76, Vitebsk Vitebsk voblast, Belarus (7 fatalities)