2011 Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crash

A Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft crashed into a 3,500-metre-high (11,500 ft) hillside on 6 July 2011, short of landing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, killing all nine people on board. It was transporting a load of 18 tonnes (18 long tons; 20 short tons) of fuel for the International Security Assistance Force based in Bagram. The aircraft broke up and burned when it hit the ground. Attempts to reach the crash site were repelled by gunfire, in spite of assurances from the International Security Assistance Force that the Taliban was not active in the area at the time. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan Dashgin Shikarova considered that reports indicating technical problems with the 4K-AZ55 are not true; in his opinion the Taliban shot the aircraft down. Th

2011 Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crash

A Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft crashed into a 3,500-metre-high (11,500 ft) hillside on 6 July 2011, short of landing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, killing all nine people on board. It was transporting a load of 18 tonnes (18 long tons; 20 short tons) of fuel for the International Security Assistance Force based in Bagram. The aircraft broke up and burned when it hit the ground. Attempts to reach the crash site were repelled by gunfire, in spite of assurances from the International Security Assistance Force that the Taliban was not active in the area at the time. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan Dashgin Shikarova considered that reports indicating technical problems with the 4K-AZ55 are not true; in his opinion the Taliban shot the aircraft down. Th