Ilyushin Il-76TD
27 September 2023
12:42 UTC
Origin : SAW
SAW
LTFJ
Istanbul
İstanbul Province
Turkey
Elevation : 95m / 312ft
Coordinates : 41°53′55″N 29°18′33″E
Destination : GAQ
GAQ
GAGO
(unassigned)
Gao Region
Mali
Elevation : 265m / 870ft
Coordinates : 16°14′54″N 0°-1′20″W
Comment
OK, I didn't 'see' it but it is/was an interesting machine.This apparently was EW-412TH. Word is it was recently acquired by the Malinese Air Force and 'shared' with the Wagner Group or its remnants.
Reports are sketchy, as you'd expect, but apparently it flew in from Minsk via Istanbul, as you'd expect, came in too 'hot', overran the runway and burst into flames.
Write-off. Crew and passenger -- "hundreds" of Wagner fighters -- did not survive the crash.
Update : 13/11/2023 : The crash is reported here. But, looking at this (Resource 2) you'd think it crashed twice. Also a write-off, also at Gao, but over a year ago and it's identified as ex-EX-76006 although we've seen it after this alleged crash : EX-76006.
But we've also seen EW-412TH after it's alleged crash.
But we've also seen EW-412TH after it's alleged crash.
Confused yet ?