A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. The crash comes just weeks after the same type of planewent downnear the Ukrainian border. The ministry said the ...
A Russian military plane has crashed on the Ukraine-Russia border, with Moscow saying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were onboard. Its defence ministry confirmed the Ilyushin Il-76 transporter crashed in theRussiancity of Belgorod on Wednesday morning. "They [the prisoners of war] were being ...
The plane was partially destroyed in the crash, causing a fire at the landing site, which has been extinguished. Il-76 is Russia's main military transport aircraft.■
Among the photos of documents circulating online and in some media after the plane was downed was a set of safety instructions showing the registration number EX-76011. EX-76011 is the number of an IL-76 previously operated by New Way Cargo, an airline identi...
Putin has since ordered the military to help local authorities fight the fires and the army deployed water-dropping Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft to douse the flames, the defence minister said on Tuesday. The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed criticism that Russian planes had helped foreign countri...
Investigators have found the flight recorders of a crashed Russian military plane that Russia claims was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs, Russian state media says. Moscow is blaming Kyiv for the crash. BBC News Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford has
A modified Russian military passenger jet will overfly the United States next week, taking photographs of the ground below and monitoring U.S. government activities. It's basically spying but it's all completely legal, thanks to the Open Skies Treaty of 1992 that allows the Russians to overfly...
A Russian military aircraft, carrying supplies needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak, has landed in New York. The haul was sent after President Trump accepted an offer of assistance from Vladimir Putin. The plane, that took off for its some 8,000-kilometer trek early overnight, has landed...
The IL-76 is a Soviet era military plane From CNN's Rob Picheta The plane that crashed – an IL-76 – is a Soviet-era, long-range freighter plane that has been in service since 1975, according to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. It typically operates with...
A Russian Military Plane Nearly Collided With A Swedish Passenger Jet Last MarchPierre Bienaimé