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|caption = 4K-AZ55 seen in [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] in 2007.
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|date = 6 July 2011
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|type = Under investigation
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|origin = [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]]
|origin = [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]]
|destination = [[Bagram Airfield|Bagram Air Base]]
|destination = [[Bagram Airfield|Bagram Air Base]]
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A [[Silk Way Airlines]] Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft crashed into a {{convert|3500|m|adj=on}} high hillside on {{date|2011-7-6}}, short of landing at [[Bagram Air Base]] in [[Afghanistan]], killing all nine people on board. It was transporting a load of {{convert|18|t}} of fuel for the [[International Security Assistance Force]] based in [[Bagram]].
On 6 July 2011 at 00:10 local time, a '''[[Silk Way Airlines]]''' [[Ilyushin Il-76]] cargo aircraft ([[aircraft registration|registered]] 4K-AZ55) crashed into a mountain at a height of approximately 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) some {{convert|25|km|mi|sp=us}} away from [[Bagram Airfield|Bagram Air Base]] in [[Afghanistan]], killing all nine people on board. The aircraft had left [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], at 21:26 local time, carrying 18 tons of cargo on behalf of the [[United States Army|US Army]].<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110706-0 Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref><ref>[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1645079 taiwannews.com article covering the aircrash]</ref><ref>[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/nine-feared-dead-in-afghan-plane-crash-20110706-1h214.html Sydney Morning Herald article on the accident]</ref>


==References==
==Aircraft==
The aircraft involved in the accident was a 2005-built [[Ilyushin Il-76TD]], [[Aircraft registration|registration]] 4K-AZ55, owned by Silk Way Holding, a company linked to [[Azerbaijan Airlines]].<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> With serial number 2053420680 and powered with a four-[[Soloviev D-30]]KP-2 powerplant,<ref name="ASN" /> it had a last full technical inspection in {{startdate|2011|2}}, and had passed a regular technical inspection just one month prior to the crash. The [[State Civil Aviation Administration (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Authority]] informed that the [[pilot in command]] had been born in 1969, and that he had logged more than 4,570 flying hours at the time of the accident.<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" />
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==Description of the accident==
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==External links==
The aircraft was about to complete a cargo flight from [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]] in [[Baku]], transporting {{convert|18|t}} of fuel for the [[International Security Assistance Force]],<ref name="Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found" /> with base in [[Bagram]]; it had departed Baku at 16:26 [[GMT]], and was scheduled to land at the [[Bagram Air Base]] at 21:10 GMT on {{date|5 jul}}.<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> Moments prior to landing at the airport of destination, the aircraft disappeared from the radar screens; according to an [[air traffic controller]] in [[Kabul]], there was a flash in the sky at a height of {{convert|4|km}}, some {{convert|25|km}} away from their observing point. It was confirmed the aircraft plunged into a hillside that was {{convert|3500|m|adj=on}} high.<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> According to the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Authority, there were no problems reported before communications with the aircraft were lost.<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> It was informed that 4K-AZ55 had flown the [[Kuwait]]–[[Baku]] route earlier, without any reported incident.<ref name="Bodies of Azerbaijani crashed plane crew members found"/> Silk Way Airlines temporarily halted its operations to Afghanistan after the accident;<ref name="Azerbaijan halts flights to Afghanistan"/> they were resumed on {{date|21 jul}}.<ref name="Silk Way resumed flights to Afghanistan in spite of its liner’s crash near Bagram"/>

Upon crashing, the aircraft broke up in 10 to 20 pieces. Fragments of the burnt fuselage were found in the [[Parwan Province|Parvand Province]] the day after the crash, {{convert|50|km}} north of Afghanistan's capital.<ref name="Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found" /> Azerbaijan Airlines' vice-president, who was also the co-chair of the committee that was set up to investigate the accident, declared that the recovery of the bodies from the crash site would be "almost impossible" to be carried out, given that the wreckage of the aircraft had been burning for about two hours.<ref name="Almost impossible to find remainders of Azerbaijani airplane crew members"/> The [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Foreign Minister]], [[Elmar Mammadyarov]], said that the crash site was very difficult to access not only because of the presence of the [[Taliban]] in the region, but also because of the terrain.<ref name="Baku to seek full investigation into crash of its plane near Kabul"/> The bodies of the crew were found on {{date|23 jul}}; all nine people aboard the aircraft perished in the accident.<ref name="Bodies of Azerbaijani crashed plane crew members found"/> The list of victims was as follows:{{#tag:ref|There exists a discrepancy over the nationality of the victims, as it was reported that there were five [[Azerbaijan]]is and four [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]]s,<ref name="Silk Way resumed flights to Afghanistan in spite of its liner’s crash near Bagram"/><ref name="Azerbaijan sends note to Afghan authorities" /><ref name="NATO assists Azerbaijan to investigate plane crash" /> and six Azerbaijanis and three Uzbeks,<ref name="Taliban plane crash claims 'contradictory'" /> aboard the plane. The list is based upon a source having six people with Azerbaijani nationality.<ref name="Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found" />|group="nb"}}

{{div col|3}}
*{{flagicon|UZB}}&nbsp;Sergey Kuzmin (b. 1969), pilot in command
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Oleg Marshikhin (b. 1979), [[co-pilot]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}}&nbsp;Igor Zheng (b. 1966), [[navigator]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}}&nbsp;Vladimir Shatobin (b. 1969)
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Ahmedjan Khajayev (b. 1955), [[radio operator]]
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Elnur Mahmudov (b. 1981), radio operator
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Tapdig Gahramanov (b. 1964)
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Afghan Rahimov (b. 1980), [[mechanic]]
*{{flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;Mehman Huseynov (b. 1962), mechanic
{{div col end}}

==Possible Taliban involvement==
[[Taliban]] spokesman [[Zabiullah Mujahid]] told an [[Iran]]ian news agency that the aircraft had been shot down by Taliban rebels as they believed the aircraft was carrying a shipment of weapons,<ref name="Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found" /> yet the local governor [[Abdulhalim Mujaddidi]] denied the Talibans were involved.<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> Despite a [[Major (United Kingdom)|British Major]], who was the spokesman for the coalition forces led by the [[United States]] in [[Afghanistan]], confirming that no activity from the rebels had been registered in the area of the crash at the time the accident took place,<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan" /> several attempts to reach the crash site were repelled by gunshots.<ref name="All those trying to reach Afghan crash site come under fire"/> The Azerbaijani [[ambassador]] to Afghanistan and [[Pakistan]] considered that the versions indicating technical problems with the 4K-AZ55 were not true, and said that the Talibans shot the aircraft down.<ref>{{cite news|title= Транспортный Ил-76 был сбит в Афганистане талибами - посол Азербайджана|language= Russian|trans_title= The Il-76 was shot down by the Talibans|agency= РИА Новости ([[Ria Novosti]])|publisher= Российская газета (Russian Gazette)|date= {{Date|2011-7-7}}|url= http://www.rg.ru/2011/07/07/taliby-anons.html|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HhJdPU2z|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}}}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Afghanistan|Aviation|Disasters}}
{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Afghanistan|Aviation|Disasters}}
*[[List of aviation accidents and incidents in the War in Afghanistan]]
*[[Taliban insurgency]]
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==Footnotes==
===Notes===
{{Reflist|group="nb"}}
===References===
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<ref name="All those trying to reach Afghan crash site come under fire">{{cite news|title= All those trying to reach Afghan crash site come under fire|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-11}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/40193|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HeKdbB08|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Almost impossible to find remainders of Azerbaijani airplane crew members">{{cite news|title= Almost impossible to find remainders of Azerbaijani airplane crew members|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-21}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/40957|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HgeLhQFE|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}} }}</ref>
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<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|id= 20110706-0|title= 4K-AZ55}}</ref>
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<ref name="Azerbaijan halts flights to Afghanistan">{{cite news|title= Azerbaijan halts flights to Afghanistan|agency= [[The Associated Press]]|publisher= [[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date= {{Date|2011-7-9}}|url= http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9OC37R80.htm|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6Hgc3VnPv|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Azerbaijan sends note to Afghan authorities">{{cite news|title= Azerbaijan sends note to Afghan authorities|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-11}}|url= http://www.news.az/articles/politics/40172|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HeKLArRO|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan">{{cite news|title= Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-6}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/39884|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HdlMWC1K|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Baku to seek full investigation into crash of its plane near Kabul">{{cite news|title= Baku to seek full investigation into crash of its plane near Kabul|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-13}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/40359|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6Hgdlu6m8|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Bodies of Azerbaijani crashed plane crew members found">{{cite news|title= Bodies of Azerbaijani crashed plane crew members found|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-23}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/41064|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HgeCxOBa|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found">{{cite news|title= Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-6}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/39909|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6Hdm6omFt|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}} }}</ref>
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<ref name="NATO assists Azerbaijan to investigate plane crash">{{citenews|title= NATO assists Azerbaijan to investigate plane crash|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2011-7-8}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/40054|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HeL1nWxY|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Silk Way resumed flights to Afghanistan in spite of its liner’s crash near Bagram">{{cite news|title= Silk Way resumed flights to Afghanistan in spite of its liner’s crash near Bagram|publisher= ABC.az|date= {{Date|2011-7-21}}|url= http://abc.az/eng/news/main/56184.html|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6Hgc8ugLQ|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-27}}}}</ref>
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<ref name="Taliban plane crash claims 'contradictory'">{{citenews|title= Taliban plane crash claims 'contradictory'|publisher= News.Az|date= {{Date|2013-6-25}}|url= http://news.az/articles/society/39926|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6HeKlgub0|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-25}}}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.silkway-airlines.com/ Silk Way Airlines]
*[http://www.silkway-airlines.com/ Silk Way Airlines]
*[http://www.bagram.afcent.af.mil/ Bagram Airfield]
*[http://www.bagram.afcent.af.mil/ Bagram Airfield]
*[http://www.airportbaku.com/ Международный Аэропорт Гейдара Алиева] (in Azerbaijan)


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Revision as of 12:53, 6 July 2013

2011 Silk Way Airlines crash
4K-AZ55, the aircraft involved in the accident, is seen here at Manas International Airport in 2007.
Accident
Date6 July 2011
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteNear Bagram Air Base
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-76
OperatorSilk Way Airlines
Registration4K-AZ55
Flight originHeydar Aliyev International Airport
DestinationBagram Air Base
Crew9
Fatalities9
Injuries0
Survivors0

A Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft crashed into a 3,500-metre (11,500 ft) high 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.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a 2005-built Ilyushin Il-76TD, registration 4K-AZ55, owned by Silk Way Holding, a company linked to Azerbaijan Airlines.[1] With serial number 2053420680 and powered with a four-Soloviev D-30KP-2 powerplant,[2] it had a last full technical inspection in February 2011 (2011-02), and had passed a regular technical inspection just one month prior to the crash. The Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Authority informed that the pilot in command had been born in 1969, and that he had logged more than 4,570 flying hours at the time of the accident.[1]

Description of the accident

The aircraft was about to complete a cargo flight from Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, transporting 18 tonnes (18 long tons; 20 short tons) of fuel for the International Security Assistance Force,[3] with base in Bagram; it had departed Baku at 16:26 GMT, and was scheduled to land at the Bagram Air Base at 21:10 GMT on 5 July.[1] Moments prior to landing at the airport of destination, the aircraft disappeared from the radar screens; according to an air traffic controller in Kabul, there was a flash in the sky at a height of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), some 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from their observing point. It was confirmed the aircraft plunged into a hillside that was 3,500-metre (11,500 ft) high.[1] According to the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Authority, there were no problems reported before communications with the aircraft were lost.[1] It was informed that 4K-AZ55 had flown the Kuwait–Baku route earlier, without any reported incident.[4] Silk Way Airlines temporarily halted its operations to Afghanistan after the accident;[5] they were resumed on 21 July.[6]

Upon crashing, the aircraft broke up in 10 to 20 pieces. Fragments of the burnt fuselage were found in the Parvand Province the day after the crash, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Afghanistan's capital.[3] Azerbaijan Airlines' vice-president, who was also the co-chair of the committee that was set up to investigate the accident, declared that the recovery of the bodies from the crash site would be "almost impossible" to be carried out, given that the wreckage of the aircraft had been burning for about two hours.[7] The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, said that the crash site was very difficult to access not only because of the presence of the Taliban in the region, but also because of the terrain.[8] The bodies of the crew were found on 23 July; all nine people aboard the aircraft perished in the accident.[4] The list of victims was as follows:[nb 1]

  • Uzbekistan Sergey Kuzmin (b. 1969), pilot in command
  • Azerbaijan Oleg Marshikhin (b. 1979), co-pilot
  • Uzbekistan Igor Zheng (b. 1966), navigator
  • Uzbekistan Vladimir Shatobin (b. 1969)
  • Azerbaijan Ahmedjan Khajayev (b. 1955), radio operator
  • Azerbaijan Elnur Mahmudov (b. 1981), radio operator
  • Azerbaijan Tapdig Gahramanov (b. 1964)
  • Azerbaijan Afghan Rahimov (b. 1980), mechanic
  • Azerbaijan Mehman Huseynov (b. 1962), mechanic

Possible Taliban involvement

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told an Iranian news agency that the aircraft had been shot down by Taliban rebels as they believed the aircraft was carrying a shipment of weapons,[3] yet the local governor Abdulhalim Mujaddidi denied the Talibans were involved.[1] Despite a British Major, who was the spokesman for the coalition forces led by the United States in Afghanistan, confirming that no activity from the rebels had been registered in the area of the crash at the time the accident took place,[1] several attempts to reach the crash site were repelled by gunshots.[12] The Azerbaijani ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan considered that the versions indicating technical problems with the 4K-AZ55 were not true, and said that the Talibans shot the aircraft down.[13]

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ There exists a discrepancy over the nationality of the victims, as it was reported that there were five Azerbaijanis and four Uzbeks,[6][9][10] and six Azerbaijanis and three Uzbeks,[11] aboard the plane. The list is based upon a source having six people with Azerbaijani nationality.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Azerbaijani plane crashes in Afghanistan". News.Az. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ Accident description for 4K-AZ55 at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ a b c d "Body parts, fragments of crashed plane found". News.Az. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Bodies of Azerbaijani crashed plane crew members found". News.Az. 23 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijan halts flights to Afghanistan". Bloomberg Businessweek. The Associated Press. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Silk Way resumed flights to Afghanistan in spite of its liner's crash near Bagram". ABC.az. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Almost impossible to find remainders of Azerbaijani airplane crew members". News.Az. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Baku to seek full investigation into crash of its plane near Kabul". News.Az. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan sends note to Afghan authorities". News.Az. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  10. ^ "NATO assists Azerbaijan to investigate plane crash". News.Az. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Taliban plane crash claims 'contradictory'". News.Az. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  12. ^ "All those trying to reach Afghan crash site come under fire". News.Az. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Транспортный Ил-76 был сбит в Афганистане талибами - посол Азербайджана" (in Russian). Российская газета (Russian Gazette). РИА Новости (Ria Novosti). 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)


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