The 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash refers to an Ilyushin Il-76MD military aircraft of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that crashed on February 19, 2003, killing all 275 people on board. To date, the crash – the third of an Il-76 in Iran – remains the deadliest on Iranian soil and the eighth-deadliest aviation accident of all time.
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