Flight Overview
The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-76, a large Russian-built cargo aircraft. Registered as EW-78849, the Il-76 had been on a chartered cargo flight carrying equipment to Ugandan AMISOM peacekeepers in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. All of the crew members were Belarusian.
Read more about this topic: 2007 Mogadishu Trans AVIAexport Airlines Il-76 Crash
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