Border Guard Service of Russia Flight 9064 was a military flight from Bratsk Airport

Bratsk Airport

Bratsk Airport is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located north of Bratsk. It is a mixed use airfield, providing 32 parking spaces for medium-sized airliners, as well as a large number of branched fighter revetments....

 to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport

Yelizovo Airport is an airport located in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Its runway is long enough to accommodate a fully loaded Boeing 747 aircraft...

 with 9 passengers and 9 crew on the Ilyushin Il-76

Ilyushin Il-76

The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas...

 (Registration RA-76839). As flight 9064 was at 29000 feet, a small fire started on the right wing of the aircraft. The flight crew declared intentions to perform an emergency landing. But as the pilots tried to land, the fire on the wing got worse. The plane ended up hitting trees, causing it to break apart as it crashed. The accident killed all 18 passengers and crew. The crash site was at Novaya Inya Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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