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01jul2016: Russian IL-76 firebomber missing, believed crashe

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https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20160701-0
An Ilyushin 76 firefighting aircraft was declared missing during a mission in the Irkutsk region. Last radio contact was at 10:54 hours local time and the crew were exptected to report back at 11:30 hours.
A video of an Ilyushin IL-76 firebomber/firefighting variant in action, with the camera-men
WAY too close to the action/waterdrop, see
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=124261 .
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: 01jul2016: Russian IL-76 firebomber missing, believed cr

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Reported as RA-76840.

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5810 ... beria.html
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