Tuesday 17 August 2021

Il-112V prototype crashes outside Moscow

A few minutes ago the Ilyushin Il-112V prototype crashed outside Moscow. The reasons for the accident are not know but one of the engines was on fire when it crashed. Sadly there are no survivors; the crew was composed of
 
- Pilot: Nikolay Kuimov
- Co-pilot: Dmitry Komarov
- Navigator: Nikolay Khludeev



 
This aircraft first flew in March 2019, and had completed 15 flights (Appendix 1) by the time of the accident. It has been designed to replace Russia’s fleet of An-26, the Yakovlev Yak-40

Appendix 1: Il-112V prototype flight history
 

1) 30-3-2019
2) 30-3-2021
3) 4-4-2021
4 y 5) 6-4-2021
6) 27-5-2021
7) 14-7-2021
8) 17-7-2021
9) 17-7-2021
10) 3-8-2021
11) 5-8-2021
12) 7-8-2021
13) 9-8-2021
14) 10-8-2021 (with 2 tons of fuel)
15) 13-8-2021: Flight to Zhukovsky

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