Ilyushin, Antonov, Tupolev, I guess to the media all Russian airliners are the same... Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scotty" <scotty@aeroplane.ru> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:24 PM Subject: Re: Antonov down in Iran with 250 aboard > It is an Il-76, probably belonging to the IIAF, and 302 people are now > confirmed dead according to the Iranian News Agency > > Cheers > > Scotty > > > > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:40:45 -0800 > From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@postmodern.com> > Subject: Antonov down in Iran with 250 aboard > > AP reports an Antonov aircraft carrying 250 people has crashed in SE > Iran, possibly a military flight. Since Antonov does not make large > passenger airliners, I'm wondering what this might be... maybe an > An-124 with seat pallets? > > Details very sketchy so far. The crash is 50 miles from the planned > destination of Kerman. > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@postmodern.com >