Apparently as it turns out it was an Ilyushin IL76. Military I think. Mike Gammon > > From: Stanley Powroznik <avialot@yahoo.com> > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:16:32 -0800 > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Antonov down in Iran with 250 aboard > > Anyone on the list that may have more exact details by now on what type of Antonov aircraft it was and was this a military aircraft or a civil airliner belonging to one of those Russian airlines ? > ------- > 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. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more >