On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747-100 en route from Delhi, India, to Jeddah, with a stopover in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en rout
Firefighters at the crash site of Flight 763
HZ-AIH, the Boeing 747-168B involved in the collision, seen in 1986
UN-76435, the Ilyushin Il-76TD involved in the collision, seen in 1994
Ilyushin Il-76
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The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Anto
1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
…Flight 763, a Boeing 747-100 en route from Delhi, India, to Jeddah, with a stopover in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi, collided over the city of Charkhi Dadri, around 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) west of Delhi. The crash…
A Russian Air Force Il-76MD-90A
The Il-76 is a high-wing freighter with four turbofans and a T-tail
Landing gear of an Ilyushin Il-76
USAF and IAF airmen work inside the cockpit of an Indian Il-76