Il-76 Crash Has China, CIS Nations, Reexamining Overload Parameters

Credit: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY VIA AP/WIDE WORLD
The problem of aircraft overload in the commercial aircraft fleets of the former Soviet republics has come roaring to the fore once again following the crash of an Azerbaijan-based Ilyushin Il-76 freighter in China earlier this month. A four-engine Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet crashed about 6 mi. from...

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