Talk:Ilyushin Il-76

Chin (bulge area)
Why has it got a chin? What is it for? 86.135.255.66 (talk) 03:50, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It's funny that no one in the know has answered this question for 10 years! I presume the questioner means the bump under the front of the nose, with a large set of windows directly in front of the bump. And I presume the windows are for an observer to be able to better see the landing strip conditions as the plane lands? UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 23:07, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I did some digging in my books and found that a navigator is located in the underside of the nose to help with landings (inside view here) for the Il-76TD. The chin bulge is just rear of the underside canopy. This web page is only thing that cover the feature: Why does the IL-76 have a lump ...?.  Regards -Fnlayson (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Cause of crash on 22 September 2009
Under the heading "Accidents", the 13th incident listed is described thus: "On 22 September 2009, Il-76MD "5-8208" of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force crashed near Varamin killing all seven people on board. The crash was possibly the result of a midair collision with a Northrop F-5E Tiger II." (emphasis added) There are two sources cited for this. However, the first of the two is the only one that is still extant, and it describes the accident as having been caused by the plane's radar dome becoming detached and striking the rudder. To wit: "The IRIAF Il-76MD 'Simorgh' jet was destroyed in an accident near Tehran, killing all seven crew members. The 'Simorgh' is an Il-76 jet modified with a radar dome on top of the fuselage for airborne early warning and control (AEW&C). It has been reported that the crew reported an engine fire. While maneuvering for an emergency landing at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) runway 29L the radar dome detached, striking the tail fin. Control was lost and the airplane crashed." (emphasis mine) In lieu of any source to support the notion that a mid-air collision with another aircraft was to blame, I wonder if the entry shouldn't be rewritten. Bricology (talk) 00:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

How many Il-76s have been produced?
How many Il-76's have been produced? and How many are still operating in civil or military service?

The article seems strangely missing this information for such a long-term popular transport aircraft.N2e (talk) 12:22, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

What is passenger/troop carrying capacity?
The article is missing information on the capacity of the IL-76 when carrying passengers or troops+kit? Anyone have a source for this capacity? N2e (talk) 11:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

About the alleged two downed Il-76
It seems obvious no Il-76 was shot down, not one nor two. Specialists consider that they were two decoy drones to lure and reveal the Ukrainian air defenses, or divert their attention from operations north of Kyiv. The Ukrainians would not have taken long to show the remains of two 50-meter 200-ton planes and the alleged hundreds of troops or equipment they were transporting, even less so in a relatively populated area. more than two months have passed and not a single image or report has been seen to show what would be a great victory for the Ukrainian AA defense, in any official or OSINT media as a proven fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.206.184.131 (talk) 22:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Worldwide Equipment Guide entry taken from this article
As best I can tell from the revision history of this Wikipedia article which seems organic, the corresponding entry in the US Army Worldwide Equipment Guide, "II-76MD (Candid-B) Russian Multi-Purpose Strategic Airlifter" (sic:  instead of IL-76) (or same entry on pretty website but with broken line breaks) -- for instance, the "notes" and "variants" sections -- is actually largely plagiarized from this article (and not vice versa). Perhaps many more entries in that work are from Wikipedia as well; I haven't checked.

It's funny/sad if the US Army is basing important content on Wikipedia articles, especially ones which are tagged with "more citations needed". Micler (talk) 21:19, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Old Information
Is it possible to include more up-to-date details? Most of the information here is almost 10 years old, some even sourced to the "Wayback Machine". The latest Il-76 now in production is generations newer with Perm engines, carbon-fibre wing, digital flight management, sat-nav, etc. Henrilebec (talk) 21:56, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Operational History - split into two sections
The start of the 'Operational History' section describes general operational history of the aircraft. Then, it just talks about various notable crashes with a bias for recent ones. I think the general operational history should be kept under 'Operational History' and then a new section called 'notable crashes' could be started where the details of various notable crashes could be included. 147.161.216.92 (talk) 20:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Accidents is the usually section for aircraft articles. See WP:Air/PC and the "Accidents and incidents" section there for more info. -Fnlayson (talk) 22:54, 24 January 2024 (UTC)