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2012 Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76 crash
	An Ilyushin Il-76 similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date	30 November 2012
Summary	Crashed during final approach; under investigation[needs update]
Site	Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo ; 4°15′00″S 15°16′00″E / 4.2500°S 15.2667°E
Total fatalities	32
Total injuries	14
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-76T
Operator	Air Highnesses on behalf of Aéro-Service
Registration	EK-76300
Flight origin	Pointe Noire Airport, Republic of the Congo
Destination	Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Occupants	6
Passengers	1
Crew	5
Fatalities	6
Survivors	0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	26
Ground injuries	14

On 30 November 2012, an Ilyushin Il-76 freighter aircraft, operated by the Armenian cargo airline Air Highnesses on behalf of Congolese cargo airline Aéro-Service, crashed on landing at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo,^[1] killing all six occupants and 26 people on the ground.^[2]

The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Pointe Noire Airport to Maya-Maya Airport and was attempting to land on runway 5L in heavy rain when it clipped high trees about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft; 1,100 yd) from the runway threshold, disintegrating over 500 metres (1,600 ft; 550 yd).^[2] The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed, killing all five Armenian crew and an Armenian policeman present on board, as well as 26 local residents, injuring a further 14. The aircraft was initially mistakenly attributed to Trans Air Congo.^[3]

Investigation

In February 2013, the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) received the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder for analysis on behalf of the Ministry of Transport of Congo, and was working to download the data.^[2]