An Iranian air force Ilyushin Il-76MD crashed near Keman in the south east of the country on 19 February, killing all 284 passengers and 18 crew on board. The aircraft has an official capacity of 140 seats. The crash site is reportedly near a mountain summit at 11,500ft (3,500m) elevation. The pilot's final transmission is reported to have been: "I'll try to get closer [to the airfield] and hope the weather gets better." Meanwhile chief of the Pakistan air force Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and two other senior officers were killed when the air force Fokker F27 they were on board crashed in mountains near the Kohat airbase in north-west Pakistan. The aircraft was carrying 17, all of whom were killed in the 20 February accident.
Source: Flight International