Silk Way IL76 at Bratislava on Apr 4th 2018, bird strike
Last Update: October 30, 2019 / 15:35:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Silk Way Airlines
Flight number
ZP-4953
Departure
Bratislava, Slovakia
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4K-AZ100
Aircraft Type
Ilyushin Il-76
ICAO Type Designator
IL76
On Oct 30th 2019 the so far unknown destination became known through investigative research by Czech portal investigace.cz, that the aircraft carried Czech military equipment to Baku (Azerbaijan) via Tel Aviv (Israel). An embargo against Azerbaijan by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was in effect at the time, however, an UN embargo had been lifted already.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Silk Way Airlines
Flight number
ZP-4953
Departure
Bratislava, Slovakia
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4K-AZ100
Aircraft Type
Ilyushin Il-76
ICAO Type Designator
IL76
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