Irkutsk Northwest | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Irkutsk | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,470 ft / 448 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°22′6″N104°11′0″E / 52.36833°N 104.18333°E /52.36833; 104.18333 | ||||||||||
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Irkutsk Northwest Airport is an airport inRussia located 11 km northwest ofIrkutsk. It is a flyaway airfield for theIrkutsk Aviation Plant, and has no parallel taxiways. It is also known asIrkutsk II airport, and occasionally serves as adiversion airport for the mainIrkutsk International Airport
No one had forgot this accident in Irkutsk International Airport back in 2013. The2013 Irkut-Avia Antonov An-12 crash was an accident caused a factor of pilot errors. The plane was on approach to the airport but the pilot made an error causing it to crash. The pilots tried to go around but failed. All 9 crew members died in the crash in 2013.
In 1932, the factory Irkutsk Aircraft Plant Stalin 125 was built here, and was expanded in 1941 duringWorld War II.[1] By the 1960s it was known as Irkutsk Airframe Plant 39[1] and was observed by Western satellites in August 1962. It produced theIlyushin Il-28 Beagle, theAntonov An-12 Cub, theYakovlev Yak-28 Brewer, and theAntonov An-24 Coke.[1] By the late 1970s the factory was involved in the production of theMiG-23U (Flogger C) and ground attack MiG-23B (Flogger D/F), and produced components for theTupolev Tu-22M Backfire bomber.[1] The factory is now known as theIrkutsk Aviation Plant.
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