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Irkutsk Northwest Airport

Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Irkutsk Northwest Airport is an airport in Russia located 11 km northwest of Irkutsk. It is a flyaway airfield for the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, and has no parallel taxiways. It is also known as Irkutsk II airport, and occasionally serves as a diversion airport for the main Irkutsk International Airport No one had forgot this accident in Irkutsk International Airport back in 2013. The 2013 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.

Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.

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