Ilyushin IL-76 Ukranian cargo plane was overloaded and crashed soon after takeoff near Urumchi airport. Seven people were killed

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weather radar attenuation
MAK reconstruction

CVR transcripts
in russian
http://www.airdisaster.ru/cvr. php?id=16

in english
http://www.airliners.net/aviat ion-forums/general_aviation/re ad.main/3022368/

they had a poor radar equipment that would not allow to see thunderclouds in front of them due to attenuation effect

similar event 30 years ago (southern airways flight 242):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ySKsQQn_GQQ

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