A mysterious plane from Iran flew to the Russian Federation: what could it carry (map)

On Sunday, November 3, a mysterious Il-76TD “Pouya Air” cargo plane arrived in Russia with Iran Military weapons may be on board.

As the monitors note, the plane has already landed at one of the Moscow airports. It is not known for sure what it is transporting and for what purpose, but these sides are used for military cargo.

“Iranian cargo Il-76TD “Pouya Air” (EP-PUL) is landing at the airfield “Vnukovo”. Flight Tehran→Moscow”, — the message says.

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According to data of the FlightRadar24 service, the Il-76 plane took off from Iran at 7 am and should land in Vnukovo in almost four hours. The flight map also shows its route.

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In the meantime, monitoring groups report that the IL-76 freighter could have delivered military cargo to Russia.

Let us remind you that Iran is one of Russia's important allies. After all, Tehran supplies Moscow with a lot of military weapons that help the Kremlin fight with Ukraine. In addition, the Russian Federation attacks Ukraine almost daily with Iranian-made “Shaheeds”.

What is known about the Il-76 aircraft

This is a military transport aircraft that for the transportation and landing of personnel, equipment and cargo of various purposes. It can transport cargo of 28–60 tons over a distance of 3,600–4,200 km with a cruising speed of 750–800 km/h. In addition, the aircraft can transport the entire nomenclature of combat equipment of airborne units and a large part of the equipment of motorized rifle divisions.

It should be noted that Russia has about 122 Il-76 aircraft of various modifications, which are part of nine military regiments transport aviation of the Russian Federation and the aviation training center.