Investigators in Iran are considering whether high landing speed contributed to yesterday's fatal Ilyushin Il-62M accident in Mashhad. Flight recorders ...

Fatalities reported after Il-62 crashes on landing in Iran. By David Kaminski-Morrow 2009-07-24T18:40:00+01:00.

The Il-62 was the Soviet Union's first long-range jetliner designed for intercontinental flights. It was the world’s largest passenger aircraft, when it first took to the skies in 1963.