Images of the wreckage show the landing-gear and flaps deployed, as well as partial deployment of the thrust reversers on the outer pair of engines. The Il-62's inboard starboard flaps are ...

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.