On 6 July 2011 at 00:10 local time, a Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft (registered 4K-AZ55) crashed into a mountain at a height of approximately 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) some 25 kilometers (16 mi) away from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, killing all nine people on board. The aircraft had left Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan, at 21:26 local time, carrying 18 tons of cargo on behalf of the US Army.