© Sergey RyabtsevSyrianair Ilyushin Il-76T
A large Syrian cargo plane left Iran on Tuesday night for the Damascus International Airport, Yoruk Isik of the Bosphorous Observer reported.
According to Isik, the IL-76-T cargo plane of the Syria Arab Air Force's (SyAAF) 585th Transport Squadron of the 29th Air Brigade left Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday night and arrived in Damascus shortly after the alleged Israeli attack.
The IL-76A flew from Tehran and then directly over Iraqi airspace before arriving in Damascus tonight.
The Ilyushin-76T is a heavy lifter aircraft that was made to carry heavy cargo long distances; it is used by Syria to transport supplies from Iran and other other countries.
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