Alexandr Baluev
Crew Captain
The plane crew of IL-76 “Aerostan” airline, captured by the battle-planes of Taliban insurrectionary movement was the following:
crew captain Vladimir Sharpatov, second pilot Gazinur Hairullin, flight navigator Alexandr Zdora, flight engineer Askhat Abbyazov, wireless operator Yuriy Vshivtsev.










Engineers Sergey Butuzov and Victor Ryazanov were also on board the plane.

