WHAT AIRCRAFT?
Anyone any updates on what type of aircraft it was?
I must have been something large and probably western to be carrying this amount of troops. There is no "Antonov" that can carry this number of people. IL76 is a freight aircraft and unlikely to carry this many even if seat pallets were fitted. IL86 sounds more feasible. Having said that the Iranian mil did operate some B747 classics some time ago, a possiblity?