The Il-32 required a four-engined aircraft to tow it safely; it was canceled when it became clear that no such tug was going to be available after the Tupolev Tu-75 and Ilyushin Il-18 programs were both canceled because of shortages of their intended Shvetsov ASh-73 engines.
Il-32 diperlukan sebuah pesawat bermesin empat untuk menarik dengan aman, dan pesawat itu dibatalkan ketika menjadi jelas bahwa tidak ada tarikan semacam itu akan tersedia setelah program Tupolev Tu-75 dan Ilyushin Il-18 dibatalkan karena kekurangan mesin Shvetsov ASh-73.