Belavia Flight 1834
Bombardier CRJ100ER | |
Operator | Belavia |
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IATA flight No. | B21834 |
ICAO flight No. | BRU1834 |
Call sign | BELAVIA 1834 |
Registration | EW-101PJ |
Flight origin | Zvartnots International Airport Yerevan, Armenia |
Destination | Minsk National Airport Minsk, Belarus |
Occupants | 21 |
Passengers | 18 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 7[1] |
Survivors | 21 |
Belavia Flight 1834 was a scheduled international passenger flight from
The captain was 50-year-old Viktor Shishlo, who had logged 9,215 flight hours, including 461 hours on the CRJ100. The first officer was 44-year-old Alexander Mukhin, who had 9,454 flight hours with 405 of them on the CRJ100.[2][3]
Fire and rescue crews were reportedly on site within 50 seconds after the crash. The passengers also helped the crew members out of the cockpit.[4]
None of the 21 occupants were killed, although seven passengers received serious injuries.[1]
Investigation
Initial speculation pointed to icing on the wings which caused the left wing to stall upon lift-off. Icing conditions were reported at the airport during the crash, and the CRJs are very prone to wing contamination and icing since they do not have any leading edge devices.[5]
Investigation teams from the
See also
References
- ^ a b Final report, section 1.2, page 12.
- ^ "Final Report of Belavia Flight 1834" (PDF). Interstate Aviation Committee. 2009-06-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "Plane crashes in Armenia's capital". Alaska Report. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ "Black Boxes Being Transcribed". Panorama.am. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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Kaminski–Morrow, David (2008-02-15). "Crashed Belavia CRJ rolled left after becoming airborne". Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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External links
- "CRJ-100LR (CL-600-2B19) 14.02.2008." (Archive) Interstate Aviation Committee (in Russian)
- Final Report (Archive) (in Russian)
- "Пресс-релиз Национальной авиакомпании «Белавиа»." Belavia. 14 February 2008. (in Russian)
- Photos of the aircraft involved at Airliners.net
- Belavia Airlines Accident In Yerevan, 21 Injured
- Reports: No Fatalities in Armenian CRJ Takeoff Crash 2008-02-14
- Crash: Belavia CRJ100 at Yerevan on Feb 14th 2008, wing tip strike during takeoff
- "Plane crashes in Armenia's capital". CNN. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- "Plane crashes in Armenian capital". KazInform. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- "Passenger are in Stress". A1+. 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2008-02-18.