Iran Air Flight 277
Boeing 727-286Adv | |
Operator | Iran Air |
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IATA flight No. | IR277 |
ICAO flight No. | IRA277 |
Call sign | IRANAIR 277 |
Registration | EP-IRP |
Flight origin | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
Destination | Urmia Airport, Urmia, Iran |
Occupants | 105 |
Passengers | 96[1] |
Crew | 9[1] |
Fatalities | 78[1] |
Injuries | 27 |
Survivors | 27 |
Iran Air Flight 277 was a scheduled
Accident
Flight 277 had taken off from
At around 19:00 local time (16:00 UTC), while on approach to Urmia Airport, the crew initiated a missed approach procedure and announced its intention to return to Tehran. At the time, the weather at Urmia was poor, with low clouds and 800 metres (2,600 ft) of visibility in snow.[2][5]
Contact with the flight was lost shortly after. The aircraft crashed near the village of Tarmani, around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) south-east of Urmia Airport, breaking into multiple sections.[2][6] Of the 96 passengers and 9 crew on board, only 27 survived.[7]
Aircraft and crew
The aircraft involved in the accident was a tri-jet
The flight crew consisted of captain Fereydoun Dadras, first officer Mohammad Reza Qara Tappeh, and flight engineer Morteza Rastegar.[9][10]
Casualties
Of the 105 people on board, 78 were killed (including the flight crew) and 27 survived, all with injuries.[11][12][13] Most of the victims sustained neck and spinal cord injuries.[14] In the aftermath of the crash, 36 ambulances and 11 hospitals were utilized in the rescue operations.[6][15] Rescue efforts were complicated by heavy snow in the area, which was reportedly around 70 cm (28 in) deep at the crash site.[3]
Investigation
Iran's
In 2017, CAO.IRI published its final accident report. From its analysis, it emerged that after starting its
Investigators believe the aircraft encountered severe icing conditions, which caused disruption of the airflow and loss of engine thrust. The aircraft started to descend and entered a turn that momentarily reached 41° bank angle, causing the activation of the
The report concluded that the main causes of the accident were severe icing conditions and inappropriate actions by the flight crew. Obsolete on-board systems, absence of suitable simulators for adverse weather conditions, failure to follow standard operating procedures, and inadequate crew resource management were cited as contributing factors.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Iran Air B722 near Orumiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "Iran passenger plane crash 'kills 70'". BBC News. BBC. January 9, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ "Iran Air jet reportedly crashes at Urmia". Flight International. January 9, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ "Bad weather, pilot's lack of vision causes of Iran plane crash". Iranian Students News Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "Many feared dead in Iran plane crash". The Guardian. UK. January 9, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Kaminiski-Morrow, David (January 10, 2011). "Both recorders retrieved from Iran Air 727 crash site". Flight International. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Aircraft Database – EPIRP". airframes.org. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ "تحلیل یک کاپیتان از سقوط هواپیمای ۷۲۷ بوئینگ+عکس" [A captain analyzes the crash of a Boeing 727 + photo]. www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). January 11, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Final accident report" (PDF) (in Persian). Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved November 28, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- PMID 22519383. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Crew members that died in the Accident". IranAir. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011.
- ^ "خلبان کشته شد/ اسامی بیمارستانهایی که مجروحان به این مراکز منتقل شدهاند" [Pilot killed/names of hospitals where injured were taken to these centers]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization. January 9, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "کشته شدگان سقوط هواپیما 80 نفر شدند/ جان باختگان از نخاع و گردن ضربه دیدند" [The death toll from the plane crash was 80 / The victims were hit in the spinal cord and neck]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). January 10, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "33 مجروح و 77 کشته حاصل سقوط هواپیما در ارومیه" [33 injured and 77 killed in plane crash in Urmia]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). January 9, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Iran orders air-crash inquiry – Middle East". Al Jazeera English. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Inquiry opens into fatal Iran Air 727 crash". Flight International. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
External links
External image | |
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Photo of aircraft involved |
- CAO.IRI – Final accident report[permanent dead link] (in Persian) – Archived
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network