South Airlines Flight 8971
Accident | |
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Date | 13 February 2013 |
Summary | Crashed next to the runway while landing in fog |
Site | Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-24 |
Operator | South Airlines |
IATA flight No. | YG8971 |
ICAO flight No. | OTL8971 |
Call sign | SOUTHLINE 8971 |
Registration | UR-WRA |
Flight origin | Odesa International Airport, Ukraine |
Destination | Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine |
Occupants | 52 |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Injuries | 9 |
Survivors | 47 |
On 13 February 2013, a Ukrainian Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft operating South Airlines flight 8971 crashed on landing at Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine, killing 5 of the 52 people on board.[1]
Flight Crew
The crew of the flight consisted of:
Captain - Sergey Nikolaevich Melashenko
First Officer - Oleg Smirnov
Flight Engineer - Roman Korol
Navigator - Sergei Xlopcev
Accident
At 18:09
All 44 passengers were football fans on their way to
The aircraft was built in 1973.[11]
Investigation
Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Officer Volodymyr Vyshynsky is in charge of the inquiry which was opened the day after the crash.[7] On 14 February 2013 investigators considered pilot error, faulty ground support equipment and poor weather conditions as possible causes.[5] The plane's pilot blamed bad weather for the accident; while the plane's operator, South Airlines, stated that the plane was in good condition and the pilot should not have landed in the fog and should have diverted to another airport.[5] One passenger mentioned "engine failure during landing".[10]
Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkol stated that the cause for the crash was a loss of speed by the aircraft during landing approach due to an error of the unprepared crew, which had no clearance to make the flight in those weather conditions.
References
- ^ "Deaths reported in Ukraine plane crash". CNN. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Five killed as plane crash-lands in eastern Ukraine". BBC News. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- Interfax Ukraine(13 February 2013)
- ^ Balmforth, Richard (13 February 2013). "Plane crash landing in Ukraine kills at least five: officials". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Crashed Ukrainian plane hit weather station Archived 15 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (14 February 2013)
- ^ a b Accident: South AN24 at Donetsk on Feb 13th 2013, aircraft burst into flames on landing Archived 5 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine, The Aviation Herald (13 February 2013)
- ^ a b All five victims of An-24 crash male, three identified, says regional prosecutor Archived 17 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (14 February 2013)
- Interfax Ukraine(13 February 2013)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(13 February 2013)
- ^ a b Ukraine plane crash kills Champions League fans Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian (14 February 2013)
- ^ "✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация". russianplanes.net. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Crew error behind An-24 crash in Donetsk, says Vice Premier Vilkul". Interfax-Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Accident: South AN24 at Donetsk on Feb 13th 2013, loss of control on short final". avherald.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2013.