Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 NOV 1993 |
| Time: | 19:07 |
| Type: | Antonov 124-100 |
| Operator: | Aviastar |
| Registration: | RA-82071 |
| C/n / msn: | 07-04 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 116 |
| Engines: | 4 Lotarev D-18T |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 35 km (21.9 mls) E of Kerman (Iran)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB), United Arab Emirates |
| Kerman Airport (KER/OIKK), Iran |
Crashed into a 11180 feet high mountain, while in a holding pattern for a runway 34 VOR approach. The aircraft had deviated from the standard holding procedures.
Sources:
» Flight International 24-30.11.1993 (8)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#8)
» Scramble 174
» Soviet Transports (1994)
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Distance from Dubai Airport to Kerman Airport as the crow flies is 576 km (360 miles).
Distance from Dubai Airport to Kerman Airport as the crow flies is 576 km (360 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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