Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 18 JUL 2000 |
| Time: | 22:42 |
| Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 |
| Operator: | Iran Aseman Airlines |
| Registration: | EP-PAU |
| C/n / msn: | 11166 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 555-15H Spey |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 84 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ahwaz Airport (AWZ) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Ahwaz Airport (AWZ/OIAW), Iran | |
| Flightnumber: | 775 |
The F-28 approached in minimum visibility conditions and landed hard on runway 30. It bounced, landed back beside the runway. The captain executed a go around and circled the airport before landing safely. The aircraft was considered damaged beyond repair by the operator.
Sources:
» CAO Iran
» ICAO Adrep
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Ahwaz Airport as the crow flies is 535 km (334 miles).
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Ahwaz Airport as the crow flies is 535 km (334 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.
