Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 10 FEB 2004 |
| Time: | 11:38 |
| Type: | Fokker 50 |
| Operator: | Kish Air |
| Registration: | EP-LCA |
| C/n / msn: | 20273 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 46 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) NW of Sharjah Airport (SHJ) (United Arab Emirates)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kish Island Airport (KIH/OIBK), Iran |
| Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ), United Arab Emirates | |
| Flightnumber: | 7170 |
A Fokker 50 passenger plane, operated by Kish Air, was destroyed when it crashed near Sharjah Airport (SHJ), United Arab Emirates. All six crew members and 37 of the 40 passengers were killed.
The pilot lost control while on a VOR/DME final approach to Sharjah's runway 12. Preliminary investigation results indicate that both props went into reverse at a distance of 2,5 miles short of the runway. The Fokker 50 then descended fast, made a left turn and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» GulfNews
» ICAO Adrep
» Kish Air crash due to human factors: probe (Khaleej Times, 20 April 2006)
» BBC, IRNA
Follow-up / safety actions
As a result of this investigation, the U.A.E. GCAA recommended that the ICAO consider the installation of crash-protected video recorders on aircraft used in commercial air transport operations.
Photos
EP-LCA photographed on the Sharjah platform, one day before the fatal crash.
EP-LCA photographed on the Sharjah platform, one day before the fatal crash.
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 Kish Island Airport to Sharjah Airport as the crow flies is 202 km (126 miles).
Distance from Kish Island Airport to Sharjah Airport as the crow flies is 202 km (126 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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