Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 26 DEC 2007 |
| Time: | 03:03 |
| Type: | Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 |
| Operator: | Jet Connection Business Flight |
| Registration: | D-ARWE |
| C/n / msn: | 5454 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Almaty Airport (ALA) (Kazakhstan)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Almaty Airport (ALA/UAAA), Kazakhstan |
| Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK/VTBS), Thailand | |
| Flightnumber: | 826 |
The Challenger veered off the runway on takeoff, hit a wall and caught fire. The jet had made a stop at Almaty en route from Hannover.
The weather observed at Almaty at 21:00 UTC (03:00 local) was: The skies were cloudy. The weather reported was moderate snow and fog. Temperature: 7F (-14C) Dewpoint: 5F (-15C), Relative Humidity: 92%, Winds from the N (010 degs) at 3 m/s. The prevailing visibility was 2000 ft. (ca 600 m).
Sources:
» Kazinform
» General Procurator's office of republic Kazakhstan
Photos
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 Almaty Airport to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport as the crow flies is 3971 km (2482 miles).
Distance from Almaty Airport to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport as the crow flies is 3971 km (2482 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.
