Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 12 AUG 2010 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: | Airbus A319-111 |
| Operator: | Azerbaijan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4K-AZ04 |
| C/n / msn: | 2588 |
| First flight: | 2005-10-13 (4 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-5B5/P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 119 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST) (Turkey) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD/UBBB), Azerbaijan |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | 075 |
An Azerbaijan Airlines Airbus A319 sustained substantial damage when the gear collapsed in a runway excursion accident at Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Istanbul.
The accident happened when flight AHY075, from Baku, landed on runway 05/23. All occupants (8 crewmembers and 119 passengers) escaped unhurt.
Sources:
» AirportHaber
» Initial reasons known why Azerbaijani plane veered off landing strip at Ataturk Airport (APA, 12/8/2010)
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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 Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 1773 km (1108 miles).
Distance from Baku-Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 1773 km (1108 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
