Date: | Tuesday 9 January 2007 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-26B-100 |
Owner/operator: | Aeriantur-M Airlines |
Registration: | ER-26068 |
MSN: | 11308 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24VT |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 2,5 km from Balad Air Base -
Iraq
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF) |
Destination airport: | Balad Air Base (ORBD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Antonov An-26 passenger plane was destroyed in an accident near Balad Air Base, Iraq. Of the 30 passengers and five crew members one passenger survived the accident.
The Antonov was chartered to fly Turkish construction workers to Iraq. It crashed while on approach to the Balad Air Base, a U.S. base 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.
The accident is reported to have occurred during the second attempt to land in fog.
Sources:
32 killed in cargo plane crash in Iraq (AP, 9-1-2007)
Thirty-one die in Iraq plane crash-Turkish official (Reuters,9-1-2007)
CAA Moldova
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photo (c) Václav Kudela; Praha-Ruzyne Airport (PRG); 10 March 2005
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