ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319716
Date: | Tuesday 6 March 2018 |
Time: | 14:51 |
Type: | Antonov An-26 |
Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
Registration: | RF-92955/52 |
MSN: | 10107 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Location: | 0,5 km from Latakia-Khmeimim Air Base (LTK) -
Syria
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kuweires Air Base |
Destination airport: | Latakia-Khmeimim Air Base (LTK/OSLK) |
Narrative:A Russian Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in Syria, killing all on board.
The aircraft approached with a tail wind and was caught by a windshear on the final portion of the approach. It banked, lost height and crashed some 500 metres before the runway threshold.
Sources:
Interfax.ru Soviet Transports Location
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