ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141972
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 January 2012 |
| Time: | 00:25 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-2Q8 |
| Owner/operator: | UTair Aviation |
| Registration: | VQ-BEZ |
| MSN: | 29377/857 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 239 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Russia -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | VTBS |
| UUDD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The co-pilot (aged 44) of an UTair Aviation Boeing 757 died during a flight from Bankok International Airport - VTSB to Moscow - UUDD due to a heart attack. The captain initiated an emergency descent into Chengdu, but the copilot died during the descent. The captain then decided to continue and land at Novosibirsk Airport - UNNT.
UTAir reported that the copilot was flying as a passenger at the time of the occurrence.
Sources:
https://www.rt.com/news/boeing-airport-died-pilot-283/
http://lifenews.ru/news/79651
https://dni.ru/incidents/2012/1/20/225985.html
http://www.uralinform.ru/news/incidents/145793-pilot-yuteir-umer-vo-vremya-reisa/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 September 2015 | VQ-BEZ | Azur Air | 0 | Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2012 06:50 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 20-Jan-2012 11:20 | harro | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2012 11:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2012 11:35 | Gluchich | Updated [Registration] |
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