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MAK Finds Aviastar Inadequate

MAK, the Interstate Aviation Committee investigated the Mar 22nd crash of the Aviastar-TU Tupolev TU-204-100 ferry flight en route from Hurghada Egypt to Moscow, and banned it from operating as a passenger airline. On the day of the crash, after the flight control computer failed, the Tu-204 flew 700 feet left of the runway when it was landing. The pilot was found to have “poor training” on simulators that did not correspond with the plane. According to Flight Global, “the crew failed to execute a go-around.”

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Tupolev Crashes in Moscow


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Contact photographer Ilya Morozov

What: Aviastar-TU Tupolev TU-204-100 ferry flight en route from Hurghada Egypt to Moscow
Where: Moscow
When: Mar 22nd 2010
Who: 9 crew
Why: While nearing its destination in poor weather conditions with limited visibility, .6 miles from the runway, the flight went off radar, landing 3300 feet shy of the runway– ostensibly a belly landing–crashing in a forested area. Five aboard had minor injuries and two were injured seriously. One wing separated, and the rest of the plane incurred serious damage.

Sunday, another Tu-204 plane bound for Hurghada, left Domodedovo but had to return to Moscow.