Russia

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    Air Canada Boeing Diverts to Russia


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    Contact photographer Erezms

    What: Air Canada’s Boeing-767 en route from Vancouver to Shanghai
    Where: Yelizovo airport
    When: Sept 5 2010 5:32 Moscow time
    Who: 152 passengers and 10 crew
    Why: While en route, flight attendants smelled a burning odor coming from the lavatory. The crew decided to divert and make an emergency landing at the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport. The plane was investigated by maintenance and no fire was found, and after a four hour delay, the flight resumed.

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    Russian Passenger jet Crashes in Igarka


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    Contact photographer Senior

    What: Katekavia Antonov 24RV passenger jet en route from Krasnoyarsk to Igarka
    Where: Eastern Siberia
    When: August 2 2010
    Who: 3 crew and 11 passengers (also listed as 5 crew 10 passengers)
    Why: 700 meters from the landing at Igarka, the plane the plane veered to right and crashed before the runway, in bad weather conditions. (Night time landing, thunderstorms, limited visibility) 11 fatalities have been reported. The plane shattered and caught fire.

    Three crew members and one passengers were hospitalized initially–the only ones pulled alive from the plane– but now only 3 crew members remain fighting for their lives.

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    Moscow: Transaero Boeing Hydraulic Issue


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    Contact photographer Christopher B.

    What: Transaero Boeing 737-500 en route from Moscow to Krasnodar
    Where: Moscow
    When: May 19th 2010
    Who: 87 passengers
    Why: While en route, the crew received an indication of low hydraulic pressure. The flight returned to Moscow and made a safe landing. Passengers were booked onto other flights.

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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.

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    Russia: Aborted Take off


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    Contact photographer Dmitry Belov

    What: Yakutia Airlines Antonov AN-24 en route from Yakutsk to Olekminsk Russia
    Where: Yakutsk
    When: Feb 4 2010
    Who: 38 passengers and 4 crew
    Why: On takeoff, the left engine failed. The pilot aborted the takeoff, and with the gear retracted, the plane skid along the runway on its belly, incurring damage on its lower fuselage, left wing, propeller, and engine.

    Passengers evacuated with no injuries reported. The left engine was on fire though, but was successfully extinguished.

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    UTAir Flies with Pressurization Failure


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    What: UTAir Boeing 737-500 en route from Tyumen to Moscow
    Where: over Russia
    When: Jan 4th 2010
    Who: Not available
    Why: While en route, the plane developed pressurization problems. Oxygen masks deployed, and passengers complained of cold, and ringing of the ears. The crew descended to a lower altitude but decided to continue to Domodedovo.

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    Koryak Helicopter Crashes in Russia

    What: Koryak Airlines Mil Mi-8T en route from Anavgai to Tigil
    Where: 70 km north of Anavgai Russia
    When: Dec 28 2009
    Who: 3 crew members
    Why: While en route, the helicopter sent out a distress signal and had to make an (unexplained) emergency landing/crash which destroyed the helicopter. There was one fatality and two crew members were severely injured. The helicopter was carrying 2 tons of food.

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    Airbus Makes Emergency Landing in Moscow

    What: Pakistan Airlines A-310 en route from Islamabad to Manchester
    Where: Moscow
    When: December 22, 2009
    Who: 189 passengers and 12 crew
    Why: While en route, the flight developed an emergency and diverted to Moscow where it landed safely. Passengers are awaiting alternative transportation.

    (An update will be posted if/when we get make and model and additional details)

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    Vorkuta Russia Hard Landing in Hard Weather


    Pictured: A Gazpromavia Mil Mi-8MTV-1. The craft involved in the incident was a Mi-171
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    Contact photographer Peter Taskaev

    What: GazPromAvia Mil Mi-171 en route from Bovanenkovo to Vorkuta
    Where: Vorkuta Russia
    When: Dec 19 2009
    Who: 22 passengers, 3 crew
    Why: The helicopter made an emergency landing–described also as a forced landing, and a rough landing–4 kilometers from where the flight originated. Fourteen were hospitalized.

    The incident is under investigation. It is suspected that the cause will be attributed to harsh weather conditions.

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    Russia: Parachute Venture Fatal


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    Contact photographer Anton Harisov

    What: Technoavia SM-92T Turbo Finist
    Where: Korkino, 12km from Chelyabinsk Russia
    When: Dec 13 2009, 11:02 am
    Who: 8 on board
    Why: The SM-92T plane was carrying one pilot and seven parachutists. According to the MOE, the aircraft performed a U-turn, then began to lose altitude and crashed into the ground in Chelyabinsk. The crash occurred immediately after takeoff from Kalacheva Airport.

    All were fatalities.

    The GU Emergency Operations Group were on site in the recovery operation.

    1. Nikolay Dudkin, born in 1958, pilot
    2. Bakgof Sergey, 1957, Instructor
    3. Oleg Mashkin, born in 1962,
    4. Alexander Pushkarev, born 1967,
    5. Nabokina Denis, born in 1971,
    6. Saitov Eugene, born in 1976,
    7. Lomov Anastasia, born in 1984,
    8. Litvinova Natalia, born in 1988

    The investigation will focus on pilot error, equipment failure and weather conditions.

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    Lost Russian TU-142

    What: Russian Pacific Fleet Tupolev Tu-142M3
    Where: Tatar Strait (Tatarskiy Strait)
    When: 06 November, 2009
    Who: Eleven people on board
    Why: While on a routine training mission, the flight disappeared from ATC radar in the vicinity of Cape Sadinga.

    The retrieval effort of wreckage, bodies and black boxes continues with ferry boats and harbor tugs and aircraft of the 11th army VVS PVO (Air Defense), although hampered by strong sea currents.

    At 07.10 am with the help of sonar in the vicinity of Cape Sadinga north bay Silantyeva at a depth of 44 meters, an object was discovered that is presumed to be the lost plane. On the water surface items were visible which may be fragments of the plane shell. Rescue work continues.

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    Orenair Engine Shut Down


    Pictured: An Orenair Boeing 737-8AS
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    Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck

    What: Orenair Boeing 737-800 en route from Samara Russia to Hurghada Egypt
    Where: Samara
    When: Nov 5th 2009
    Who: 165 passengers, 7 crew
    Why: While en route to Hurghada, the crew had to shut down an engine. They flew back to Samara and made a safe landing. Passengers debarked, and boarded an alternate Tupolev for their flight.

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    Russian Flight Lands Safely


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    Contact photographer Konstantin Tyurpeko

    What: Vladivostok Avia Airbus A330-300 en route from Vladivostok to Moscow Vnukovo
    Where: Vnukovo
    When: Oct 24th 2009
    Who: 267 passengers and 12 crew
    Why: After the flight had taken off, ground crew discovered tire debris on the runway. ATC notified the on board crew of the pending emergency. The plane performed a flyby at Vnukovo, and made a successful landing with no reported injuries.

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    Transaero Airlines: Going to Pieces?


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    Contact Photographer Vlad Moskvin

    What: Transaero Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Moscow Domodedovo to St. Petersburg (Russia)
    Where: Moscow
    When: Jul 20th 2009
    Who: 41 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: On takeoff, the right wing lost a 60 by 80 centimeter “leading edge fairing”. The flight continued as usual and fortunately landed safely in St. Petersburg.

    The part was found on the Domodedova airport runway.

    George’s Point of View

    I’m sure that all of us have heard of the old saying (paraphrased from De Minimis Maxima ) the mighty oak from tiny acorns grow.

    When one considers the question of pieces falling off of a plane, it seems simultaneously a tiny pointless thing and a huge issue. Consider a miniscule hole in the roof of our house is hardly worth considering; perhaps it is even invisible to the naked eye. But look what damage it causes when it rains. Somehow I don’t think “the leading edge” is like a car’s hubcap, mostly for decoration. It’s there to do something, and when that part is gone, that something is undone and will have consequences. Maybe letting in some moisture. Maybe causing corrosion down the road.

    As a frequent passenger, I tend to be somewhat fatalistic about plane parts. Look, some engineer put that part there for a reason. I don’t know what that reason is, but if it’s good enough for the plane’s engineer, it is good enough for me, and I’d just as soon not fly without it. So many carriers get bad reputations based on careless maintenance of old planes, and this is just the kind of incident that gets people talking. (Old planes need MORE maintenance as they get older, just like old furniture, old machines, old cars, old people, old EVERYTHING.) Certainly Russia knows that maintenance deferred–especially on an airplane–is a recipe for disaster.

    I just hope they replace the part before the little acorn of a problem grows into a great big oak tree of a pending disaster. This may be the first incident in a chain of events that unravels the whole plane.

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    Tailstrike on Landing Disables Russian Airbus

    What: Rossiya Airbus A320-200 en route from Hurghada Egypt to Saint Petersburg Russia
    Where: Saint Petersburg
    When: Jul 7th 2009
    Who: 176 passengers 6 crew
    Why: On landing, the airbus had a tail strike, which disabled the plane. Substantial damage occurred to the tail. Russian press released that there were no injuries. The plane was taken out of service for repairs.

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    Red Wings Divert to Krasnodar

    What: Moscow-based Red Wings Tu-204 airline en route from Perm in the Urals to Antalya Turkey
    Where: Krasnodar airport
    When: The plane landed at Krasnodar airport at 10:55 a.m. Moscow time (6:55 GMT) on Sunday, May 24
    Who: 206 passengers and 11 crewmembers
    Why: Problems were detected with the fuel system, necessitating a diversion to the Krasnodar airport

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    Ill Infant Lands for Emergency Surgery in Russia

    What: Russian plane en route to Moscow
    Where: Volgograd, southern Russia
    When: was forced to make an emergency landing
    Why: A six-month old girl with Hydrocephalus was being flown from Nalchik to Moscow for surgery, but during the flight the baby lost consciousness. The plane made an emergency landing so the baby could receive immediate treatment.

    George’s Point of View

    Prayers for the baby that her surgery was a success.

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    Boeing 737 Emergency Landing in Volgograd


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    Contact photographer Snorre – VAP
    What: Orenburg Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration VP-BGQ en route from Volgograd (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt)
    Where: emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport
    When: Thursday, Feb 26th 2009
    Who: with 142 passengers, 7 crew
    Why: On takeoff, the plane hit a runway edge light with its inner left main gear tire which resulted in destruction of the inner tire and hydraulics. The flight spent two hours burning fuel and eventually landed at Volgograd.

    Is this the same plane described here, as being
    “Boeing-747 passenger liner en route from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates to Orenburg.” ?

    OR is it the flight described as flying from Volgograd (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) ?

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    Ukranian Cargo Plane Crashes in Egypt


    Pictured: Antonov An-12
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    Contact Photographer Dmitry Karpezo

    What: Ukrainian Russian-made Antonov An-12 cargo plane [registration# S9-SVN] crashed during takeoff en route from Entebbe, Uganda to the Ukraine, on it’s way to Nikolaev, an avia-repair plant
    Where: Luxor, Egypt
    When: Friday Feb. 20, 2009
    Who: – Five crew members died
    Why: On liftoff, the plane slammed to the tarmac, then slid down and off the runway and hundreds of feet from the runway burst into flames. The plane had a full tank.

    The crew included one person from Russia, two from Belarus and two from the Ukraine. The plane’s black box data recorder were recovered.

    * Extra thanks to photographer Dmitry Karpezo

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    Russian Helicopter Crash

    What: Mi-24 “Hind” (combat) Helicopter on a training flight from a Saratov region aircraft factory.
    Where: 700 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow near the Pugachov aerodrome
    When: just before noon (0900 GMT) Tuesday.
    Who: 3 people aboard were killed
    Why: The flight data recorders have been recovered and are being used in the investigation.

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    Siberian Helicopter Crash

     


    What: Mi-2 helicopter hired by Yuganskneftegaz
    Where: Siberian region of Khanty–Mansi
    When: Monday January 12 2009
    Who: Dmitry Podgorodinsky, the copilot Victor Morozov, and two passengers Denis Inotsenko and Sergey Sokolov
    Why: The helicopter was found near the Obninsk oil deposit 50 kilometres away from the city of Nefteyugansk. All those onboard were killed in the crash. Pilot’s documents and samples of fuel have been taken from the scene. The autopsies of the victims and also an examination of the helicopter’s fuel are in progress. The helicopter had been hired to fkt over the company’s area oil wells. The flight was found at 23:40 local time by 3 search helicopter/rescue crews from aviation companies Convers Avia, UTair and Yugra Avia.