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    Fatal Ak Bars Aero/Tatarstan Boeing Flight 363

    On November 17, 2013 at 6:23 pm, Flight 363, an Ak Bars Aero/Tatarstan Boeing 737-500 en route from Moscow to Kazan, after several go-arounds, and more than one landing pass. On the second (?) attempt, an hour later, it crashed on landing at Kazan. On touchdown, the jet’s nose hit the ground.

    The plane caught fire on impact after a fuel tank caught fire. None of the 44 passengers or 6 crew survived the fire.

    The leased 23 year old plane was registered as VQ-BBN.
    The Metars were reported as:

    UWKD 171530Z 23008G11MPS 5000 -RASN OVC007 03/03 Q0993 R29/2/0055 NOSIG RMK QFE734/0979
    UWKD 171500Z 23009G12MPS 9999 -RASN OVC008 03/02 Q0994 R29/2/0055 NOSIG RMK QFE735/0980

    “The visibility was five thousand meters, the runway was dry. You cannot even imagine better conditions.”

    NOTAMS:
    A4677/13 – AD CLSD DUE TO TECR. 17 NOV 18:20 2013 UNTIL 18 NOV 08:00 2013. CREATED: 17 NOV 18:29 2013

    Transport Prosecution Office has opened a criminal investigation.

    The passenger list includes Alexander V. Antonov (regional head of Russia’s Federal Security Service) and Irek Minikhanov, son of the president of Tatarstan.

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    Missing Helicopter Found, Confirmed Death of Margarita Afanaskin


    On Sept 14, 2013, an Agusta Westland AW119 Koala en route from Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to Myakinino in Krasnogorsk, Moscow went missing near Tver Oblast. The last conversation between the pilot and ATC took place at 13:14 when the plane was flying over Staritskogo in heavy rain with low visibility. There are conflicting reports that the helicopter landed at a lumberjack festival with a number of people aboard, and that the commander of the aircraft was 30-year-old helicopter champion of Europe and Russia, Margarita Afanaskin was flying the helicopter to a Yakhroma airfield when the helicopter went missing. This has not been confirmed.

    The search team involved more than 100 people from diverse agencies, including the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry: 25 people 5 units from the Federal Air Transport Agency; 6 people, 3 units and participating police officers, foresters, volunteers. The rescue hotline released at the time was (4822) 39-99-99.?. Four Robinson helicopters and a Mi-8 helicopter searched Saturday.

    The search continued through the end of the fourteenth, and resumed the morning of the fifteenth.

    At 18:11 on September 16, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that helicopters in the area of ??the village Selco Staritskogo district of Tver region, from the air sighted the possible wreckage of the vehicle. Ground forces confirmed the bodies of a man and a woman whose names were not initially released; but since then the pilot was confirmed, and the passenger of the helicopter was the head of a department of the Federal Forestry Agency, Sergei Medvedev.

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    Light Crash in Russia Kills Pilot and Passenger


    A Nizhny Novgorod AirClub Fly Synthesis Storch flying out of Bogorodsk airport crashed in a field in the Bogorodskiy district, Russia. The site of the wreckage is 800 meters from the Khabarskyvillage.

    The Fly Synthesis is a carbon fiber plane.

    Two people—pilot and passenger—were reported as fatalities. THey were members of the Baranov flying club.

    The preliminary investigation of the incident is under way, Investigators are on the scene, interviewing and performing studies.

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    Russian Helicopter Crash Kills 3


    On Sept 9, a DOSAAF-operated Mil Mi-2 helicopter en route from Starorusskoye to Poronaysk Russia crashed with three aboard on Sakhalin Island. There were no survivors. The helicopter, registration HS-TEF, is a total loss.

    The crew was monitoring rivers when it crashed about 30 kilometers from Dolinsk.

    Emergency services responded, including the Dolinskogo fire squad, the Russian Emergency Management Services group and an Antonov An-2 aircraft out of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport. THe fire was extinguished at 1:45 pm.

    The cause of the accident is under investigation and no conclusions have been drawn. Visibility and weather conditions at the time were good according to the Center for Crisis Management of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

    DOSAAF is an acronym for the Russian Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet.

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    Airbus Emergency Landing

    On August 29, 2013, an Airbus A321 en route from Antalya to Moscow. made an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport with a problem with its left main gear.

    There were seven crew members, 219 passengers including 12 children. No injuries were reported.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Boeing Emergency Landing in Irkutsk


    On August 28, 2013, a British Airways Boeing 747-436 en route from Heathrow to Beijing was en route when it developed ‘overheated avionics’ and had to divert to Irkutsk, Russia where it made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    It was an emergency landing, but the Russian Ministry called the landing a crash-landing.

    There were 289 passengers and eight crew aboard.(According to British Mail, 16 crew.)

    There were 120 rescue personnel, 34 vehicles including the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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    Boeing Runway Overrun in Moscow, No Injuries


    A Nordstar Airlines Boeing 737086J en route from Rhodes to Moscow Domodedovo made it to Moscow but skidded off the runway on the landing.

    None of the 170 passengers aboard were hurt.

    The passengers descended on “soft” grass on portable stairs. There was no visible damage to the plane. After the passengers disembarked, the plane was towed.

    Emergency services responded to assist.

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    Antonov Emergency Landing

    On August 23, 2013, a Rossiya Airlines Antonov An-148-100 was damaged on take off.

    In St. Petersburg, the pilots safely landed the plane after circling for forty minutes. 75 passengers and four crew were aboard.

    After the pilots took off from Mineral Waters, plane debris was found on the runway.The difficultly landing was due to a flat tire on one of the six wheels.n A nose gear tire.

    Emergency services responded.

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    Bereg Radosti Air show Crash


    During the Bereg Radosti aerial /song show festival in Siberia, a Yakovlev Yak-52 plane crashed, killing a pilot and injuring spectators: a girl born in 1995 and a man born in 1959. The operator was Dosaaf ROSTO.

    The plane fell into the Tommot River in the republic of Yakutia while the pilot was trying to perform a loop.

    The pilot died on impact. Two spectators were injured out of a crowd of about a hundred. The audience was composed of people from Yakutia, the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory.

    The name of the show means Shore of Joy. The accident is being investigated by Aldan police.

    Very Raw Video Below

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    Yak-18 Emergency Landing Underwater


    ON AUGUST 11, 2013, a Aero Park “Voskresenka” Samara-operated Yakovlev Yak-18 made an emergency landing at the Volga river. The pilot was the only one aboard and he was unhurt.

    Rescue services responding included Main Directorate of MOE Russia in Samara region: 18 people, 6 pieces of equipment; Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations: 7 people and 3 vehicles.

    Diving operations were engaged to help retrieve the plane. The cause of the plane’s engine failure has not been determined.

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    Rostov-on-Don plane skids off runway

    A Ural Airlines Airbus A320-214 en route from Moscow (Domodedovo airport) to Rostov-on-Don, ran off the runway on landing.

    The plane was towed to the parking lot. Passengers were carted to the gate.

    There were 119 people aboard with no injuries reported.

    The Airbus damaged two runway lights, but airport operations are continuing as usual.

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    Kazan Emergency Landing

    On August 3, 2013, early in the morning, a UTair Express Antonov An-24 with 28 aboard en route from Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan ran off the runway on landing in Kazan.

    There were no injuries.

    The plane was towed off the runway.

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    Helicopter Chops Passengers on Fishing Expedition


    On July 21, 2013, a Eurocopter crashed in Murmansk in the Kola Peninsula.

    Two British tourists who were traveling for a salmon fishing trip on the River Rynda and a Russian translator had just exited the helicopter. It was lifting off when it crash landed, striking them by the rotors when the helicopter attempted to lift off and tilted on its side, 150 kilometers from Murmansk to the tourist camp on the river Rynda.

    Four people were injured but only the pilot has survived.

    The Britons, Diamond Rupert and Mark Robinson were born in 1944, and the translator Alexander Tushnikov was born in 1960.

    Emergency services flew in from the Emergencies Ministry.

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    Gazpromavia Mil Crash Kills 7


    On July 14, 2013, a Gazpromavia Mil Mi-8 helicopter took off, made a hard landing at Igolsko-Talovoye oil field and rolled over on its side. Fourteen workers and three crew were aboard.


    There were seven fatalities on the scene.

    The condition of the other seven aboard has not been released.

    In 2010 there was a fire in a helicopter at Igolsko-Talovoye oil field.

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    Utair Boeing Skids off Runway


    On July 15, 2013, a UTair Boeing 737-524 en route from Moscow to Kiev ran off the runway on landing. It was misting at the time, leading to a slippery runway but was described as coming to a quick stop at 30-40 meters on level ground.

    Firefighters took five minutes to arrive and ambulances five minutes after that but there was no fire and no injury reported.

    None of the 77 passengers or crew sustained any injury. Passengers disembarked evacuated from the plane with fixed ladders rather than inflatable emergency ladders on to the soft ground, and were transported to the gate.

    Raw Video

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    273 Korean Air Passengers Wait in Plane when Diverted to Russia

    July 2, 2013, a Korean Air Boeing 777 with 273 passengers aboard was en route from Chicago to Seoul when it had a drop in pressure as jet fuel was being pumped into the engine. The left engine broke down. After the malfunction, the pilots dumped fuel and diverted to Anadyr airport in Russia, where they made an emergency landing.

    Passengers had to wait inside the plane until the replacement jet arrived, so that with ten hours on the ground made a 13 hour flight almost 24 hours long for passengers.

    The malfunctioning jet was grounded in Russia pending inspection.

    In George’s Point of View

    I’d like to consider two additional points for those passengers stuck on their plane:

    As Anadyr airport is not one we have visited, we wonder if there is no Customs facility at Anadyr airport for individuals without visas to get some relief from the plane, which had to be exceedingly uncomfortable. Certainly there must be some humane way to abide by international law.

    This excessive time stretches some IATA standards of passenger accommodation from both airline and airport. The question isn’t whether passengers are entitled to some kind of compensation for their time and trouble, but rather how the airline and airport are going to recompense the passengers.

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    Russian Rocket Crashes

    A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 2, 2013

    The rocket flew straight up for ten seconds, then started to wobble.

    Seventeen seconds into the flight, a booster shut down.

    The rocket impacted the earth a mile from the launch pad. The rocket was unmanned. No one was injured but there were 600 tons of highly toxic fuel aboard. Communities close to the point of impact had to be evacuated. It remains to be seen how this will affect the Russian space program.

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    More about the Helicopter Crash in Yakutia


    photographer Ivandalavia

    Currently, there are five reported survivors: the flight crew of three, and a woman with a child.

    The flight manifest lists 28 aboard, including 9 children plus 2 infants.

    A dense fog and heavy rains hampered search crews that included Mi-8 helicopters, an AN-26 plane and an An-74.

    Deputy of parliament of Yakutia Alexander Morozkin and the head of Republican investment company Victor Yefimov may be aboard. The pilot’s name is Mikhail Nikolaevich. The extent of his injuries have not been released.

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    Breaking news: Helicopter Crash in Yakutia

    On July 2, a Polyarnye Avialinii airline Mil Mi-8 helicopter en route from Deputatsky (a village) was on a routine flight when air traffic control lost contact. The chopper was flying from the village of Deputatsky to Kazachye village.

    The helicopter flew over a pass, encountered severe turbulence reported as “a powerful air stream.” Reports indicate that the helicopter’s tail grazed a hill. The official report says the helicopter was located “45 km north-west of the airport. The helicopter pilot made a hard landing. Because of the strong downdraft helicopter literally pressed to the slope of the hill.” The airport in question refers to the landing strip of origin, near Deputatsky.

    The plane crashed in Yakutia 45 kilometers from takeoff. There were 25 passengers and a 3 person crew. Initial reports say fifteen died, but that count has been raised to 19. Fourteen adults and 11 children were among the passengers.

    Search and rescue were deployed as well as emergency responders, including thirty rescuers from Far Eastern regional search and rescue team, and experts of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations of Emergency Psychological Aid Centre, and Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

    Responders number more than 100 people and 11 vehicles.

    The hotline for families: 8 (4112) 39-99-99

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    Antonov Crashes in Nekrasovka

    At 11:10 local time on June 28, an Antonov AN-2 with 9 people aboard made an emergency landing in Kabarovsk in a forested area near the village of Nekrasovka.

    Five people were injured, one in critical condition.

    THere were two crew members and seven passengers.

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    Landing Gear On Fire in Moscow


    On May 18, 2013, a UtAir Boeing 737-46M from from Stavropol and landing in Moscow caught fire on the runway as it was landing.

    The burning landing gear were extinguished by emergency responders prompt action. About 129 passengers and seven crewmade an emergency exit via slide and wing on to the runway.

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    Helicopter Goes Missing in Siberia


    On May 6, 2013, 9 people aboard an Angara Airlines Mil Mi-8T were lost during a rescue operation in Siberia.

    Update
    Fragments of missing Mi-8 helicopter found in Irkutsk

    The helicopter was participating in a flood rescue and was carrying 1.9 tons of explosives for blasting ice dams in the river.

    Missing are three crew, five officials and the emergency chief. Stanislav Omelyanchik.

    The hotline number is Emergency telephone number – 8 (3952) 39 9999.

    List of missing:

    1. Omelyanchik Stanislav, acting chief of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Irkutsk region;
    2. Stepanov Alexander, deputy head of the Baikal PSO;
    3. Kashko Yuri, head of the North JI ACC Irkutsk region;
    4. Pezhemsky Sergey, lifeguard-shooter Northern PSO;
    5. Chekrygin Igor, chief OGKU “Center of Civil Defense”;
    6. Arbatskii Sergey, instructor airborne fire service department Kirenskogo air base of the Irkutsk region of forests;
    Airline crew “Angara”:
    7. Igor Markov, the commander of the aircraft;
    8. Zhizhel Andrey, flight instructor;
    9. Kulebyakin Alexei Vasilievich, the mechanic.

    Video (Russian)

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    UTAir Emergency Landing

    UTAir Boeing 757 flight UT5179 with 237 passengers and eight crew en route from Yekatarinburg to Anatalya had to divert to Moscow when it developed depressurization in the cabin. Oxygen masks deployed.

    The flight made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    No injuries were reported. Most injuries after an emergency landing occur when passengers disembark via slides. There’s no confirmation that passengers used slides or if they disembarked normally.

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    Hamburg Airways Emergency Landing 2x


    When the Hamburg Airways flight’s landing gear failed to retract after taking off from St. Petersburg, the pilots had to circle for two hours before being able to return to the St. Petersburg airport.

    The Swiss Europa league team was aboard, returning from the quarterfinals in St. Petersburg. Instead, they returned to St. Petersburg for their plane to be examined.

    The flight to the competition also had problems. While en route from Basel to Russia, pilots diverted to Berlin. On the recommendation of team physician Marti, the pilot make an an emergency stop so that forward Mohamed Elneny could receive medical treatment for a dizzy spell. His medical diagnosis was caused by hypoglycemia and dehydration.