What: Gazpromavia Yakovlev Yak-42 en route from Gelendzik to Moscow Vnukovo
Where: Moscow
When: May 14th 2011
Who: flight crew only
Why: On landing at Vnukovo, the plane overran the runway, with no resultant damage or injury.
Apparently the plane landed long and then hydroplaned, according to witnesses. The runway was temporarily closed to deal with the disruption.
Pictured: A CAA – Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation Boeing 727-231/Adv(F/RE) Super 27, Goma (GOM / FZNA) Congo (Kinshasa)
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Contact photographer Guido Potters
What: Compagnie Africaine Aviation Boeing 727-200 en route from Kinshasa to Kananga Democratic Republic of Congo
Where: Kinshasa
When: Jan 2nd 2010
Who: flight crew
Why: After takeoff, the plane suffered a hydraulics problem and returned to Kinshasa’s Ndjili airport, where it landed in heavy rain and skid off the runway. The right wing was damaged.
What: Aeroclub “Aviaservice” Yakovlev Yak-18T
Where: Katunino, Russia
When: Sept 1, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: At 4.45 pm Moscow time, the light Yak-18 crashed in the Russian village of Katunino. There were four aboard the plane at the time of the crash.
The plane crashed 300 meters from the runway and caught fire. Firefighters, rescue workers, a team of SMP, the police, the prosecutor’s office were on the scene.
The club holds trials free flights for everyone. This had been one of those free flights. It was the first time 28-year-old businessman Andrei Ershov had ever flown and according to Andrei’s ex-wife, he had been excited over it, and had persuaded his friend Kolodeshnikov Denis to join him.
Death Toll:
Sergei Piganov, 54, pilot,
Korotkov Olga, 29 years old,
Andrei Ershov, 28,
Kolodeshnikov Denis, 29 years.
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Contact photographer M Radzi Desa
What: Lionair Boeing 737-400 en route from Jakarta to Pontianak
Where: West Kalimantan, Indonesia
When: Nov 2 2010
Who: 167 passengers, 7 crew
Why: While landing at Pontianak’s Supadio Airport during a heavy rain, the plane overran the end of the runway. Its nose and main undercarriage collapsed and it stopped mired in a field beyond the end of the runway. There were no injuries.
A passenger reported that the plane shook (or vibrated) about a quarter of an hour before landing; and no announcements were made by the pilot or crew during the vibration, or during the landing. The airline said no announcement was made because the seatbelt light was on.
Passengers panicked and evacuated through an emergency exit. Military personnel at the airport assisted.
Where were the crew while terrified passengers were jumping off the plane?
They are saying the plane’s inability to stop was not due to weather, a wet runway, that the plane was well maintained and that it was a normal landing. So. If this is all true, why did it overrun?
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Contact photographer Andrei Mihaila
What: UTAir/Tulpar Airlines Yakovlev Yak-42 en route from Moscow Vnukovo to Volgograd with 57 passengers and 7 crew
When: Dec 10th 2011
Who: 57 passengers and 7 crew
Why: While en route, the Yak developed engine problems in the left engine.
The crew shut down the engine (idled) and made a safe landing in Volgograd.
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Contact photographer Charin deSilva
What: US Airways/PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Charleston West Virginia to Charlotte, North Carolina
Where: Charleston
When: Jan 19th 2010
Who: 30 passengers and 3 crew
Why: During takeoff, the pilot overran runway 23. The takeoff was aborted as the pilot responded to a warning signal, coming to a stop before a steep drop at the runway’s end. We don’t know the extent of damage but it is expensive, especially to the EMAS (and the plane!), but apparently there were no reported injuries. EMAS is credited for saving the lives of the crew and passengers as when the pilot braked during take-off, the plane impacted the Engineered Material Arresting System.
The Yeager Airport EMAS is a system of concrete blocks designed to collaps to bring a plane to a safe stop.
What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Jakarta to Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Where: Yogyakarta
When: Dec 20th 2011, 17:35
Who: 131 passengers
Why: The plane aborted an approach to Yogyakarta due to weather and low visibility. The flight diverted to Solo, where it could not land due to weather; and diverted again to Surabaya where the flight landed to refuel. Meanwile, weather conditions at Yogyakarta improved, so the pilots returned to Yogyakarta, and proceeded to land at a higher than normal speed in the hard rain. The plane veered off the runway, with brakes rendered ineffective due to rain, and came to a stop 60 meters past the runway, with collapsed nose gear and with fuselage damage. Bits and pieces of the plane were scattered along the runway.
Passengers exited via emergency slide. Five passengers reported injury.
