Naim 6 Report post Posted August 24, 2008 Page last updated at 20:58 GMT, Sunday, 24 August 2008 21:58 UK Plane crashes in Kyrgyz capital An Itek Air 737 Itek Air is one of the many airlines banned from the EU A passenger plane has crashed shortly after take-off from Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, killing a large number of those on board. The head of Kyrgyzstan's civil aviation authority said that out of about 90 passengers and crew, only about 20 people have survived. The Itek Air Boeing 737 took off bound for Mashhad, in north-eastern Iran, but turned round some 10 minutes later. An airport spokeswoman said the crew had reported a technical problem. The plane was returning to Bishkek airport but crashed before it could land, the spokeswoman said. Officials from a nearby US base said they were trying to help with the rescue effort. "At the moment rescue teams, fire brigades and medics are rushing to the crash site," a spokeswoman for the US air base located in Manas, 30km (20 miles) from Bishkek, told Russia's RIA news agency. Uncertainty There was confusion over the number of people on board - with reports ranging from 83 to 123. They were understood to include a Kyrgyz school basketball team. Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said 51 of the passengers were foreigners, including people from China, Turkey, Iran and Canada. It was not clear what had caused the plane to crash. The prime minister said the pilot had survived, but "it is difficult to talk to him right now". Airport employees said the fuselage of the plane was destroyed by flames and only the tail remained intact. Yelena Bayalinova, spokeswoman for the Kyrgyz health ministry, told the Interfax news agency that many victims of the crash had suffered burns, and that some were in critical condition. The plane belonged to Itek Air, a Kyrgyz company, but was reportedly operated by Iran Aseman Airlines. Itek Air is on a list of airlines banned from EU airspace because of fears over safety standards. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7580107.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjfirdaus 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 may all of them rest in peace how old do you think the aircraft was? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Oh...another crash. Good thing the pilots survived and will relate what had happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Georg Burdicek 1 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 may all of them rest in peace how old do you think the aircraft was? Aircraft Reg was EX-311, aged 28 Years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Itek Air. Definitely a different meaning in norhern Malay slang. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H Azmal 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Aircraft Reg was EX-311, aged 28 Years Hmm, according to Aviation-Safety.net, it's EX-009. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naim 6 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Hmm, according to Aviation-Safety.net, it's EX-009. Yes, it's EX-009, 28 yrs old. === DATE:25/08/08 SOURCE:Flight International Crashed Itek 737 was attempting return to Bishkek By David Kaminski-Morrow Kyrgyzstan's transport ministry has confirmed that the Itek Air Boeing 737-200 which crashed yesterday near Bishkek had sought to return to the capital's Manas International Airport because of a technical problem. Sixty-five of the 90 people on board the aircraft were killed after it attempted an emergency landing near the town of Dzhangi-Dzher in the country's northern Sokuluk district. In a statement, transport minister Nurlan Sulaymanov says the aircraft, operating on lease to Iran Aseman Airlines, departed Bishkek for Tehran at 20:30. It was carrying 83 passengers, mostly Iranian, plus six crew members and a representative of the Iranian airline. At 20:35, says Sulaymanov, the crew made a "request to return for technical reasons". The nature of this technical issue has not been clarified. The aircraft, however, did not manage to reach Bishkek. Sulaymanov says it attempted an emergency landing in the vicinity of Dzhani-Dzher, northwest of Bishkek, at 20:43. "As a result of colliding with the ground the aircraft was destroyed, and burned," he adds. Twenty-five of those on board survived the accident, with a preliminary manifest indicating that these include the co-pilot. Twenty-two survivors remain in hospital, says Sulaymanov. Images from the scene show the aircraft, operating as flight 6895, came down in an open area of land but little remains except the empennage, which was badly damaged by fire. The emergency situations ministry says rescue operations ended at 06:30 today. Itek Air has informed the ministry that the aircraft was "technically sound" and had recently passed an examination clearing it for flight. Kyrgyzstan's Government has identified the airframe as a 28-year old 737 registered EX-009. It has ordered that a commission be set up to establish the cause of the accident, to report initial findings in 10 days. Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK), which assists with air accident investigation in former Soviet states, says it is to aid the inquiry and will send a representative to Bishkek today. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/...to-bishkek.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 I don't want to be harsh, but it always seems 3 in a row Kyrgyzstan Plane Crash Kills 65 August 25, 2008 Sixty-five people, including members of a teenage basketball team, died on Sunday when a Kyrgyz airliner crashed in a ball of flames shortly after take-off from the Central Asian state's main airport. "There are 25 survivors," Emergencies Minister Kamchibek Tashiyev said. He said there had been a total of 90 passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 737-200. The plane, owned by local private carrier Itek-Air, was chartered by an Iranian company and bound for Tehran. A spokesman for Manas Airport had earlier said the plane reported a technical problem shortly after it had taken off at 2030 (1430 GMT) and tried to return to the airport. Kyrgyz officials, including Prime Minister Igor Chudinov, rushed to the airport for an emergency meeting. Chudinov said afterwards that initial reports suggested the plane had suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure, causing the pilot to request an emergency landing. A government official told reporters that 17 teenagers, a basketball team from a local sports school, were on board. He said seven of them survived and were in hospital. Police sealed off the crash site, close to the Manas airport runway. Part of the airport is used by the US military as a base to supply the international force fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Airport employees who had seen the wreckage said the tail was the only part of the fuselage still intact. Transport Minister Nurlan Sulaimanov said the plane, built in 1979, was in good shape and had been inspected only two months ago. (Reuters) Russian Experts To Investigate Kyrgyz Air Crash August 25, 2008 Russia is to send air crash experts to the former Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan to help examine the flight data recorders for clues as to why a Tehran-bound Boeing 737-200 crashed late on Sunday. Kyrgyzstan announced a national day of mourning for Tuesday after 65 people died in one of the Central Asian state's worst air disasters since independence in 1991. The Kyrgyz government ruled out an act of terrorism, Interfax news agency reported. Survivors said a fireball engulfed the plane when it came down near Bishkek's main airport at Manas, some 30 km (20 miles) from the Kyrgyz capital. One told Kyrgyz state television that a strong blast shook the fuselage shortly after he escaped from the burning wreckage: "When my friend ran out, his clothes were ablaze." Photographs from the crash site released by the state news agency Kabar showed the plane's smoking fuselage and fragments of aircraft strewn over the ground. Airport employees who saw the wreckage on Sunday said the tail was the only part of the plane still intact. Flags will fly at half mast on public buildings on Tuesday and shows, theatres and cinemas will close for the day as a mark of respect for the dead, after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev ordered a day of national mourning. Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to the tiny Central Asian state after the disaster at Manas, part of which is used by the US military as a base to supply the international force fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. The cause of the crash remained unclear, although Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said on Sunday that initial reports suggested the plane had suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure, causing the pilot to request an emergency landing. The aircraft, owned by local private carrier Itek-Air, was chartered by an Iranian company. Members of a teenage basketball team were among the dead and officials said many of the victims were so badly burnt that DNA tests would be needed to identify them. Only 25 of the estimated 90 people aboard the aircraft, survived -- 14 of them Kyrgyz nationals and 11 Iranians. The US embassy in Kazakhstan denied two US basketball players, in Kyrgyzstan on a coaching trip, had taken the ill-fated flight. "They caught a plane home last night from Almaty" in nearby Kazakhstan, an embassy spokesman said. Transport Minister Nurlan Sulaimanov said the plane, built in 1979, was in good shape and had been inspected only two months ago. (Reuters) Here's #3: Ten Killed In Guatemala Small Plane Crash August 25, 2008 Ten people died on Sunday when a single-engine aircraft crashed in eastern Guatemala, including four US citizens on a humanitarian mission and the plane's two pilots, local officials said. Four injured American survivors were taken by helicopter to the capital Guatemala City from the crash site in the eastern state of Zacapa, the national director of aviation said. Sarah Jensen, 19, said that her father and brother were killed and her mother badly burned on her arms and legs. "Ten minutes before (the crash) the engine just stopped and then we coasted. We tried to land in a field but we overshot," Jensen said, limping across the tarmac in the capital as the other injured passengers were rushed to hospital on stretchers. "The people on the left side of the plane were OK because there was a big door," Jensen said. She and her family had come from Wisconsin on a mission to build houses in a village near the town of El Estor close to the Caribbean coast, she said. All the bodies were badly burned in the crash, making it difficult for investigators to identify them, but the other four dead are likely Guatemalans, the aviation director said. The plane, operated by the commercial airline Aereo Ruta Maya, took off earlier on Sunday morning from Guatemala City with 14 people on board. "The plane was completely destroyed," said Guatemalan Army spokesman Jorge Ortega, adding that one of the pilots sent a distress signal to air traffic controllers shortly before the crash. (Reuters) Believed to be a Cessna 208 Caravan... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Georg Burdicek 1 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Hmm, according to Aviation-Safety.net, it's EX-009. Correct! My bad, was a wrong press information I received. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branden Ng 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2008 really wonder what's wrong with aviation industry in this month! bad things keep happening after the Qantas incident!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
