Russian airliner crashes in Siberia

[Naim 6]

Russian airliner crashes in Siberia, officials say

Plane with 200 aboard bursts into flames after landing, 150 feared killed

 

BREAKING NEWS

Updated: 11:19 p.m. ET July 8, 2006

 

MOSCOW - More than 150 people died early Sunday when an aircraft crashed in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, the Interfax news agency reported, quoting a preliminary toll from the regional prosecutor's office.

 

The report said that the dead were believed to include the eight crew onboard the plane, which was carrying 200 people.

 

The Sibir Airbus A-390 crashed on landing and burst into flames, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said earlier.

 

“The aircraft veered off the runway on landing. It was traveling at a terrific speed,” Andrianova said.

 

Andrianova said 43 people had been hospitalized and another 10 managed to escape. Most of the other passengers were feared dead, she said.

 

The aircraft was on a flight from Moscow to Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal.

 

It took five emergency services more than two hours to extinguish the flames, Andrianova said.

 

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13773633/

Edited July 9, 2006 by Naim

[H Azmal 0]

 

The Sibir Airbus A-390 crashed on landing and burst into flames, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said earlier.

 

Airbus A390? Eh?

 

Anyway, from the Beeb:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5162082.stm

 

 

More than 150 people on board a Russian airliner are feared dead after the plane crashed on landing.

 

The Sibir Airbus A-310 plane was flying from Moscow when it crashed at Irkutsk airport in Siberia.

 

Russian media reported the plane slid off the runway and hit a building at about 0800 on Monday (2300GMT Sunday).

 

At least 43 people were injured, news agencies quoted emergency services as saying. The plane was carrying 192 passengers and eight crew members.

 

Burns

 

The aircraft appeared to run out of control on landing, overshooting the runway then crashing through a concrete wall before hitting a building close to the airfield, breaking up and catching fire.

 

Several passengers were seen jumping from the wreckage.

 

It is thought all the aircrew died.

 

Most of those being treated in hospital were suffering from burns.

 

Edited July 9, 2006 by H Azmal

[Naim 6]

Airbus A390? Eh?

 

I think it's A310. Even CNN reported it as A390.

 

.ny

 

 

150 reported killed in Siberian jet crash

 

Moscow (dpa) - A Russian passenger jet carrying 200 people crash landed Sunday in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing more than 150 passengers and crew, Russian media reported.

 

The jet, an Airbus A310, overshot the runway, struck a building and caught fire at 7:50 am Sunday (22:50 GMT Saturday).

 

"Forty-three people were hospitalized with various burn injuries and the rest died, according to initial information," a source in the local prosecutor's office told the Interfax news agency. Transport police gave the same number.

 

Survivors got out of the wreckage through the back of the jet, while the front part of the fuselage was completely destroyed. Firefighters took three hours to extinguish the flames.

 

The jet, belonging to the Russian airline Sibir, had 192 passengers and an eight-member crew. The flight originated in Moscow.

 

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CNN

 

'150 dead' in Russian jet crash

Sunday, July 9, 2006 Posted: 0323 GMT (1123 HKT)

 

Smoke billows from the airport where the jet crashed.

 

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- An Airbus A-390 jet carrying 200 people left the runway early Sunday at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia, crashed through a concrete barrier and caught fire as it crashed into buildings, according to the Interfax news agency.

 

About 150 people were killed, while at least 40 people were hospitalized with burns.

 

Emergency workers were trying to evacuate people from the plane, but authorities said the fire was under control.

 

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[Benjamin Ng 0]

Crash crash again...

[Naim 6]

Not a great record for Sibir. This is the 4th major incident in less than 5 years! See:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/operat...ne.php?var=5354

 

.ny

[PC Yuen 0]

oh dear... May those killed rest in peace...

[Tze Shan 0]

oh dear... May those killed rest in peace...

yes... my condolance to them... r.i.p.

[Edwin P K 0]

A390? Wah!

 

Those Russians airlines are just scary...such bad track record!

[Eric M 0]

Aircraft involved in this crash during landing is:

 

F-OGYP A310-300 msn 442

 

Formerly flown for PanAm and Delta Airlines.

 

How sad...

 

Eric

[Seth K 3]

Another bad news for Airbus <_>

Sad news, condolences to the victims

 

Several passengers were seen jumping from the wreckage.

Not to be roude, but this sentence really funny

[Tamizi Hj Tamby 1]

So sad to hear the news...When i saw the news on tv,I was suprised to see that it's a Siberian Airlines A310! Condolences to the family members of victim and May all the passengers and crews who perished in this incident rest in peace....

[Pieter C. 5]

Aircraft involved in this crash during landing is:

 

F-OGYP A310-300 msn 442

 

Formerly flown for PanAm and Delta Airlines.

 

and Aeroflot, right ? up to now 137 feared killed: may they R.I.P.

 

just heared on the news, it's most probably a failing brake-system

[Kevin Teh 0]

oh gosh, airbus crash

 

may all the victim RIP

[Pieter C. 5]

Link of the ill-fated bird, taken just a few days ago in Germany:

 

http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=506543

[zealich 0]

i really hate crash news..so sad that ppl just die when they do nothing wrong but trevel in a wrong plane..

to those who died..RIP.

 

[Sandeep G 1]

Pieter,

if it was hydraulic failure of the brake system, then the blame will probably fall on the deaf ears of russian MRO organisations and airlines alike... However, the runway was wet and there may have been some aquaplanning too... this has happend in a few incidents before (not to mention the QF744 which carved up a new fairway and ended up on Don Muangs ninth hole!)

 

Have they rushed the "cause of the crash"... was any evidence supplied? Sorry if any was mentioned in the above reports, lazy to read... tired after world-cup meh...

 

RIP to all those lost souls and condolences to their grieving relatives and friends..

[Rohana Zakaria 0]

Oh God, really hate to hear about aircraft crash, my condolence to all lost soul and their families & r.i.p

[Naim 6]

Cursory reading for today.

 

.ny

 

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Brake fault could cause Siberia airbus crash - source

 

17:56

09/ 07/ 2006

 

MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - According to preliminary data, a fault of the brake hydraulic system caused a Siberia airbus crash Sunday, claiming the lives of more than 100 people, a source in the investigative commission said.

 

"The data available to the commission indicate that after landing the aircraft's brake system failed, causing the failure of the system's other mechanisms. As a result, the aircraft became uncontrollable after landing," the source said.

 

An Airbus 310-300, owned by Novosibirsk-based S7, formerly Sibir, was making a routine flight from Moscow to the city of Irkutsk, about 3,000 miles east of the capital and the home airport for popular tourist destination Lake Baikal. The airliner veered off the runway on landing and burst into flames after hitting a concrete wall.

 

The source said the exact reason for the tragedy would be established after the plane's flight recorders were deciphered.

 

According to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, there were 204 people on board the airbus, including 193 passengers and eight crewmembers, and three more people were taken on board "off the list."

 

The ministry said 122 people had died in the air crash, while 70 people were alive, of whom 58 were being treated in the hospital.

 

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060709/51089349.html

 

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Pilot in Siberian air crash said landed before runway overshoot

 

10:50

09/ 07/ 2006

 

MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti)-The pilot in an air crash that claimed more than 100 lives Sunday told air traffic controllers that he had landed and then contact with him was lost, Russia's transportation minister said.

 

"The plane landed and the crew told the controller that the landing was over," Igor Levitin told the Vesti news channel.

 

The Airbus A-310 then veered off the runway at Irkutsk airport and hit a concrete wall before bursting into flames.

 

Emergency services said that 120 people had been killed and 53 passengers who were rescued from the retail section were being treated in the hospital.

 

Prosecutors said they were considering a technical fault as one of the main versions in the crash.

 

Irkutsk, 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) east of Moscow, is the main airport for holidaymakers heading for Lake Baikal, a popular destination for Russians in the summer.

 

Levitin, who has been appointed the head of a government commission into the tragedy, said the runway was wet after rain, but an official from the Emergency Situations Ministry said the landing gear may have caught fire as the plane landed.

 

On May 3, an Armenian A-320 crashed in the Black Sea killing all 113 people on board.

 

In 2001, a Russian-made airliner crashed near Irkutsk with the loss of all 145 passengers and crew.

 

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060709/51083883.html

 

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from www.flightglobal.com

 

...

 

The identity of the aircraft has been confirmed as a French-registered Airbus A310-300, believed to be owned by Airbus Financial Services.

 

Airbus itself says the aircraft is F-OGYP (s/n 442), which was built in June 1987 and, according to Flight’s ACAS database, has accumulated more than 59,000 hours in more than 12,000 flights. It is powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW4152 turbofans.

 

The aircraft was operating Sibir flight number 778 from Moscow Domodedovo when it landed at Irkutsk at about 07:50 in showery, overcast weather.

 

It is not confirmed which end of the airport’s single runway 12/30 was in use in the light winds, but the final location of the crashed aircraft appears to be near the terminal buildings at the western end of the airport. Russian television pictures are being carried by the BBC here.

 

At 2,765m (9,070ft), the runway is comfortably long enough for an A310 and it is unclear what caused it to go off the end.

 

Survivors’ accounts on Russian television indicate that there was no warning and that the aircraft may have briefly accelerated after touch-down. This is unconfirmed.

 

...

 

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Here are some facts about Sibir Airlines:

 

* COMPANY: Sibir was set up in 1992 based on Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot's Siberian branch. It grew quickly by buying other regional airlines. It recently changed its name to S7 in a rebranding, but is still widely known by its old name.

 

Sibir, Russia's No. 2 airline after state-controlled Aeroflot, is based in Novosibirsk. It uses Moscow's Domodedovo airport as one of its main hubs.

 

* SAFETY RECORD: In October 2001, a Sibir Tu-154 en route to Novosibirsk from Tel Aviv crashed into the Black Sea after being accidentally hit by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile, killing all 78 people on board.

 

In August 2004, a Sibir Tu-154 en route from Moscow to Sochi was blown up in mid-air by a Chechen suicide bomber, crashing near Rostov-on-Don and killing all 46 people on board.

 

* FLEET: Sibir has a fleet of 65 aircraft, of which 6 are Airbus A-310s and 10 Boeing 737-500s and the rest Soviet-era planes. The company expects to add 14 Boeing 737s to its fleet by the end of 2008.

 

* RESULTS: Sibir flew 4.2 million passengers in 2005, an increase of 12.3 percent from 2004. That put it second behind Aeroflot, which flew 6.7 million passengers. (Sources: Company statements, Avia.ru, Wikipedia)

 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09542735.htm

 

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[Pieter C. 5]

Some aircraft and crew information can be found here:

 

http://www.bort778.info/en.shtml

[Naim 6]

Some aircraft and crew information can be found here:

 

http://www.bort778.info/en.shtml

 

Looks like a dedicated site for Flight 778 (Рейс 778). I wonder who set it up.

 

.ny

 

[Pieter C. 5]

I wonder who set it up.

 

At the bottom it says "Aviakompania Sibir", so it's set-up by the airline itself

Apparently, no more secrecy in nowadays Russia, when it comes to air-crashes...

 

[Naim 6]

At the bottom it says "Aviakompania Sibir", so it's set-up by the airline itself

Apparently, no more secrecy in nowadays Russia, when it comes to air-crashes...

 

Yes, this is good. As regards the former Eastern bloc, I visited communist East Berlin in the mid-80s, crossing at Checkpoint Charlie from West Berlin. That was one memorable experience . Then a trip to Poland in early 90s - landed in Warsaw and took train to Krakow. Was in Moscow twice in the early 90s too. I bet things are very very different now. :-)

 

Sorry, a bit off-topic.

 

.ny

 

[Naim 6]

NY Times

 

After Deadly Crash in Russia, a Spate of Incidents

 

By C. J. CHIVERS

Published: July 10, 2006

 

MOSCOW, July 10 — Three Russian passenger airplanes were forced to make emergency landings after suffering mishaps or malfunctions today, one day after a Russian passenger jet crashed on landing at an airport in Siberia and burst into flames.

 

No one died in any of the incidents today, although three people were injured and taken to a hospital when their plane, a Tu-134 carrying the chief of staff of the Russian navy among others, overran a runway at a naval base in the Crimea region of Ukraine and caught fire.

 

One of the two engines on the Soviet-era plane malfunctioned at takeoff, according to Captain Igor Dygalo, a navy spokesman. The cause was not clear; one theory was that a foreign object, perhaps a bird, was sucked into the engine.

 

An Airbus A-310 operated by a Russian airline, S7, made an emergency landing at another airfield in Ukraine after experience engine trouble. And a Tu-154 operated by Urals Airlines on a flight from the Russian Far East to Yekaterinburg landed in Irkutsk after one of its engines broke down.

 

The incidents underscored the lingering dangers of air travel in Russia, where the safety records of passenger air carriers, while generally better than in the late 1990’s, are still far behind their Western counterparts.

 

Elements of the emergency landings also carried eerie echoes of the crash in Irkutsk on Sunday of another A-310 operated by S7, in which 124 people died and 4 others were missing, their remains presumably unrecognizable in the charred hulk of the plane.

 

That crash is under investigation, and there was no immediate insight into why the plane, carrying more than 200 people in all, went out of control and veered off the runway.

 

Dozens of people from that crash remain hospitalized. Russian officials said today that several of the most gravely injured were being flown to Moscow to be treated for severe burns.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/world/eu...artner=homepage

[Pieter C. 5]

An Airbus A-310 operated by a Russian airline, S7, made an emergency landing at another airfield in Ukraine after experience engine trouble. Elements of the emergency landings also carried eerie echoes of the crash in Irkutsk on Sunday of another A-310 operated by S7, in which 124 people died and 4 others were missing, their remains presumably unrecognizable in the charred hulk of the plane.

 

This emergency-landing of another Sibir A310 happend only a few hours before the crash at IKT

 

Makes you wonder.....

[Tamizi Hj Tamby 1]

This emergency-landing of another Sibir A310 happend only a few hours before the crash at IKT

 

Makes yoy wonder.....

 

You're right,Uncle Pieter.Luckily it managed to land safely.