Accident | |
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Date | 23 December 2005 |
Summary | Instrument failure followed by controlled flight into water |
Site | Caspian Sea, near Nardaran, Azerbaijan 40°33′22″N50°00′20″E / 40.55611°N 50.00556°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-140-100 |
Aircraft name | Yevlakh |
Operator | Azerbaijan Airlines |
Registration | 4K-AZ48 |
Flight origin | Baku Airport, Azerbaijan |
Destination | Aktau Airport, Kazakhstan |
Passengers | 18 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 23 |
Survivors | 0 |
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 was a scheduled passenger flight between Baku and Aktau, Kazakhstan that crashed into the Caspian Sea at ca. 22:40 on 23 December 2005. [1] The flight was operated by an Antonov An-140.
Around five minutes after a night-time departure from Baku Airport the crew reported a systems failure. Heading over the Caspian Sea at night without flight instruments made it difficult for the crew to judge their flight parameters. Whilst attempting to return to Baku, the aircraft crashed shortly afterwards on the shore of the Caspian Sea, killing all passengers and crew. [2] [3] Passengers included Azerbaijanis, Kazakhs, Iranians, Uzbeks and some from Western Europe nations.
Investigations from the Kharkov State Aircraft Manufacturing Company have discovered that three independent gyroscopes were not providing stabilised heading and altitude performance information to the crew early in the flight. [4]
Following the accident, Azerbaijan Airlines grounded the remaining Antonov An-140's and cancelled any future plans of acquiring more of the Ukrainian-built aircraft.
The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.
The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared airstrips.
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