Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183

Last updated

Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
Tajikistan T154 EY-85717 MUC.jpg
Tajikistan Airlines Tu-154, similar to the aircraft that crashed
Accident
Date15 December 1997;26 years ago (1997-12-15)
Summary Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error [1]
SiteNear Sharjah Airport, United Arab Emirates
25°37′00″N55°41′00″E / 25.6167°N 55.6833°E / 25.6167; 55.6833
Aircraft
Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-154B-1
Operator Tajikistan Airlines
Registration EY-85281
Flight origin Khujand Airport, Tajikistan
Destination Sharjah Airport, United Arab Emirates
Occupants86
Passengers79
Crew7
Fatalities85
Injuries1
Survivors1

Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 that crashed on 15 December 1997 on approach to Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. There was a sole survivor, the navigator, from a crew of seven and seventy-nine passengers. Investigators determined the cause of the accident was pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain. [1]

Contents

Accident

Remains of the aircraft Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183(EY-85281) wreckage.jpg
Remains of the aircraft

The aircraft departed from Khujand Airport in the afternoon of 15 December 1997. Upon entering the airspace of the Emirate of Sharjah the aircraft began to descend, experiencing turbulence on the way down. Preparing for final approach, the crew did not notice they were too low, and the aircraft crashed into the desert approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Sharjah Airport. [1] All 79 passengers were killed (although one survived the crash, only to later die in hospital) as well as 6 of the 7 crew members. The sole survivor was identified as the flight navigator, 37-year-old Sergei Petrov. [2]

The International Civil Aviation Organization suggested the probable cause was "The pilot descended below the assigned altitude and unintentionally continued a descent into terrain. Contributing factors were self-induced stress, slight turbulence and non-adherence to operating procedures". [1] The president of the Tajikistan State Air Company, who had chartered the flight, claimed that an explosion had taken place on the aircraft prior to the crash, but there was no evidence to support this. [3]

Aftermath

The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, offered condolences to his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon after the crash. [4] All 85 victims except one [5] (from Kerman, Iran [6] ) were from Khujand; the coffins were flown back there for burial. [7] As many as 3,000 people gathered in the main square of Khujand for the mourning, while Tajik Prime Minister, Yahyo Azimov, spoke of "a dreadful tragedy". [8] Nineteen (including 18 Tajiks and one Iranian) [9] of the bodies were severely damaged and could not be identified; they were subsequently buried in a mass grave near Dushanbe International Airport. [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tupolev Tu-154</span> Airliner by Tupolev

The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it carried half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its subsidiaries, remaining the standard domestic-route airliner of Russia and former Soviet states until the mid-2000s. It was exported to 17 non-Russian airlines and used as a head-of-state transport by the air forces of several countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sharjah International Airport</span> Airport in Sharjah, UAE

Sharjah International Airport is an international airport located 7 nautical miles east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of 15,200,000 m2. It has one runway, and is the only airport in Sharjah capable of international flights as of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks</span> Part of the War in Abkhazia

From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia. In response, the Georgian government used Sukhumi Babushara Airport to ferry supplies to troops stationed in Sukhumi. Abkhaz forces attacked the airport in an attempt to further block the supply routes.

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1993.

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1996:

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1997.

Saha Airlines is an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights.

Tajik Air (legally State Unitary Aviation Enterprise is an airline in Tajikistan. It has its head office at Dushanbe International Airport in Dushanbe. The airline's main hub is Dushanbe International Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dagestan Airlines</span> Defunct airline in Russia

OJSC Dagestan Airlines was an airline based at Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, operating domestic and international scheduled and chartered flights.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269</span> 2007 plane crash in Phuket, Thailand

One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 (OG269) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bangkok to Phuket, Thailand. On 16 September 2007, about 15:41 ICT, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating the flight crashed into an embankment beside runway 27 at Phuket International Airport (HKT) bursting into flames upon impact during an attempted go-around after an aborted landing, killing 90 of the 130 people on board. It is the third deadliest aviation incident to occur in Thailand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aeroflot Flight 5143</span> 1985 plane crash in the north-central Uzbek SSR

Aeroflot Flight 5143 was a domestic scheduled Karshi–Ufa–Leningrad passenger flight that crashed near Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, on 10 July 1985. The crash killed all 200 occupants on board. Investigators determined that crew fatigue was a factor in the accident.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sudan Airways Flight 2241</span> 2009 aviation accident

Sudan Airways Flight 2241 was a scheduled cargo flight from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to Khartoum, Sudan operated by a Boeing 707-330C which crashed on 21 October 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kish Air Flight 7170</span> 2004 aviation accident

Kish Air Flight 7170 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kish Island in Iran to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, operated by Iranian airline Kish Air. On February 10, 2004, the aircraft serving the route, a Fokker 50, lost control and crashed onto terrain while on approach to Sharjah International Airport. A total of 43 out of 46 people on board were killed in the crash, making it the deadliest air disaster involving the Fokker 50.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iran Air Flight 277</span> January 2011 plane crash in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Iran Air Flight 277 was a scheduled Iran Air flight from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran to Urmia Airport, Iran. On January 9, 2011, the Boeing 727 serving the flight crashed after an aborted approach to Urmia Airport in poor weather. Of the 105 people on board, 78 were killed. The official investigation concluded that icing conditions and incorrect engine management by the crew led to a double engine flame-out, loss of altitude and impact with the ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aeroflot Flight 4225</span> 1980 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980. The aircraft had reached an altitude of no more than 500 feet when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during the climb out. This caused the airplane to stall less than 5 kilometres from the airport, crash and catch fire, killing all 156 passengers and 10 crew on board. To date, it remains the deadliest aviation accident in Kazakhstan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aeroflot Flight 3519</span> 1984 Russian aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 3519 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk on 23 December 1984. Shortly after takeoff, the No. 3 engine caught fire, and the airplane crashed during an emergency landing. This killed 110 people; there was only one survivor, and the aircraft was destroyed. The engine fire was caused by a manufacturing defect in the compressor disk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aeroflot Flight 3603</span> 1981 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 3603 was a Tupolev Tu-154 operating a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Krasnoyarsk to Noril'sk, both in the Soviet Union, that crashed while attempting to land on 17 November 1981. Of the 167 passengers and crew on board, 99 were killed in the accident.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash</span>

The 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 July 1974, when an EgyptAir Tupolev-Tu-154 aircraft crashed during a training flight near Cairo International Airport. This resulted in the deaths of all six crew members on board.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tupolev 154B-1 EY-85281 Sharjah Airport (SHJ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Saleh Ambah, Faiza (15 December 1997). "One survivor of air crash, 85 are victims". The Bryan Times . Ohio. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "85 Are Killed as Tajikistan Plane Crashes in the Arab Emirates". The New York Times . Associated Press. 16 December 1997. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tajik airliner crash probe". BBC News. 17 December 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "رییس جمهوری تاجیكستان حادثه سقوط هواپیما را تسلیت گفت" [The president of Tajikistan expressed his condolences over the plane crash] (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "یک هواپیما در تاجیکستان سقوط کرد" [A plane crashed in Tajikistan] (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tajiks mourn dead". BBC News. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Despatches". BBC News. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "سقوط هواپیمای در تاجیکستان و مرگ یک دختر تاجیک ایرانی که پیکرش شناسایی نشد" [The plane crash in Tajikistan and the death of an Iranian Tajik girl whose body was not identified]. aa.com.tr (in Persian). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.