SCAT Airlines Flight 760

SCAT Airlines Flight 760
UP-CJ006, the aircraft involved in the crash
Accident
Date 29 January 2013
Summary Impacted ground due to steep dive caused by elevator deflection, reasons undetermined
Site Near Kyzyltu, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Aircraft
Aircraft type Bombardier CRJ-200
Operator SCAT Airlines
IATA flight No. DV760
ICAO flight No. VLV760
Call sign VLASTA 760
Registration UP-CJ006
Flight origin Kokshetau Airport
Destination Almaty International Airport
Passengers 16
Crew 5
Fatalities 21 (all)
Survivors 0

SCAT Airlines Flight 760 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, Kazakhstan, that crashed in thick fog near Kyzyltu on 29 January 2013, killing all 16 passengers and 5 crew on board.[1][2][3]

Crash

The Bombardier CRJ-200ER airliner operating the flight was on final approach to Almaty International Airport in thick fog when it crashed 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) short of the runway near the village of Kyzyltu at 13:13 local time (07:13 UTC), 14 seconds after initiating a go-around.[2] All 16 passengers and 5 crew members aboard were killed.[1][4][5]

Investigation

Shortly after the accident, a commission headed by Bakytzhan Sagintayev, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, was set up by Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov to investigate the cause of the crash.[6]

Maulen Mukashev, the deputy mayor of Almaty, visited the crash site and told reporters that the preliminary cause of the crash was bad weather. Mukashev also added: "Not a single part of the plane was left intact after it came down."[1][5]

On March 2, 2015 the Interstate Aviation Committee released their final report stating that during the missed approach, necessitated by weather conditions being below minima, the elevator was deflected to lower the nose instead of raising the nose resulting in a steep dive and impact with the ground. The investigation was unable to determine the cause of the elevator movement but did not find evidence of any system malfunction or external influences.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gordeyeva, Mariya (29 January 2013). "Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 Hradecky, Simon (29 January 2013). "Crash: Scat CRJ2 at Almaty on Jan 29th 2013, impacted ground near airport". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Recent Fatal Plane Crashes and Other Significant Airline Safety Events". AirSafe.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "All 20 on board Kazakh SCAT airliner killed in crash". The Australian. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty". BBC News. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Kazakhstan's First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development will head commission on investigation of CRJ 200 LR plane crash causes". BNews (Kazakhstan). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.mak.ru/russian/investigations/2013/report_up-cj006.pdf

Coordinates: 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E / 43.2775°N 76.8958°E / 43.2775; 76.8958

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