Vladivostok Air Flight 352

Vladivostok Air Flight 352
	A Vladivostok Air Tupolev Tu-154M similar to the one involved
Accident
Date	4 July 2001
Summary	Stalled on approach due to Pilot error
Site	Budarovka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-154M
Operator	Vladivostok Air
IATA flight No.	XF352
ICAO flight No.	VLK352
Call sign	VLADAIR 352
Registration	RA-85845
Flight origin	Koltsovo International Airport, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Stopover	Irkutsk International Airport, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Destination	Vladivostok International Airport, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Occupants	145
Passengers	136
Crew	9
Fatalities	145
Survivors	0

Vladivostok Air Flight 352 was a scheduled passenger flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia to Vladivostok via Irkutsk which, on 4 July 2001 lost control, stalled, and crashed while approaching Irkutsk Airport. A total of 136 passengers and 9 flight crew members perished in the accident, making it the third deadliest aircraft crash over Russian territory to date after Aeroflot Flight 3352 and Aeroflot Flight 217. At the time, it was also the 5th deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154; it is currently the 7th deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154 as of 2020.[1]

Flight

The Tupolev Tu-154M was on approach for Irkutsk, when the pilots lowered the landing gear, the co-pilot realized that the plane was banking. The Tu-154 was at a 45-degree angle, and the nose was starting to drop. The co-pilot reacted by violently pulling back on the control column. The aircraft's nose rose sharply, causing an immediate stall. The plane's proximity to the ground did not allow sufficient room for the pilots to recover, and the aircraft impacted the ground, killing all 145 people on board.

References

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 May 2008.

External links

"Russians search for plane crash clues." BBC. Wednesday 4 July 2001.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110104205643/http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/vl352/photo.shtml
Cockpit Voice Recorder transcript and accident summary

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[1] Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 May 2008.

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