Survivors 24 Registration RA-46489 Operator Regional airline Passenger count 45 | Date 16 March 2005 Survivor 24 | |
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Destination Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia Fatalities 28 (26 passengers, 2 crew) Locations Russia, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Varandey Airport Similar 2005 Equatorial Express, 2005 Air Kasai Antonov, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217, Lockhart River air disaster, Bellview Airlines Flight 210 | ||
On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288 crashed on approach to Varandey Airport in Russia's Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.
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Accident
Regional Airlines Flight 9288 was an Antonov An-24RV (NATO reporting name "Coke") making a non-scheduled Russian domestic passenger flight on 16 March 2005 from Usinsk Airport in Komi to Varandey Airport in Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug with seven crew members and 45 passengers aboard. On approach to Varandey Airport, the crew allowed the An-24RV's speed to drop and its nose to rise until in stalled. At 13:53, the aircraft struck a hill, crashed about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the airport, and burned, killing 28 people (two crew members and 26 passengers).
The aircraft's airspeed and angle-of-attack indicators may have malfunctioned, making it difficult for the crew to monitor flight parameters accurately.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a twin-engine Antonov An-24RV, manufacturer's serial number 27308107. It had first flown in 1972 and was registered as RA-46489. Regional Airlines had leased it from Kuzbassaviafrakht (Kuzbass Aero Freight).