Posted on 07/08/2006 7:15:59 PM PDT by HAL9000
A-310 passenger airliner crashes in Irkutsk
~200 on board according to CNN.
How big a plane is that passenger wise?
Horrible!
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Capacity:
2-class: 220
1-class: 280
In Irkutsk suffered catastrophe the aircraft A -310 with 200 men aboard
Moscow. 9 July. INTERFAKS - in Irkutsk suffered plane crash the passenger aircraft A -310, on board which were located 200 people - 192 passengers even 8 crew members.
As they reported "interfaksu" in the press- service OF MCHS [EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELIEF MINISTRY], the aircraft of airline "Siberia" carried out voyage Irkutsk- Moscow. With the landing approach in 2:50 msk of Sunday the liner jumped out beyond the limits of takeoff and landing strip, laid concrete fence, it entered into the buildings and caught fire.
The forward section of the aircraft was destroyed. The evacuation of people was produced through the rear door. According to the information OF MCHS [EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELIEF MINISTRY], into the hospitals are hospitalized 40 people.
Like its sister aircraft, the Airbus A300, the A310 is reaching the end of its market life as a passenger and cargo aircraft. There have been no new A310 passenger orders since the late 1990s, and only a few freighter orders remain. The A310 (along with the A300) will cease production in July of 2007.
went past the end of the runway it sounds like.
Sounds like Sibr air, I've seen their planes.
Siberia Airlines flight 1047 was destroyed by a terrorist bombing on August 24, 2004.
Looks like this is pilot or mechanical error, though. Siberia Airlines has had a rough couple of years.
If its S7 (formerly Siberian Airlines), they have a bad record.
* October 4, 2001: A Tupolev Tu-154M jet operating as Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (RA-85693) en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi after being accidentally hit by a Ukrainian S-200 surface-to-air missile, killing all 78 people on board.
* August 24, 2004: A Tupolev Tu-154B2 jet operating as Siberia Airlines flight 1047 (RA-85556) en route from Moscow to Sochi exploded and crashed due to a terrorist bombing near Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 46 people on board.
And, they do fly A310's
ping.
About 200 capacity.
Toxicology test?
Accident summary
Hull-loss Accidents: 6 with a total of 518 fatalities
Hijackings: 10 with a total of 5 fatalities
Other Incidents: Rudder partially fell off an Air Transat flight
To be fair, S7 can hardly be blamed for those other incidents. 3 major disasters in 6 years is rough for any airline to absorb though.
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