2008 Chelyabinsk An-12 crash
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On 26 May 2008, a Moskovia Airlines An-12 cargo aircraft crashed near Chelyabinsk
, Russia, killing all nine crew members when after departure to Perm
it turned back and crashed near the airfield.
The aircraft transported cash money to Chelyabinsk http://www.rambler.ru/news/events/aircrash/12813959.html http://www.akado.com/news/document15139/ http://news.mail.ru/incident/1785523/, and was returning to Perm
without any cargo. It took off only after a second attempt at 18:02 (local time). On 18:09, the crew reported smoke in the cabin (probably the result of a short circuit
) and decided to return to the airport. The first attempt to approach the runway was unsuccessful and the plane had to go around. Flying too low, it accidentally hit a power transmission line and crashed near the airfield at 18:15. The fire broke out after the crash; there were no survivors.
One of the flight recorders is severely damaged, it could make the investigation of disaster's causes more difficult. The aircraft was built in 1968.
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
, Russia, killing all nine crew members when after departure to Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
it turned back and crashed near the airfield.
The aircraft transported cash money to Chelyabinsk http://www.rambler.ru/news/events/aircrash/12813959.html http://www.akado.com/news/document15139/ http://news.mail.ru/incident/1785523/, and was returning to Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
without any cargo. It took off only after a second attempt at 18:02 (local time). On 18:09, the crew reported smoke in the cabin (probably the result of a short circuit
Short circuit
A short circuit in an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path, often where essentially no electrical impedance is encountered....
) and decided to return to the airport. The first attempt to approach the runway was unsuccessful and the plane had to go around. Flying too low, it accidentally hit a power transmission line and crashed near the airfield at 18:15. The fire broke out after the crash; there were no survivors.
One of the flight recorders is severely damaged, it could make the investigation of disaster's causes more difficult. The aircraft was built in 1968.
External links
- An earlier photo of the aircraft that crashed http://www.airliners.net/photo/Kosmos-Aviation-Company/Antonov-An-12B/1330768/L
- Investigation details at the official website of the commission
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