Aria Air Flight 1525
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Aria Air
Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport
, Mashhad
, Iran, on 24 July 2009.
on 1 June 1989 registered DDR-SEY. On 3 October 1990 it was re-registered D-AOAM, serving with Interflug until July 1991 when it was sold to Aeroflot
and re-registered CCCP
-86578. In January 1993 as a result of old Soviet Aeroflot assets splitting, it became the part of Uzbekistan Airways fleet and in March 1993 was re-registered UK-86578. In early 2000s the aircraft was moved from service. In October 2007 it was leased to D.E.T.A. Air of Kazakhstan
, re-registered UN-86509 and then in July 2008 UP-I6208. It was leased to Aria Air
in March 2009.
). The aircraft overran the runway at high speed and crashed outside the airport perimeter, the nose area totally destroyed and resting on its tail. There was no fire. Sixteen people were killed. Among the dead were thirteen crew members and three passengers including Aria CEO Mahmoud Dadpay. There were 137 survivors of the total of 153 people on board.
The aircraft was reported to have skidded off the runway. The cockpit area of the aircraft was destroyed by the impact with the airport perimeter wall. Nineteen people were reported to have been injured in the accident. The weather was good at the time of the accident, with the METAR
in force at the time reading "METAR OIMM 241300Z 08014KT CAVOK 34/M03 Q1012 A2989". This translates as, METAR
for Mashhad International Airport, issued on the 24th of the month at 13:00 UTC, wind at 14 knots, wind direction 080°; ceiling and visibility OK; temperature 34° C; dew point −3°C; altimeter 1012 millibars or 29.89 inches. The aircraft landed with a crosswind. The aircraft was reported to have been attempting an emergency landing at the time of the accident. The aircraft was reported to have landed "long" on the runway and overran the end of the runway, hitting a wall, which demolished the forward section of the aircraft. The wall is located over 1100 metres (1,203 yd) from the end of the runway.
was suspended.
The cause of the crash is reported to have been that the aircraft landed at too high a speed; instead of landing at between 145 miles per hour (233.4 km/h) and 165 miles per hour (265.5 km/h) it landed at 197 miles per hour (317 km/h).
Aria Air
Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.- History :The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour...
Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport
Mashhad International Airport
Mashhad International Airport or Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport is an airport in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.The airport is country's second busiest only to Tehran Mehrabad Airport and above the famous Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. In 2009 airport handled 5,005,645 passengers...
, Mashhad
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
, Iran, on 24 July 2009.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208. The aircraft entered service with InterflugInterflug
Interflug was the state airline of East Germany from 1963 to 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification...
on 1 June 1989 registered DDR-SEY. On 3 October 1990 it was re-registered D-AOAM, serving with Interflug until July 1991 when it was sold to Aeroflot
Aeroflot
OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...
and re-registered CCCP
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-86578. In January 1993 as a result of old Soviet Aeroflot assets splitting, it became the part of Uzbekistan Airways fleet and in March 1993 was re-registered UK-86578. In early 2000s the aircraft was moved from service. In October 2007 it was leased to D.E.T.A. Air of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, re-registered UN-86509 and then in July 2008 UP-I6208. It was leased to Aria Air
Aria Air
Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.- History :The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour...
in March 2009.
Accident
The accident happened at 18:10 Iran Daylight Time (13:40 UTCCoordinated Universal Time
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). The aircraft overran the runway at high speed and crashed outside the airport perimeter, the nose area totally destroyed and resting on its tail. There was no fire. Sixteen people were killed. Among the dead were thirteen crew members and three passengers including Aria CEO Mahmoud Dadpay. There were 137 survivors of the total of 153 people on board.
The aircraft was reported to have skidded off the runway. The cockpit area of the aircraft was destroyed by the impact with the airport perimeter wall. Nineteen people were reported to have been injured in the accident. The weather was good at the time of the accident, with the METAR
METAR
METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting....
in force at the time reading "METAR OIMM 241300Z 08014KT CAVOK 34/M03 Q1012 A2989". This translates as, METAR
METAR
METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting....
for Mashhad International Airport, issued on the 24th of the month at 13:00 UTC, wind at 14 knots, wind direction 080°; ceiling and visibility OK; temperature 34° C; dew point −3°C; altimeter 1012 millibars or 29.89 inches. The aircraft landed with a crosswind. The aircraft was reported to have been attempting an emergency landing at the time of the accident. The aircraft was reported to have landed "long" on the runway and overran the end of the runway, hitting a wall, which demolished the forward section of the aircraft. The wall is located over 1100 metres (1,203 yd) from the end of the runway.
Cause
The accident was investigated by the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation. As a result of the accident, the Air Operators Certificate of Aria AirAria Air
Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.- History :The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour...
was suspended.
The cause of the crash is reported to have been that the aircraft landed at too high a speed; instead of landing at between 145 miles per hour (233.4 km/h) and 165 miles per hour (265.5 km/h) it landed at 197 miles per hour (317 km/h).