Amazing Facts

Monday, January 31, 2011



Date: December 15, 2010 Time: 15:30
Location: Palunge Hill, Nepal
Operator: Tara Air
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Reg: 9N-AFX cn: 806
Aboard: 22 Fatalities: 22 Ground: 0
Route: Lamidanda - Kathmandu
Details: The plane crashed after its right wing clipped a mountaintop while en route.




Date: December 4, 2010 Time: 14:49
Location: Moscow, Russia
Operator: Dagestan Airlines Flight: 372
AC Type: Tupelov Tu-154M
Reg: RA-85744 cn: 92A-927
Aboard: 169 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Moscow -Makhachkala, Dagestan
Details: About 80km out from Moscow, the crew reported losing all three engines, electrical power and navigation equipment. They decided to divert back to Moscow. Visual contact with the ground could not be established until breaking through the overcast at 500 feet. The aircraft landed, skidded off the runway and broke into three pieces.




Date: November 27, 2010 Time: 01:50
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Operator: Sun Way Flight: 4412
AC Type: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Reg: 4L-GNI cn: 43452546
Aboard: 8 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 4
Route: Karachi - Khartoum
Details: The cargo plane, carrying 31 tons of relief supplies for Sudan, crashed into buildings of the Naval Housing Colony while attempting to return to runway 07R shortly after taking off from Karachi. Fire erupted in the left engine prior to the plane crashing possibly caused by a bird strike.