Amazing Facts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011




Date: July 6, 2011 Time: 23:00
Location: Near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Operator: Silk Way Airlines
AC Type: Ilyushin76TD
Reg: 4K-AZ55 cn: 2053420680
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0
Route: Baku, Azerbaijan - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Details: While flying at 12,500 feet, the cargo plane crashed into a mountain peak, exploded and burned about 15 miles from Bagram. The aircraft was loaded with fuel for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan



Date: June 20, 2011 Time: 23:45
Location: Petrozavodsk, Russia
Operator: RusAir Airlines Flight: 9605
AC Type: Tupolev Tu-134
Reg: RA-65691 cn: 63195/5703
Aboard: 52 Fatalities: 47 Ground: 0
Route: Moscow - Petrozavodsk
Details: The airliner crashed while on final to Petrozavodsk in heavy fog, landing 1 kilometer short of the runway. The plane soon broke up and caught on fire. Preliminary indications are the pilot descended prematurely.

Date: June 6, 2011 Time: 10:25
Location: Off Libreville, Gabon
Operator: DHL Aviation (leased from Solenta Aviation) Flight: 122A
AC Type: Antonov An-26
Reg: TR-LII
Aboard: 4 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0
Route: Port Gentil - Libreville
Details: While attempting to land at Libreville Airport, the crew of the cargo plane radioed they were having a problem with the hydraulic system and were going around. Soon after, the plane ditched in shallow water just offshore of the airport. All three crew members and a passenger survivied.