Crash of an Antonov An-26 in Latakia
| Crash of an Antonov An-26 in Latakia | |
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 Photo of a Russian An-26, identical in construction to the crashed machine |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Fall due to the influence of wind shear close to the ground |
| place |
Latakia , Syria 35 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ N , 35 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E |
| date | March 6, 2018 2:51 p.m. |
| Fatalities | 39 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Antonov An-26
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| operator |
 Russian Air Force
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| Mark |
RF-92955/52
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| Departure airport |
Kuweyres Military Air Base , Syria
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| Destination airport |
Hmeimim Military Air Base , Syria
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| Passengers | 33 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The crash of an Antonov An-26 in Latakia on March 6, 2018 is one of the most serious crashes of this aircraft type. An Antonov An-26 had an accident on a flight from the Syrian military airfield in Kuweyres to the Hmeimim air base in Latakia .
Misfortune machine
When crashed plane it was one of Soviet production originating Antonov An-26 with the air vehicle license RF 92955/52 with the serial number 10107th The machine had its maiden flight in 1980. This accident is the fifteenth deadly crash of a An-26 in the 2010s and the third most serious aircraft accident in Syria to date .
the accident
On March 6, 2018, the An-26 was to transport Russian military personnel stationed in Syria from the Kuweyres military airfield near Aleppo to the Hmeimim air base in Latakia. The machine crashed while approaching the Syrian military airfield at Hmeimim at 2:51 p.m. Moscow time, about 500 meters from the runway. All people on board, 33 passengers and six crew members, were killed. The Islamist opposition group Jaish al-Islam claimed to have shot down the plane. The fighters stated that they had fired several heavy machine guns at the Antonov as it approached at low altitude. A Russian accident investigation contradicted this representation. No traces could be found that would prove the use of firearms. Wind shear close to the ground , which caused the aircraft to hit during the landing phase, was identified as the official cause of the accident .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d AN-26 RF-92955/52 , Aviation Safety Network (English, accessed July 14, 2020).
- ↑ a b Lenta.ru: Сирийская группировка заявила, что сбила Ан-26 у Хмеймима (Russian, accessed July 14, 2020)