Bek Air
| Bek Air | |
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| IATA code : | Z9 |
| ICAO code : | BEK |
| Call sign : | BEKAIR |
| Founding: | 1999 (as Berkut Air) |
| Seat: |
Almaty , Kazakhstan
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| Home airport : | Almaty airport |
| Management: | Vladimir Monakov ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 9 (+ 10 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.bekair.com |
Bek Air is a Kazakh low-cost airline based in Almaty and based at Almaty Airport . It only flies to destinations within Kazakhstan. After the aircraft accident on December 27, 2019 with 13 deaths, Bek Air's operating license was withdrawn until further notice.
history
Bek Air was founded in 1999 as Berkut Air . In 2011 the name was changed to Bek Air. She mainly flew targets within Kazakhstan.
After the accident on December 27, 2019, the Accident Investigation Commission found, among other things, that the company had a “significantly higher number of serious violations than acceptable” of safety regulations. Violations were identified, for example, with regard to pilot training, life jackets, emergency transmitters and fire protection in the hold. The condition of Bek Air's fleet was described as "generally unsatisfactory".
In particular, however, two types of violations were highlighted. This included, on the one hand, the lack of documentation of maintenance measures, also with regard to the replacement of components between different aircraft. Second, an even more serious infringement was found that the type plates of the engines with their serial numbers had been removed, which is why neither the identity nor the operating time and frequency of use of the engines can be determined. Bek Air then announced that the nameplates - also from other aircraft parts - had been removed because they were "only weakly attached due to vibrations and other loads".
fleet
As of June 2020, the Bek Air fleet consists of 9 aircraft with an average age of 27.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fokker 100 | 9 | since December 27, 2019 all inactive | |
| Irkut MC-21-300 | 10 | Replacement for Fokker 100 | |
| total | 11 | 7th |
Historic fleet
In the past, Bek Air used the following types of aircraft:
Incidents
- A Fokker 100 ( registration number UP-F1012 ) has not been operational since March 27, 2016 . The nose landing gear of the Fokker 100 could not be extended to land at Astana Airport .
- On December 27, 2019, a Bek Air Fokker 100 (UP-F1007) crashed while taking off from Almaty Airport . The machine sagged again shortly after take off and broke through a concrete wall behind the runway before it collided with a building. Thirteen of the 93 passengers and five crew members died (see also Bek Air flight 2100 ) .
See also
Web links
- Bek Air website (Russian)
- Bek Air photos on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Kaminski-Morrow2019-12-27T08: 29: 00 + 00: 00: Bek Air grounded after fatal Fokker 100 accident at Almaty. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Flight International, January 28, 2020 (English), p. 12.
- ↑ Bek Air Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/die-aktuellen-auftraege-verkehrsflugzeug-bestellungen-im-jahr-2019/
- ↑ https://www.aerotelegraph.com/fokker-100-stuerzt-nach-dem-start-in-ein-gebaeude-bek-air-almaty-absturz-kasachstan , accessed on January 1, 2020
- ↑ UP-F1012 Bek Air Fokker F100 - cn 11426 (English), accessed on July 18, 2016
- ^ Accident report Fokker 100 UP-F1012 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 29, 2019.
- ^ Accident report Fokker 100 UP-F1007 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 29, 2019.
- ↑ Stefan Eiselin: Bek Air's Fokker 100 had problems starting. aerotelegraph.com from December 28, 2019
- ↑ Flight International, January 7, 2020 (English), p. 8.
- ↑ Accident: Bek F 100 at Almaty on Dec 27th 2019, lost height and impacted building after two tailstrikes In: Aviation Herald. January 28, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020.