Flydubai flight 981

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Flydubai flight 981
Flydubai Boeing 737-800 (A6-FDN) .jpg

The crashed Boeing 737 in 2011
Accident summary
Accident type is still being investigated
place Rostov-on-Don Airport
date 19th March 2016
Fatalities 62
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Boeing 737-800
operator Flydubai
Mark A6-FDN
Departure airport United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai
Destination airport RussiaRussia Rostov on Don
Passengers 55
crew 07th
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On March 19, 2016, a Boeing 737-800 crashed on Flydubai flight 981 ( flight number : FZ981) while taking off at Rostov-on-Don airport . All 62 occupants were killed in the accident.

Airplane and occupants

The Boeing 737-800 ( registration number A6-FDN) used completed its maiden flight on December 21, 2010 and was delivered to Flydubai on January 19, 2011 . At the time of the accident, the aircraft was 5 years and 3 months old. It was equipped with two CFM56-7 engines from CFM International .

There were 55 passengers on board the Boeing 737. The crew consisted of the Cypriot pilot Aristos Sokratous, the Spanish co-pilot Alejandro Álava Cruz and two female and three male flight attendants .

Flight history

Debris of the Boeing 737

All times in UTC , local time in Rostov-on-Don +3 hours.
 The aircraft took off from Dubai Airport at 18:37 and reached the planned altitude at 19:14. At 22:16 of the descent was initiated at 22:39 began the final approach to the runway 22 of the Rostov-on-Don airport . This was canceled at 10:41 p.m. after flying through a wind shear at a height of 340 meters (1100 feet ) and a go - around maneuver was initiated. The pilots then ascended to around 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) and were then instructed to orbit at 2,400 meters (8,000 feet) until weather conditions improved. After 30 minutes in the holding , the crew requested clearance to climb in order to continue holding patterns at an altitude of 4,500 meters (15,000 feet). The clearance was given by the air traffic controller .

At 12:28 a.m., the pilots began a second landing approach, but broke it off four and a half kilometers before the landing threshold at a height of 220 meters (720 feet) at 12:40 a.m. due to the weather and took off again. To do this, the landing gear was retracted and the position of the flaps was set to 15 degrees. A minute later, the Boeing 737 hit the airport runway after a dive from almost 1,000 meters.

Due to the weather, an Aeroflot aircraft had already moved to Krasnodar Airport, 250 km away . Because Rostov Airport was temporarily closed after the accident, a Czech Airlines plane also moved to this airport. A Turkish Airlines plane returned to its departure airport in Istanbul .

Weather conditions

The weather conditions at the time of the accident were 3.8 to 6 kilometers visibility, cloud bases of 430 to 550 meters and rain showers , the wind came from south-westerly directions at 50 km / h (27 knots ), in gusts of up to 78 km / h (42 knots) .

Cause of accident

Russian accident investigators announced on April 8, 2016 that the pilots, while going around at an altitude of 900 meters, pushed the control column forward and at the same time operated the electrical trim of the horizontal stabilizer for 12 seconds , which caused the horizontal stabilizer to be trimmed from −2.5 changed to +2.5 degrees. The Boeing 737 then went into a nosedive at an altitude of almost 1000 meters. The aircraft struck with a pitch angle ( Pitch ) of at least 50 degrees and a speed of about 600 km / h (320 knots) next to the runway. It is unknown whether the crew manually changed the trim of the horizontal stabilizer or whether there was another cause.

Reactions

  • The governor of the Rostov region , Vasily Golubev, made March 20 a day of mourning.
  • The airline set up an Emergency Response Team .
  • One day after the accident, Flydubai initiated a program in which the families of the victims are to receive $ 20,000.
  • flydubai flights from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don received the new flight number FZ935 three days after the accident.

Web links

Commons : Flydubai Flight 981  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Accident report A6-FDN, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ planespotters.net ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (English), accessed March 19, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.planespotters.net
  3. ↑ a b Southern Russia: Many dead in the crash of a passenger plane. In: Spiegel Online. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Flydubai plane crash: Two Spaniards were from Canary Islands. In: Gulf News. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Flydubai plane crash pilot, co-pilot leave behind pregnant wives. (No longer available online.) In: Gulf News. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018 ; Retrieved March 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gulfnews.com
  6. ↑ a b c d Simon Hradecky: Crash: Flydubai B738 at Rostov on Don on Mar 19th 2016, struck wing onto runway after holding for 2 hours. March 19, 2016, accessed March 19, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Flight International, April 26, 2016 (English), p. 8.
  8. ↑ Laura Frommberg: Flydubai crash probably because of pilot error. In: Aero Telegraph. April 8, 2016, Retrieved April 9, 2016 .
  9. ↑ David Kaminsky-Morrow: Flydubai crash: Yoke push 'simultaneous' with stabilizer shift. In: Flightglobal. April 8, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Семьям погибших при крушении "Боинга" в Ростове выплатят по миллиону рублей. Meduza, March 19, 2016, accessed March 19, 2016 (Russian).
  11. ↑ Statement from the CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith - Latest Updates - Home - flydubai. (No longer available online.) In: www2.flydubai.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016 ; Retrieved March 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.flydubai.com
  12. ↑ Statement relating to flydubai flight FZ981 - Latest Updates - Home - flydubai. (No longer available online.) In: www2.flydubai.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016 ; accessed on March 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.flydubai.com
  13. ↑ Statement relating to flydubai flight FZ981 - Latest Updates - Home - flydubai. (No longer available online.) In: www2.flydubai.com. Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 27, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www2.flydubai.com  

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