Date: | Tuesday 28 March 2006 |
Time: | 16:48 |
Type: | Antonov An-12BK |
Owner/operator: | Phoenix Avia |
Registration: | EK46741 |
MSN: | 9345408 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km from Payam Airport (PYK) -
Iran
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Payam Airport (PYK/OIIP) |
Destination airport: | Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ) |
Narrative:The Antonov 12 cargo plane departed from Payam Airport on a flight to Sharjah (SHJ). Immediately after takeoff aircraft encountered a flock of birds, as a result of which engines No. 1, 3 and 4 failed. An attempt was made to return to Payam, but an emergency landing had to be carried out some 5 km from the airport. The airplane broke up and caught fire.
Sources:
IRNA
MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Sharjah Airport (SHJ); March 2005
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