Ukraine International Airlines Plane Crash Is First in 22 Years of Ukrainian Aviation History
The last crash of a Ukrainian aircraft occurred in 2003.
The crash of a Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane near Tehran airport is the first in 22 years in the history of flights by large Ukrainian passenger aircraft carrying out regular services. This is reported by the BBC.
There were 176 people on board, including passengers and crew. All of them died.
The previous major aviation disaster in the history of Ukrainian civil aviation occurred in 1997 in Greece. In addition, in 2002 a Ukrainian airline Aeromost-Kharkiv plane crashed near the city of Isfahan in Iran. It was operating a charter flight carrying a delegation of Ukrainian scientists and designers. Also in 2003, a leased Ukrainian passenger plane crashed while carrying out an irregular transport of Spanish servicemen from Afghanistan.
- Thessaloniki, Greece. 1997. On December 17, a Yak-42 passenger plane of the Ukrainian airline Aerosvit ("Flight 241"), flying the route Kyiv – Odesa – Thessaloniki, crashed into the slope of Mount Pente Pigadia due to severe weather conditions 72 kilometres from Thessaloniki. All 62 passengers and 8 crew members died. On board were 30 Ukrainians, 34 Greeks, 3 Russians, 2 Poles and 1 German. Most of the passengers were flying to Greece to celebrate Christmas.
- Isfahan, Iran. 2002. On December 23, an An-140 plane of the Aeromost-Kharkiv airline, operating a charter flight from Kharkiv to the Iranian city of Isfahan, struck a mountain at an altitude of 3,000 metres during its approach to landing. Six crew members and 38 passengers died. On board were mainly Ukrainian and Russian aircraft designers and scientists from the Antonov ANTK and the Kharkiv plant. The cause of the crash was announced as crew errors and a lack of coordination with air traffic controllers after problems were detected.
- Trabzon, Turkey. 2003. In May, a leased Yak-42 passenger plane belonging to the airline Ukraine Mediterranean Airlines crashed near Trabzon. 12 crew members from Ukraine, one flight manager from Belarus and 62 Spanish servicemen died.
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