Bek Air Flight 2100

Bek Air Flight 2100
UP-F1007, the aircraft involved in the crash pictured in 2018, one year before the crash
Accident
Date27 December 2019 (2019-12-27)
SummaryCrashed on takeoff in icy weather and ice on the wings, pilot error
SiteNear Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakhstan
43°21′55″N 77°04′17″E / 43.36528°N 77.07139°E / 43.36528; 77.07139
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker 100
OperatorBek Air
IATA flight No.Z92100
ICAO flight No.BEK2100
Call signBEKAIR 2100
RegistrationUP-F1007
Flight originAlmaty International Airport, Kazakhstan
DestinationNursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Kazakhstan
Occupants98[1]
Passengers93
Crew5
Fatalities13[2]
Injuries66
Survivors85

Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated by a Fokker 100 that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport.[3] Of the 98 people on board – 93 passengers and 5 crew,[1][4] 13 died in the crash and 66 were injured.[4][5] The Kazakhstani government started investigations on the same day.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cnn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Accident: Bek F100 at Almaty on Dec 27th 2019, lost height shortly after takeoff and impacted building after two tailstrikes". www.avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ Troianovski, Anton; Nechepurenko, Ivan; Matsnev, Oleg; Victor, Daniel; Tarabay, Jamie (26 December 2019). "Kazakhstan Plane Crash Kills at Least 12 People". The New York Times. Moscow and Hong Kong. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Mercy, Smail (28 December 2019). "Путаницу с количеством жертв при крушении самолета Bek Air признали чиновники" [Misunderstanding of the number of victims of the Bek Air plane crash acknowledged by government officials] (in Russian). Tengri News. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b "12 killed, dozens hurt after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan". AP News. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.