Accident | |
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Date | 5 March 2011 |
Summary | In-flight structural failure |
Site | Garbuzovo, Alexeyevsky Region, Belgorod Oblast, Russia 50°28′23″N 38°44′35″E / 50.47306°N 38.74306°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-148-100E |
Operator | Antonov/VASO |
Registration | 61708 |
Flight origin | Pridacha Airport, Voronezh, Russia |
Destination | Pridacha Airport, Voronezh, Russia |
Occupants | 6 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 5 March 2011, an Antonov An-148 passenger jet broke up in mid-air and crashed on the outskirts of Garbuzovo, a village in the Belgorod Oblast of Russia. All six crew members, the only people on board, were killed. The aircraft was on a demonstration flight prior to delivery to the Myanmar Air Force.[1] The subsequent investigation concluded that the aircraft broke up after the crew allowed it to substantially exceed its maximum design speed during a practice emergency descent.[2]