Aviastar-TU Flight 1906

55°25′51.6″N 37°51′24.4″E / 55.431000°N 37.856778°E / 55.431000; 37.856778

Aviastar-TU Flight 1906
aircraft wreckage, with fuselage broken in two, in midst of trees in winter
Wreckage of aircraft after impact
Accident
Date22 March 2010
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteNear Aviagorodok, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-204-100
OperatorAviastar-TU
IATA flight No.4B1906
ICAO flight No.TUP1906
Call signTUPOLEVAIR 1906
RegistrationRA-64011
Flight originHurghada International Airport, Hurghada, Egypt
DestinationDomodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
Occupants8
Crew8
Fatalities0
Injuries8
Survivors8

Aviastar-TU Flight 1906 was a Tupolev Tu-204 that crashed while attempting to land at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, in heavy fog on 22 March 2010. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Hurghada International Airport, Egypt to Moscow, and had no passengers on board; all eight crew survived the accident, four with serious injuries requiring hospitalization and four with minor injuries. The accident was the first hull loss of a Tu-204[citation needed] and the first hull loss for Aviastar-TU.[citation needed]

Investigators determined the cause of the accident to be failure of the autopilot system and poor cockpit crew performance.