55°25′51.6″N 37°51′24.4″E / 55.431000°N 37.856778°E
Accident | |
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Date | 22 March 2010 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Near Aviagorodok, Russia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-204-100 |
Operator | Aviastar-TU |
IATA flight No. | 4B1906 |
ICAO flight No. | TUP1906 |
Call sign | TUPOLEVAIR 1906 |
Registration | RA-64011 |
Flight origin | Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada, Egypt |
Destination | Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Occupants | 8 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 8 |
Survivors | 8 |
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.