Accident | |
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Date | 24 August 2008 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during approach due to pilot error[1] |
Site | Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 43°4′42.2″N 74°21′47.5″E / 43.078389°N 74.363194°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-219 Advanced |
Operator | Itek Air on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines[2] |
IATA flight No. | EP6895 |
ICAO flight No. | IRC6895 |
Registration | EX-009 |
Flight origin | Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
Destination | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
Occupants | 90 |
Passengers | 85 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 65 |
Injuries | 18 |
Survivors | 25 |
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, was a Boeing 737-200, registered as EX-009, operating a charter flight operated by Itek Air on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines which crashed on 24 August 2008 (at 20:44 local time) near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan while en route to Imam Khomeini International Airport,[3][4][5] Tehran, Iran. It crashed while returning to the airport of origin after experiencing technical difficulties.[2]
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