Accident | |
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Date | 1 January 2011 |
Summary | Electrical fire during taxiing |
Site | Surgut International Airport, Surgut, Russia 61°20′30″N 73°24′10″E / 61.34167°N 73.40278°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
Operator | Kogalymavia |
IATA flight No. | 7K348 |
ICAO flight No. | KGL348 |
Call sign | KOGALYM348 |
Registration | RA-85588 |
Flight origin | Surgut International Airport, Surgut, Russia |
Destination | Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Occupants | 134 |
Passengers | 126 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Injuries | 43 |
Survivors | 131 |
On 1 January 2011, Kolavia Flight 348, a Tupolev Tu-154 on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Surgut to Moscow, Russia, caught fire while taxiing out for take-off. Passengers were evacuated, but three were killed and 43 injured. A subsequent investigation concluded that the fire had started in an electric panel for which maintenance was never prescribed.[1]