Accident | |
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Date | 26 May 2008 |
Summary | In-flight fire leading to the destruction on aileron wiring that led to aileron failure |
Site | Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport 55°24′N 061°30′E / 55.400°N 61.500°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-12BP |
Operator | Moskovia Airlines |
IATA flight No. | 3R9675 |
ICAO flight No. | GAI9675 |
Registration | RA-12957 |
Flight origin | Chelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk, Russia |
Destination | Perm Airport, Perm, Russia |
Occupants | 9 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 9 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 26 May 2008, Moskovia Airlines Flight 9675, a Moskovia Airlines An-12 cargo aircraft crashed near Chelyabinsk, Russia. After taking off for a flight to Perm, it turned back due to a fire on board and crashed 11 kilometres (6.8 mi; 5.9 nmi) from the airport, killing all nine crew members.[1]