Accident | |
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Date | 20 June 2011 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to poor crew resource management and pilot error |
Site | Besovets, near Petrozavodsk Airport, Petrozavodsk, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia 61°52′04″N 034°08′53″E / 61.86778°N 34.14806°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134A-3 |
Operator | RusAir |
ICAO flight No. | CGI9605 |
Call sign | CGI 9605 |
Registration | RA-65691 |
Flight origin | Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Destination | Petrozavodsk Airport, Petrozavodsk, Russia |
Occupants | 52 |
Passengers | 43 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 47 |
Injuries | 5 |
Survivors | 5 |
RusAir Flight 9605 (operating as RusLine Flight 243) was a passenger flight which crashed near Petrozavodsk in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, on 20 June 2011 while attempting to land in thick fog. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134, was operating a RusAir scheduled domestic flight from Moscow. Of the 52 people on board, only 5 survived.[1][2][3]