S7 Airlines Flight 778

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S7 Airlines Flight 778

F-OGYP, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Moscow Domodedovo Airport a month before the accident
Accident
Date	9 July 2006 (2006-07-09)
Summary	Overshot the runway due to pilot error
Site	Irkutsk International Airport, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia 52°16′29.35″N 104°21′59.71″E / 52.2748194°N 104.3665861°E / 52.2748194; 104.3665861
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A310-324
Operator	S7 Airlines
IATA flight No.	S7778
ICAO flight No.	SBI778
Call sign	SIBERIAN 778
Registration	F-OGYP
Flight origin	Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
Destination	Irkutsk International Airport, Irkutsk, Russia
Occupants	203
Passengers	195
Crew	8
Fatalities	125
Injuries	63
Survivors	78

S7 Airlines Flight 778 (S7778/SBI778) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk, Russia. On 9 July 2006, at 06:44 local time (8 July, 22:44 UTC), the Airbus A310-324 aircraft operating the route overran the runway during its landing in Irkutsk. The aircraft failed to stop and crashed through the airport's concrete perimeter fence, struck rows of private garages and burst into flames, killing 125 people.

With 125 deaths, the crash remains as S7 Airlines' deadliest aviation disaster.^[1] The crash was also the second Russian air disaster in two months, after Armavia Flight 967.^[2]

The final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) investigation concluded that the cause of the crash was attributed to pilot error. While the captain was reducing the thrust reverser of the right engine, he unintentionally moved the left engine's throttle lever forward, causing the left engine to produce significant thrust. His co-pilot failed to monitor the engine parameters and as a result the crew were unable to realize the source of the problem. The crew failed to resolve the issue and the aircraft eventually overran the runway and crashed.^[3]