![]() UR-WRA, the aircraft involved, photographed a month before the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 13 February 2013 |
Summary | Crashed next to the runway while landing in fog |
Site | Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-24 |
Operator | South Airlines |
IATA flight No. | YG8971 |
ICAO flight No. | OTL8971 |
Call sign | SOUTHLINE 8971 |
Registration | UR-WRA |
Flight origin | Odesa International Airport, Ukraine |
Destination | Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine |
Occupants | 52 |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Injuries | 9 |
Survivors | 47 |
On 13 February 2013, a Ukrainian Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft operating South Airlines flight 8971 crashed on landing at Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine, killing 5 of the 52 people on board.[1]