UTair Flight 579

On September 1, 2018, UTair Flight 579, a Boeing 737-800 on a scheduled domestic flight from Moscow to Sochi, Russia, with 164 passengers and 6 crew, overran the runway and caught fire while landing at Sochi, injuring 18 occupants. One airport employee died of a heart attack.

UTair Flight 579
VQ-BJI, the Boeing 737 involved in the accident
Accident
Date1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
SummaryRunway overrun due to pilot error and windshear
SiteSochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia
43.451935°N 39.960957°E / 43.451935; 39.960957
Total fatalities1
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-8AS
OperatorUTair
IATA flight No.UT579
ICAO flight No.UTA579
Call signUTAIR 579
RegistrationVQ-BJI
Flight originVnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
DestinationSochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia
Occupants172
Passengers166
Crew6
Fatalities0
Injuries18
Survivors172
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities1 (indirect)
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