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.
VQ-BJI, the Boeing 737 involved in the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 1 September 2018 |
Summary | Runway overrun due to pilot error and windshear |
Site | Sochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia 43.451935°N 39.960957°E |
Total fatalities | 1 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-8AS |
Operator | UTair |
IATA flight No. | UT579 |
ICAO flight No. | UTA579 |
Call sign | UTAIR 579 |
Registration | VQ-BJI |
Flight origin | Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Destination | Sochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia |
Occupants | 172 |
Passengers | 166 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 18 |
Survivors | 172 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 1 (indirect) |
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