JACDEC SPECIAL ACCIDENT INFORMATION

Polish Air Force  Tupolev Tu-154M  "101"
on
Saturday, April 10, 2010
near
Smolensk- North Air Force Base

 

Wednesday, April 14, 2009


NOTE: Preliminary information only. Editors cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions caused by any information source mentioned herein. 

DATE: 10.04.2010 LOCAL TIME:  10:56 LOCATION:  Smolensk-North Air Force Base area (XUBS)
 LOCATION GOOGLE MAPS  		COUNTRY:  Russia
AIRLINE:  Polish Air Force TYPE:  Tupolev Tu-154M REGISTRATION:  101    PHOTO  C/N:  90A837 AGE:  19 y + 9 m
OPERATION:  NRV FLIGHT No.:  - FROM:  Warsaw TO:  Smolensk VIA: -
OCCUPANTS: 
PAX:  88 CREW:  8
FATALITIES: 
PAX:  88  CREW:  8  OTHER: 0
 INJURIES: 
PAX: 0 CREW: 0 OTHER: 0
 DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT:   destroyed 
On final NDB-approach to runway 27 at Smolensk-North Air Force, the aircraft clipped trees and crashed in a forest approximately 500 metres east of the airport. There were no survivors among passengers and crew. Among the dead was polish president Lech Kaczynski accompanied by his wife and high ranking government delegation. They were to attend the 70th anniversary of the Katyn masssacre near the city of Smolensk. At the time of the crash, local weather consisted of dense fog with temperatures about +1°C.  According ot russian news report, the visibility at the airport was only 400 metres the minimum visibility for the less-precise NDB-approach is 1.000 feet. Previous aircraft approaching Smolensk Air Base was a Yakovlev Yak-40 which landed and a military Ilyushin IL-76 which diverted after two unsuccessful approaches. 
(Photo: vesti.ru)(Photo: C. Wolf 08-04-2010)
NOTE: This accidents marks the 59th hull loss of a Tupolev Tu-154. The last fatal accident of this type occured on 15th July 2009 in Iran.
SOURCE(S):  Reuters + BBC + Vesti(Ru) + DailyMail + ASN + Interfax(Ru) 

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LAST Tupolev Tu-154  HULL LOSS OCCURENCES
DATE OPERATOR REG. LOCATION REMARKS FATALITIES (On Board)
10.APR 2010 Polish Air Force 101 Smolensk-North AFB area, Russia Clipped trees on final approach in fog and crashed 1,5 km short of the runway. Investigation is underway. 97 (97)
24.JAN 2010 Taban Air RA-85787 Mashhad Airport, Iran Pilots landed despite visibility was below minima. Sick passenger caused medical emergency situation during holding.  JACDEC INFO  0 (170)
15.JUL 2009 Caspian Airlines EP-CPG Qazvin area, Iran Crashed after loss of control during early cruiseflight. Uncontained engine failure suspected. 
 JACDEC INFO  		 168 (168)
30. JUN 2008 Aeroflot RA-85667 St. Petersburg Airport, Russia Suffered uncontained failure of engine #1 during take-off run. Damaged beyond repair. 0 (112)
01.SEP 2006 Iran Air Tours EP-MCF Mashhad Airport, Iran Suffered a tire burst on landing causing the aircraft to veer off the runway where it caught fire.  28 (148)
22.AUG 2006 Pulkovo Aviatiuon RA-85185 near Donetsk, Ukraine The pilots entered a stall when they try to overfly a storm cloud. The aircraft entered a flat spin. The pilots were unable to regain control. 170 (170)
24. AUG 2010 Sibir Airlines RA-85556 near Gluboki, Russia The aircraft was brought down by a bomb placed on board by a female terrorist. 46 (46)
01. JUL 2002 Bashikirian Airlines RA-85816 over Ueberlingen, Germany Destroyed after mid-air collision with DHL cargo Boeing 757 due to ATC errors.   69 + 2 (69 + 2)
12.FEB 2002 Iran Air Tours EP-MBS Sarab-e-do Rah area Flew into mountainside whilst on approach to Khorramabad.   119 (119)
04.OCT 2001 Sibir Airlines RA-85693 off Adler, Sochi, Ukraine Accidentaly shot down during cruiseflight by a ground-to-air missile fired by ukrainian military forces as part of an exercise.   78 (78)
04.JUL 2001 VladivostokAvia RA-85845 Burdakova area, Russia Entered extreme bank angle during approach to Irkutsk and crashed. Recovery attemps by the crew were too late. 145 (145)
04.JUL 2000 Malev HA-LCR Thessaloniki Airport, Greece Damaged beyond repair in belly landing. Pilots forgot to lower the gear on approach. 0 (76)

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