29.01.2013 | Scat Airlines DV760 | CRJ2 | UP-CJ006 | Almaty (KZ) | Crash

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A Scat Airlines Canadair CRJ-200, registration UP-CJ006 performing flight DV-760 from Kokshetau to Almaty (Kazakhstan) with 16 passengers and 5 crew, was on final approach to Almaty's runway 23R in poor visibility due to fog when the crew decided to go around but the aircraft disappeared from radar screens at 13:13L (07:13Z). The aircraft was found in swampy terrain about 1400 meters short of the runway threshold at around 14:00L. All occupants perished.

 

The passenger and crew manifest lists 21 names (16 passengers and 5 crew, a lap child's name was later added).

 

Kazakhstan's emergency ministry reported 16 passengers (including one child) and 5 crew were killed in the crash near the village Kyzyltu (about 1km north of the approximate final position, see map below).

 

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport and Communication reported the aircraft involved was UP-CJ006 (MSN: 7413), which had accumulated 25,707 flight hours in 22,975 flight cycles since new, the aircraft had joined Scat Airlines' fleet in September 2012 and had received its last certificate of airworthiness on Sep 20th 2012. An investigation commission has been formed to investigate the causes of the crash.

 

On Jan 30th 2013 the Ministry added, that the blackboxes have been sent to Moscow for readout by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK).