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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2003-11
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Date: 26 MAY 2003
Time: 04.45
Type: Yakovlev 42D
Operator: Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines
Registration: UR-42352
Msn / C/n: 4520421811395
Year built: 1988
Engines: 3 Lotarev D-36
Crew: 13 fatalities / 13 on board
Passengers: 62 fatalities / 62 on board
Total: 75 fatalities / 75 on board
Location: near Macka (Turkey)
Phase: Initial Approach
Nature: Int’l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Bishkek Airport (FRU)
Destination airport: Trabzon Airport (TZX)
Flightnumber: 4230
Remarks:
Crashed into a steep mountainside. The aircraft carried 62 Spanish
peacekeeping forces, heading back home from Kabul.
The METAR (weather) report at the approximate time of the accident (01.45
GMT) read: LTCG 260150Z 27010KT 230V310 9999 -SHRA SCT008 BKN030 18/17
Q1013 NOSIG RMK RWY29 27011KT=

Sources:
Reuters; Interfax
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE YAKOVLEV 42
* Last (civilian) hull-loss accident: 25 DEC 1999 Cubana CU-T1285, at
Bejuma, Venezuela- 22 fatalities
* Last fatal accident: ibid.
* Total number of hull-losses: 8 losses
* Of the 8 losses, 7 airplanes were lost as a result of an accident, 1 was
lost as a result of another occurrence (ground fire)
* 4th worst Yak-42 accident
* Survival rate for all fatal accidents: 21,4% of all occupants survived
fatal Yak-42 accidents
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AIRLINE PROFILE UKRAINIAN-MEDITERRANEAN AIRLINES
A Ukrainian charter airline operating a.o. Boeing 737-300 aircraft and a
single Yakovlev 42D
* Founded: 2000
* Website: http://www.umair-ua.com/e_index.html
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COUNTRY PROFILE TURKEY
* Last (civilian) hull-loss accident: 08 JAN 2003 THY Avro RJ.100 TC-THG –
75 fatalities
* Last fatal accident: ibid
* Total number of civil airliner hull-losses since 1945: 38 losses (24 of
which were fatal)
* 2nd worst airliner accident in Turkey
* Of the 38 losses, 37 airplanes were lost as a result of an accident, 1
was lost as a result of another occurrence (ground fire)
* Turkey is rated Category 1 (meeting ICAO standards) in FAA`s
International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
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AIRPORT PROFILE TRABZON
* ICAO/IATA designators: LTCG / TZX
* Latitude: 40° 59′ 42.39″ N / 039° 47′ 23.02″ E
* Elevation: 104ft/ 32m
* Runway: 11/29 (2640 x 45 meters, asphalt, ILS equipped)
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2003 SO FAR
* Number of fatal hull-loss airliner accidents : 11 (safety rank since
1950: 2nd safest)
* Number of fatalities: 351 (safety rank since 1950: 21st worst)
(Coverage: fatal, multi engine civil airliner accidents)