1stspotter From Netherlands, joined Jun 1999, 507 posts, RR: 1 Posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1893 times:
A Russian IL76 has crashed on Friday just before landing at an East Timor airport.
All 6 crewmembers are feared to be dead.
According to the United Nations the aircraft crashed at the mountains near the airport of Bacau. The United Nations are helping the government of East Timor. The former Portugese colony got independent last year May
Aviatsiya From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1863 times:
I was just reading this on Novosti.
It happened at about 2.5 hours ago. It has been said that the aircraft, on a flight from China, attempted to land 3 times, and on the 4th landing attempt, overshot the runway and crashed approx 4-5 km from the end of the runway.
6 bodies have so far been recovered by UN soldiers on the ground in East Timor.
The MCHS has confirmed the crash, but it isn't yet known which airline the aircraft belongs to, but it has apparently been ruled out that the aircraft belongs to East Line. I am just hoping it isn't Abakan Avia as I know a radio operator for the airline who flies a lot to China and Southeast Asia.
Luzezito From Spain, joined May 2001, 268 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1770 times:
Hey Scott:
Let's hope it is not your friend down there in Timor. Interfax is now citing a representative of the Russian civil aviation stating that most probably the a/c belongs to an iranian or Ucranian company and is ruling out East Line. 6 crew have been recovered but nothing is known about their nationality....
Luzezito From Spain, joined May 2001, 268 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1698 times:
It has now been confirmed that all crew were Russians:
Captain: Piotr Chadrukov
F/O: Andrei Matvienko
Third: Alexander Diatlov
Engineer: Yuri Bushigin
Mech: Valerii Ukhvanov
2º Mech: Yuri Mirokhin
My thought are with you.
It seems weather conditions were bad with a very thick fog.
Aviatsiya From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1657 times:
Swissgabe
It may have been registered in Laos, but I doubt it has ever landed in Vientiane. The company is based out of Sharjah. Maybe Laos is easing up on their registration requirments, and could become the next "Equatorial Guinea" for SHJ based operators.
Alf
That is the same crew list as I have seen. In addition, it seems that this aircraft originally was operated with the Ukrainian Air Force.
Also heard the same thing in regards to the fog, and after reading it, I wondered why they would try to land at Baucau after 3 attempts, when they could have diverted to Dili instead. One doesn't think of East Timor and fog, as it is basically a tropical island, but the Baucau region is quite "mountainous" from what I remember.
Swissgabe From Switzerland, joined Jan 2000, 5265 posts, RR: 37 Reply 8, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1586 times:
Aviatsiya
I have seen a pictures which showed RDPL-34138 in Vientiane. When I have been there last OCT I didn't see it around the place.
I don't know regulations of aircraft registrations in Lao but I don't know what kind of advantages an airline could get to register it's plane in PDR Lao.
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Aviatsiya From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (10 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1489 times:
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Just to correct some of the information you provided on your site.
The aircraft crashed as Baucau Airport. Dili's airport is called Comoro.
It has been reported that the aircraft overshot the runway on the last fateful approach; which would mean it crashed not short of the runway, but after it.
The flight originated in Macau (which technically can be China) and was carrying telecommunications equipment for the Portuguese phone company
Swissgabe
I don't really see the need for a Lao cargo airline. When you have Russian crew based in Sharjah flying an aircraft registered in neither UAE or Russia, it usually should send alarm bells ringing. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised is Viktor Bout is somehow involved in this operation; with apologies to those who are in involved if he isn't, it just smells like the type of operation he runs.
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