kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11952 posts, RR: 37 Posted (3 years 1 month 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 8903 times:
It has been reported this morning that a Russian-built cargo plane crashed in the north of the Philippines, killing three of the six crewmembers on board. No information as to type, as yet:
KFlyer From Sri Lanka, joined Mar 2007, 1208 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 8890 times:
Isn't this the An-12 incident ?
Reg UP-AN216
Operating for Interisland Airlines
Was on a charter from Cebu Mactan to Manila Clark
The aircraft reportedly caught fire in the air before crashing
rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6150 posts, RR: 25 Reply 6, posted (3 years 1 month 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 8417 times:
It looks like the aircraft landed in the field, came to a stop basically whole - then burned with the high wing engines falling to the ground after the landing was finished.
On emergency landings sometimes after the aircraft is certain to land - they will shut down the engines and feather the props before they actually touchdown. They want to minimize debris flying around if the spinning props hit something. Also makes it easier to evacuate the aircraft if the props are not turning.
Devilfish From Philippines, joined Jan 2006, 4427 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (3 years 1 month 17 hours ago) and read 3668 times:
Quoting Severnaya (Reply 8): The owner company of the plane is Inter Island Airlines Inc. from the Philippines, and is blacklisted in the EU like all other Philippine airlines.
From the Flightglobal link in Reply 1, the aircraft was only wet-leased to Interisland Airlines.....
Quote: "The aircraft was on a wet lease to Interisland, says Cusi, who declines to reveal the owner of the aircraft.
The three crew members who survived the crash are in a stable condition, he adds. Among the six crew members, three were Russians, two were Uzbeks and one was Bulgarian, says Cusi."
The actual owner per Reply 3 is ATMA, according to the linked ASN report, listing a local newspaper as source. The news report indicated the following in part.....
Quote: "The three surviving men, who were later confirmed to be Russians, were seen parachuting out of the burning plane, residents in the area told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
[.....]
The survivors told village leaders that three of their companions who were still in the burning plane might be dead. It was still in flames as of Wednesday night. Fire trucks had a difficult time entering the area.
The Pacific East Air Cargo (PEAC) chartered the plane for the operations of the international cargo forwarding firm UPS, a report from the state-owned Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) said."
A later report from the same source listed the names of those on board.....
Quote: "The three, who were brought to the hospital, were identified as Yuri Tochonyy, 50, Russian national, pilot; Dmitriy Struminskiy, 39, Uzbekistan national, co-pilot; and Bokhadir Ruziev, 44, Uzbekistan national.
The three missing passengers were identified as Mikolay Bannon and Vadim Yakimov, both Russian, and Tzvitoslav Guetchevski, a Bulgarian."
It was mentioned that the aircraft was on extended operation for Interisland. Hard to credit a Filipino employing Russians. When all these are sorted out, it may yet turn out that ATMA and the company's owner are Russian, Uzbek or Ukrainian.
Severnaya From Russia, joined Jan 2009, 1390 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 years 1 month 14 hours ago) and read 3401 times:
Quoting Fabo (Reply 9): My guess is the 6th would be "loadmaster" or so.
Okay, that makes sense indeed, thanks.
Quoting Blackbird1331 (Reply 10): Why are all Phillipino airlines blacklisted in the EU?
See reply #12
Quoting Devilfish (Reply 11): From the Flightglobal link in Reply 1, the aircraft was only wet-leased to Interisland Airlines.....
Yes you are correct indeed, I should have done some research. ATMA registered the plane in 2009. Before it was owned by Lao Airlines. The plane was manufactured in 1963, so it was 47 years old.
crownvic From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 1594 posts, RR: 6 Reply 14, posted (3 years 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2999 times:
I have never had any luck attaching pictures to this site, but there seems to be a lot of similarity in the livery to AN-12 UR-CGV that is in the photo database. Although the c/n does not match, this maybe the a/c.
Although I couldn't find a photo in the database of its Lao registration RDPL-34156, supposedly after it was damaged in 2006, nor one under ATMA Kazakhstan.
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