- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 23, 2002
Time: 1930
Location: Near Isfanan, Iran
Operator: Aeromist-Kharkiv
Flight #: 2137
Route: Kharkiv, Ukraine - Trabzon, Turkey - Isfanan, Iran
AC Type: Antonov AN-140
Registration: UR-14003
cn / ln: 0204
Aboard: 44   (passengers:38  crew:6)
Fatalities: 44   (passengers:38  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: While descending to land at Isfanan, the Ukrainian passenger plane crashed in a mountainous area 70 km from Isfanan after losing contact with ground controllers. Improper use of the Global Positioning System by the pilot. The passengers were aerospace scientists and executives.
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