- | 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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