- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 29, 2002
Time: 1158
Location: Near Ayan, Russia
Operator: Vostok Aviakompania
Flight #: HH-359
Route: Khabarovsk - Ayan
AC Type: Antonov AN-28
Registration: RA-28932
cn / ln: 1A-J008-19
Aboard: 16   (passengers:14  crew:2)
Fatalities: 16   (passengers:14  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The twin prop plane crashed into a cliff in dense fog as it prepared to land at Ayan. ATC lost contact with the aircraft 12 minutes before it was scheduled to land. The crew made four attempts to land before disappearing off radar. Crew error.
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