| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 22, 2006 |
| Time: | 1530 |
| Location: | Near Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Operator: | Pulkovo Airlines |
| Flight #: | SP-612 |
| Route: | Anapa - St. Petersburg |
| AC Type: | Tupolev Tu-154M |
| Registration: | RA-85185 |
| cn / ln: | 894 |
| Aboard: | 170 (passengers:160 crew:10) |
| Fatalities: | 170 (passengers:160 crew:10) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane disappeared from radar shortly after making a distress call. A distress call was made at FL330 and again at FL100. The aircraft was reportly on fire before it crashed. The plane crashed in a field, 30 miles North of Donetsk and broke-up. Weather forecasters reported thunderstorms and lightning in the area at the time of the crash. The crew pushed the aircraft beyond its limits as they attempted to fly around a thunder storm. The crew steered the aircraft under manual control into an angle of attack that was beyond critical which resulted in a stall and the subsequent transition into a flat spin and a collision with the ground. |
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