2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 January 2006 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Hejce, Hungary |
| Passengers | 35 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 42 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-24 |
| Operator | Slovak Air Force |
| Registration | 5605 |
| Flight origin | Pristina International Airport, Pristina, Kosovo |
| Destination | Košice International Airport, Košice, Slovakia |
On 19 January 2006 an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, near the village of Hejce and town of Telkibánya. The airplane was carrying Slovak peacekeepers from Kosovo. Of the 43 people on board, there was only one survivor. The crash remains the deadliest in Slovak history.
The airplane involved in the crash was an Antonov An-24V, the 50-seat version of the Antonov An-24, a twin turboprop transport aircraft. The aircraft was manufactured on 31 October 1969 in the Soviet Union with the serial number 97305605.
The airplane was carrying Slovak peacekeepers who had finished a six-month tour of duty in NATO’s KFOR mission in Kosovo. The airplane was flying from Pristina International Airport in Pristina, Kosovo to Košice International Airport in Košice, Slovakia.
At around 19:38 CET (18:38 GMT), the aircraft disappeared from air traffic controllers’ radar screens. The aircraft crashed in snowy and forested terrain on Borsó Hill at an elevation of 700 meters (2,300 feet) near the Hungarian village of Hejce and the town of Telkibánya. The crash site is about 20 km (12 mi) from Košice and about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Slovak border.
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