Dagestan Airlines Flight 372
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The tailfin of the aircraft at the crash site
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | December 4, 2010 |
| Summary | Crew error, fuel starvation |
| Site |
Domodedovo International Airport, Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia 55°25′42″N 37°53′59″E / 55.42833°N 37.89972°ECoordinates: 55°25′42″N 37°53′59″E / 55.42833°N 37.89972°E |
| Passengers | 160 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 92 |
| Survivors | 166 |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154M |
| Operator | Dagestan Airlines |
| Registration | RA-85744 |
| Flight origin | Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow |
| Destination | Uytash Airport, Makhachkala |
Dagestan Airlines Flight 372 was a scheduled commercial flight between Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow and Uytash Airport, Makhachkala. On December 4, 2010 a Tupolev Tu-154M operating the flight, with registration RA-85744, skidded off the runway following an emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport, 45 km south-east of Vnukovo. Two people on board were killed.
The aircraft operating the flight was a Tupolev Tu-154M, registered RA-85744,cn: 92A-927. It had been built in 1992, and was equipped with three Soloviev D-30KU jet engines for propulsion. The aircraft had been completely overhauled in 2009, and met all relevant European safety standards, as it had been used for the transport of the Belgium national football (soccer) team in November 2010, a flight which required it to meet European regulations.
The plane was flying a scheduled trip from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow to Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan. Two of the aircraft's three engines failed shortly after take off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:07 local time (11:07 UTC); the pilots reported the loss of engines when the aircraft was at a height of around 9,100 metres (29,900 ft). An emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport was requested, and as the aircraft was in the process of landing, the third engine failed. The aircraft approached runway 32R from the right at almost right angles, overflying the threshold before turning right at 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the left of the runway and crossing over the runway, flying parallel with but to the right of the runway. The aircraft touched down 88 metres (289 ft) to the right of the runway centerline, and only 350 metres (1,150 ft) short of the end, about a half-hour after its departure, landing in conditions of freezing rain.
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