S7 Airlines Flight 778 · Irkutsk International Airport
On July 9, 2006, S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk International Airport). 125 people died.
- Date
- July 9, 2006
- Place
- Irkutsk International Airport
- Killed
- 125
- Injured
- 63
- Position
- 52.275°N, 104.367°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q2202322
From Wikipedia
S7 Airlines Flight 778 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk, Russia. On 9 July 2006, at 06:44 local time (8 July, 22:44 UTC), the Airbus A310 aircraft operating the route overran the runway during its landing in Irkutsk. The aircraft failed to stop and crashed through the airport's concrete perimeter fence, struck rows of private garages and burst into flames, killing 125 people.
With 125 deaths, the crash remains as S7 Airlines' deadliest aviation disaster. The crash was also the second Russian air disaster in two months, after Armavia Flight 967.
The final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) investigation concluded that the cause of the crash was attributed to pilot error. While the captain was reducing the thrust reverser of the right engine, he unintentionally moved the left engine's throttle lever forward, causing the left engine to produce significant thrust. His co-pilot failed to monitor the engine parameters and as a result the crew were unable to realize the source of the problem.
Text from Wikipedia, “S7 Airlines Flight 778”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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