Flydubai Flight 981 · Rostov-on-Don Airport
On March 19, 2016, Flydubai Flight 981 (Rostov-on-Don Airport). 62 people died.
- Date
- March 19, 2016
- Place
- Rostov-on-Don Airport
- Operator
- flydubai
- Killed
- 62
- Position
- 47.265°N, 39.829°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q23253749
From Wikipedia
Flydubai Flight 981 (FZ981/FDB981) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. On 19 March 2016, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight crashed during a go-around, killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.
The accident occurred at night and the weather at Rostov-on-Don was poor. Flight 981 aborted its first landing attempt and entered a holding pattern for nearly two hours before making a second landing attempt. After aborting the second attempt, the aircraft climbed sharply during the go-around procedure and then descended rapidly and crashed onto the runway.
Text from Wikipedia, “Flydubai Flight 981”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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