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'@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ {{Short description|2021 airplane crash}} -{{about||the 2012 crash near Palana Airport|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012)|}} {{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021) @@ -30,18 +29,17 @@ On 6 July 2021, '''Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251''' ('''PTK251''') [[Antonov An-26]] belonging to Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise crashed while performing a domestic scheduled passenger flight from [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] to the settlement of [[Palana, Russia|Palana]], Russia. All 28 people on board were killed, including mayor of Palana, Olga Mokhireva.<ref name="reuters">{{cite web | url =https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/plane-with-29-people-board-goes-missing-russias-far-east-tass-2021-07-06/|title=No survivors from plane crash in Russia's far east, rescue officials say|publisher=[[Reuters]]| date=6 July 2021| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> -==Flight== +==Background== +The accident aircraft was an [[Antonov An-26]], [[aircraft registration|registration]] RA-26085, [[manufacturer's serial number|msn]] 12310. The aircraft had first flown in 1982.<ref name=ASN>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20210706-0 |title=RA26085 accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=6 July 2021 }}</ref> In 2012, [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012)|the same flight]], operated by [[Antonov An-28]], also crashed while attempting to land at [[Palana Airport]]. + +==Crash== Flight 251 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from [[Elizovo Airport]], [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] to [[Palana Airport]], [[Palana, Russia]]. The flight departed from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at 12:57 [[UTC+12|local time]] (00:57 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) and was due to land at Palana at 15:05 local time (03:05 UTC).<ref name=Herald>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4e9e6ae8&opt=0 |title=Crash: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky AN26 near Palana on Jul 6th 2021, missing aircraft impacted edge of coast |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=6 July 2021 }}</ref> -==Crash== The aircraft was on approach for landing when contact was lost about 10 kilometres away from Palana's airport. The weather in the area was cloudy.<ref name="france24">{{cite web | url =https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210706-russian-plane-with-28-on-board-crashes-into-sea|title=Plane with 28 people on board crashes in Russia's far east|publisher=[[France 24]]| date=6 July 2021| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> ==Response== -The crash site was found on the same day after the [[Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations]] had dispatched a helicopter and deployed search teams on the ground.<ref name="reuters"/> The aircraft debris was fragmented. A [[fuselage]] fragment was found on the slope of the Pyatibratka hill and another fragment was located in the sea, {{convert|4|km|mi}} off coast.<ref name="rian">{{cite web | url =https://ria.ru/20210706/kamchatka-1740096571.html|title=Появились первые кадры с места крушения самолета Ан-26 на Камчатке|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|language=Russian| date=6 July 2021| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> Due to the geographic features of the landscape, the search and rescue operations were deemed difficult.<ref name="france24"/> The [[Investigative Committee of Russia]] proposed three possible causes of the crash: inclement weather, technical failure or pilot error.<ref name="rian"/> - -==Aircraft== -The accident aircraft was an [[Antonov An-26]], [[aircraft registration|registration]] RA-26085, [[manufacturer's serial number|msn]] 12310. The aircraft had first flown in 1982.<ref name=ASN>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20210706-0 |title=RA26085 accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=6 July 2021 }}</ref> +The crash site was found on the same day after the [[Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations]] had dispatched a helicopter and deployed search teams on the ground.<ref name="reuters"/> The aircraft debris was fragmented. A [[fuselage]] fragment was found on the slope of the Pyatibratka hill and another fragment was located in the sea, {{convert|4|km|mi}} off coast.<ref name="rian">{{cite web | url =https://ria.ru/20210706/kamchatka-1740096571.html|title=Появились первые кадры с места крушения самолета Ан-26 на Камчатке|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|language=Russian| date=6 July 2021| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> Due to the geographic features of the landscape, the search and rescue operations were deemed difficult.<ref name="france24"/> Several countries expressed condolences, including United States,<ref>{{cite web | url =https://iz.ru/1189210/2021-07-06/posol-ssha-vyrazil-soboleznovaniia-v-sviazi-s-krusheniem-26-na-kamchatke |title=Посол США выразил соболезнования в связи с крушением Ан-26 на Камчатке|publisher=[[Izvestiya]]|language=Russian| date=| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> Greece,<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_politics/arthro/greece_expresses_condolences_to_russia_over_fatal_air_crash-2834212/ |title=Greece Expresses Condolences to Russia Over Fatal Air Crash|publisher=The National Herald| date=| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> Turkey,<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-extends-condolences-to-russia-over-deadly-plane-crash-3575917 |title=Turkey extends condolences to Russia over deadly plane crash|publisher=Yeni Safak| date=| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> Serbia<ref>{{cite web | url =https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/11835969?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop |title=Вучич выразил соболезнования Путину в связи с авиакатастрофой на Камчатке |publisher=[[TASS]]| language=Russian|date=| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://dnd.com.pk/pakistan-embassy-condoles-loss-of-lives-in-russian-plane-crash/249273|title=Pakistan Embassy condoles loss of lives in Russian plane crash|publisher=DND| date=| accessdate =6 July 2021}}</ref> ==Investigation== -The [[Interstate Aviation Committee]] ({{lang-ru|Межгосударственный авиационный комитет}} (МАК) is responsible for investigating aviation accidents in Russia.<!--WP:BLUE applies--> +The [[Interstate Aviation Committee]] is responsible for investigating aviation accidents in Russia.<!--WP:BLUE applies--> The [[Investigative Committee of Russia]] proposed three possible causes of the crash: inclement weather, technical failure or pilot error.<ref name="rian"/> ==References== '