Plane crash Yak-40 airlines Tochikiston near Khorog

• Date plane crash: 28.08.1993, the

• Country of the crash: Tajikistan

• Location of the crash: Khorog airport

• aircraft Brand: Yak-40

• Registration of aircraft: EY87995

• Name of air carrier: Tochikiston

Chronology of events:

When landing at the airport Khorog passengers militants who controlled the Khorog and surroundings (in Tajikistan stemmed civil war), threatening with automatic weapons crew put on a plane 81 passengers, including - women and fourteen children (layout of the Yak-40 calculated on transportation 28 passengers).

It was not a hijacking - all the passengers had planned to fly to Dushanbe route, just militants believed that such an aircraft 28 people - too little.

The crew under the threat of execution was forced to start off. Yak-40 could not break away from the strip at high speed rolled with it, in 148 m from the end of the band left landing gear hit the low earthen breastworks ditch and then collided with a tall boulder see 60. 60 meters later right landing gear Yak- 40 collided with a concrete pillbox 60 cm height. Then the plane crashed into the river Panj and crashed. There was no action of the crew to stop the takeoff. Maximum take-off weight was exceeded by 3000 kg. The crash killed the crew and passengers 77.

Data on victims:

• Total on board were people 86: 5 81 crew members and passengers. Total killed 82 people: crew 5, 77 passengers.

Details of the crash:

• Phase of flight: take-off

• Identified causes of the crash: unlawful interference with aviation

Data on the plane:

• aircraft Brand: Yak-40

• Aircraft ID: EY87995

• The country in which the registered aircraft: Tajikistan

• Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 11.12.1975

• Serial number of the aircraft :: 9541944

Flight data:

• Flight type: Chartered passenger

• Aviation Company: Tochikiston

• The country, which was registered aviation company: Tajikistan

• Flying from: Khorog

• I flew to Dushanbe

• Original item: Khorog

• A final point: Dushanbe

Additional information:

Information about the crew:

• KBC Mels Siyar

• the co-pilot Yuri Demin

• mechanic Nizomiddin Buriev

• Flight AI Kayumov