Plane crash of the Tu-154B-1 airlines 'Tochikiston' in Sharjah

• Date of the crash: 15.12.1997, the

• Country of the crash: the United Arab Emirates

• Place the crash: In the vicinity of the city of Sharjah

• Type of aircraft: Tu-154B-1

• Join the aircraft: EY85281

• Aviation company name: Tochikiston

• Flight: 3183

Chronology of events:

In normal weather conditions during the night, while landing at the airport Sharzhda (for vectors that have been reported dispatching service), the crew began to decline below the minimum safe altitude - from the landing gear in the landing configuration that has not given the opportunity to trigger alarm SSOS.

When reporting a staff commander "height 100" (he was placed on the jump seat, flew the plane checking), navigator gave the answer "no reduction", but in the process of reading the card no preplant no action to stop the decline is not accepted.

With great speed and vertical speed 370 km / h, the aircraft collided with the ground, burned, destroyed. Killing all who were on board - in addition to the co-driver, who was thrown from the cockpit at the destruction of the aircraft.

Data on victims:

• Total on board were people 86: 7 79 crew members and passengers. Total killed 85 people: crew 6, 79 passengers.

Details of the crash:

• Phase of flight: the approach

• Identified causes of the crash: crew error

Data on the plane:

• aircraft Brand: Tu-154B-1

• Aircraft ID: EY-85281

• The country in which the registered aircraft: Tajikistan

• Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 1978

• Serial number of the aircraft: 78A281

Flight data:

• Flight: 3183

• Flight type: Chartered passenger

• Aviation Company: Tochikiston

• The country, which was registered aviation company: Tajikistan

• Flying from: Khujand

• Flying in Sharjah

• Original item: Khujand

• A final point: Sharjah

Additional information:

Information about the crew:

• KBC instructor Abdurahmon Aliyev

• KBC-Vladimir Filippov,

• navigator - Sergei Petrov (survived)

• Abdumalik Olimov

• Sergei Zverev

• Flight -Elena Rasskazova

• Flight -Tatyana Kadyrov

• Flight-Manager- Shohida Gafarov