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Ukranian Mediterranean Airline Yakovlev YAK-42D plane crash

Macka, Turkey
Ukranian Mediterranean Airline Yakovlev YAK-42D plane crash - Macka, Turkey

Key facts

Airline
Ukranian Mediterranean Airline
Aircraft
Yakovlev YAK-42D
Location
Macka, Turkey
Date
26th May, 2003
People on board
75
Fatalities
75

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Accident account

The aircraft, on a military charter flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Zaragoza, Spain, crashed while on its third landing attempt for a refueling stop at the Black Sea port city of Trabzon. All 75 people onboard were killed.

An international commission that investigated the crash ruled that the company and its staff were guilty of the accident. A tired and untrained crew, violations of international passenger transportation rules and poor technical condition of the plane caused the accident.

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