6 plane crashes in year 2017

The ATR-42-300 operated by West Wind Aviation took off from Fond-du-Lac, SK, Canada, for a passenger flight to Stony Rapids, SK, Canada. 22 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane lost height and crashed shortly after takeoff, about 1 kilometer past the runway. All occupants survived. The West Wind Aviation turboprop crashed shortly after takeoff in the boreal forest area of northern Saskatchewan. A number of passengers and one crew member sustained serious injuries. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The investigation report indicates that:

The Let L-410 operated by Khabarovsk Avia took off from Khabarovsk, Russia, for a passenger flight to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia. 5 passengers and 2 crewmembers were onboard. However, the plane could not land in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur due to weather. The crew decided to divert to their alternate aerodrome Indiga but also could not land there due to weather. The crew then decided to divert to their next scheduled destination Nelkan, Russia. The plane crashed while it was on final approach. 6 occupants were killed, and a 3 year-old girl survived with serious injuries. The twin-engine short-range passenger plane was on final approach at around 500 feet (150 meters) above ground level when the aircraft rolled right and entered a steep descent. The aircraft fell into a forest with almost no forward speed and a high vertical speed. The wreckage was found about 800 meters (0.5 NM) from the runway threshold. The distance from first ground contact to final position was 3 meters (10 feet), showing the aircraft had almost no forward speed when it crashed. There had been no fire and or explosion. Investigations have shown that the right hand propeller went into reverse mode (also known as beta mode) while the aircraft was descending and passing 500 feet above ground level, and remained in that position until impact with the ground. The left hand engine continued to operate normally. The crew recognized the right hand propeller had gone into beta mode. The right hand beta mode as well as the crew actions caused the aircraft to slow, roll and yaw right almost 180 degrees. Weather conditions were good at Nelkan at the time of the accident, with good visibility and low wind.

The Antonov AN-26 operated by Valan Air Cargo took off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for a cargo flight to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. 6 passengers and 4 crewmembers were onboard. The plane was on final approach at Abidjan Airport in poor weather when the aircraft came down in the sea about 650 meters / 2130 feet ahead of the runway threshold. 4 occupants were killed, and 6 occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries. The twin-engine aircraft was chartered by the French Army. On board were six Moldovan crew members and four French army personnel, part of the anti-terrorist operation Barkhane. Weather reports indicate that a thunderstorm was passing the airport at the time of the accident. The aircraft performed its approach for landing in thunderstorms, gusting winds, heavy precipitation and lightning. Both engines were working normally. The aircraft suddenly impacted the shoreline, broke in three upon impact, killing four occupants. The four French army personnel and two crewmembers survived the accident.

The Embraer EMB-120 operated by Air Guicango took off from Dundo, Angola, for a medical flight to Luanda, Angola. 4 passengers and 3 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed around 20 minutes after takeoff. All 7 occupants were killed. The twin-engine EMB-120 was carrying three crew members, two medics, a company employee and a South African patient, suffering malaria symptoms. The plane was enroute about 15 minutes into the flight when the crew declared emergency reporting an engine failure followed by fire. About 5 minutes later, radio contact was lost. The wreckage was found the following day at 320 km (175 NM) from Dundo. There was no survivor.

The Short SD-330 operated by Air Cargo Carriers on behalf of UPS took off from Louisville, KY, USA for a freight flight to Charleston, WV, USA. 2 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed during landing. Both crewmembers perished. After an uneventful flight, the plane started a VOR approach to Charleston airport. The plane impacted the runway about 340 feet past the runway threshold, in a left bank. The left wing hit the ground and broke off. Then the aircraft went off to the left of the runway into a hill and has been destroyed. No fire erupted. The main wreckage came to rest in the ravine off the runway about 100 feet below the runway on its left side. All parts except left wing and left gear are together, some parts of the stabilizer have broken off and are close to the fuselage, the right hand wing has folded over the aircraft. The left wing and left gear remained on the runway. Weather reports at the time of the accident indicate a calm wind, and a low ceiling with overcast clouds at 500 ft.

The Boeing 747-400 freighter operated by ACT Airlines (also known as MyCargo Airlines) on behalf of Turkish Airlines took off from Hong Kong, China, for a cargo flight to Istanbul, Turkey. An en route refueling stop was planned at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 4 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed after a go-around at Bishkek airport, and crashed in a residential area. 39 people were killed in the accident: the 4 crewmembers onboard and 35 villagers on the ground. 8 people on the ground received injuries. Freezing fog and poor visibility were prevailing at Bishkek airport at the time of the accident. Weather conditions prevailing were winds at 2 knots, visibility at the threshold 100 meters (RVR 400 meters), mid point 100 meters (RVR 350 meters), runway end 100 meters (RVR 400 meters) with a vertical visibility of 50 meters. Investigators reported the aircraft conducted a CATII ILS approach to Bishkek's runway 26 in night and poor visibility conditions. The aircraft crossed the runway threshold significantly higher than required, continued to descend while overflying the entire runway and touched down 900 meters past the runway end. The aircraft collided with a concrete airport fence and rolled into the village about 1000 meters (3500 feet) past the runway end breaking up in the process, destroying 38 houses of a village next to the airport and killing 35 villagers. Fuel was spilled causing a fire. Debris spreads over an area of 1 kilometre. The plane's tail section was left upside down on top of a shed, next to the empty space where a house had been entirely obliterated. The aircraft has been completely destroyed.