3 aircraft accidents in Kyrgyzstan since 2000

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.

The Tupolev TU-134A operated by Altyn Air (alias Kyrgyzstan Altyn) took off from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for a passenger flight to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. 82 passengers and 6 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crash-landed on Osh's airport. 31 people received injuries. The airplane landed hard in dense fog. The hard landing caused the right main gear to collapse. This resulted in the right main wing separation and the airplane rolling on its back. A fuel leak on the left wing ignited a fire, which was quickly extinguished by airport emergency services.

The Boeing 737-200 was on a passenger flight from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, bound for Tehran, Iran. 83 passengers and 7 crew members were on board. The plane, owned by Itek-Air, a private Kyrgyz company, was chartered by the Iranian company Iran Aseman Airlines. It crashed minutes after take-off from Bishkek-Manas International Airport. 65 people died, and 25 survived the crash. The crew reported a technical problem shortly after it had taken off and tried to return to the airport. The plane had suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure, causing the pilot to request an emergency landing. But the pilot was not able to reach the airport. Ten minutes after takeoff, the Boeing 737 crash-landed in a field a few kilometres away from the runway and caught fire. Plane wreckage and body parts were found strewn across a large area, suggesting the impact with the ground were violent, and that the plane skidded on a long distance before coming to a stop. Itek Air is on the European Union blacklist of airlines banned from flying in EU airspace (European Union blacklist applicable on August 25th 2008). The Boeing 737-200 involved in the accident was produced in 1979, which is quite old for a passenger aircraft.