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{{short description|2004 aviation accident}}
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| image = Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev Yak-40 Newton-1.jpg
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| caption = A [[Uzbekistan Airways]] [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] similar to the one involved in the crash
| caption = An Uzbekistan Airways Yak-40 similar to the accident aircraft
| date = 13 January 2004
| date = 13 January 2004
| type = [[Pilot error]]
| type = Crashed on landing due to [[pilot error]]
| site = [[Tashkent International Airport]], [[Tashkent]]
| site = [[Tashkent International Airport]], [[Tashkent]]
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| destination = [[Tashkent International Airport]], Tashkent, Uzbekistan
| destination = [[Tashkent International Airport]], Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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| occupants = 37
| passengers = 32
| passengers = 32
| crew = 5
| crew = 5
| injuries = 0
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| fatalities = 37 (all)
| fatalities = 37
| survivors = 0
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'''Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 (HY1154/UZB1154)''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which was operated by Uzbekistan [[flag carrier]] Uzbekistan Airways from [[Termez Airport]] in the city of Termez, near the Afghanistan border, to Uzbekistan's capital of [[Tashkent]]. On 13 January 2004 the aircraft operating the flight, a [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985, collided with a radar station while landing at Tashkent, flipped over, caught fire and exploded, killing all 37 people on board. Weather was reportedly in bad condition. The crash was the third deadliest crash in Uzbekistan.
'''Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 (HY1154/UZB1154)''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which was operated by Uzbekistan [[flag carrier]] Uzbekistan Airways from [[Termez Airport]] in the city of Termez, near the Afghanistan border, to Uzbekistan's capital of [[Tashkent]]. On 13 January 2004 the aircraft operating the flight, a [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985, collided with a radar station while landing at Tashkent, flipped over, caught fire and exploded, killing all 37 people on board. Weather was reportedly in bad condition.


==Flight==
==Flight==
The aircraft was a [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] and was registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985. The flight was a domestic flight from Termez, a city near the country's border with Afghanistan to its capital airport, the [[Tashkent International Airport]]. Termez becomes a major hub for humanitarian aid into northern Afghanistan after the 2001 War on Terror. German troops have also been using the airport in Termez as a support base for peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan. The flight was nearly fully loaded, carrying 32 passengers and 5 crew.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Uzbek plane crash kills at least 30 people|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-01-13-crash_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>
The [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] was registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985. The flight was a domestic flight from Termez, a city near the country's border with Afghanistan, to its capital airport, the [[Tashkent International Airport]]. Termez became a major hub for humanitarian aid into northern Afghanistan after the start of the War on Terror in 2001. German troops had also been using the airport in Termez as a support base for peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan. The flight was nearly fully loaded, carrying 32 passengers and 5 crew.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uzbek plane crash kills at least 30 people|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-01-13-crash_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> The flight crew consisted of Captain Alexander Alexanov, First Officer Rustam Ilyasov, Flight Instructor Akmal Kamalov and Flight Engineer Noel Kurmaev.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Plane crash Yak-40 Uzbekistan Airways in airport Tashkent International Airport''|url=http://en.avia.pro/blog/aviakatastrofa-yak-40-v-aeroportu-tashkent-yuzhnyy-2004|publisher=Avia}}</ref>


The aircraft was cleared to land by controllers at Tashkent at around 1900 hours local time. The area was in full darkness and the weather had deteriorated significantly, with the airport being shrouded in fog that limited visibility on the ground to 1300 meters. 12.5 km from the airport, Flight 1154 increased its rate of descent, bringing it below the [[Instrument landing system|glideslope]]. The crew then maintained level flight until they become nearer to the airport. As the plane approached the threshold of the runway, it was still 30 to 40 meters above ground level, when it should have been less than half that height and in landing configuration. When the pilots became aware that they were running out of runway, they increased engine power, but it was too late for the aircraft to climb and go around. The right wing of the aircraft struck either a radio beacon or a stanchion of approach lights, which tore off the wing, and then hit a concrete wall, losing the left wing. Flight 1154 then flipped over and exploded. Rescue services reached the crash site, but found no survivors.
The flight crew consisted of Captain Alexander Alexan, First Officer Rustam Ilyasov, Flight instructor Akmal Kamalov and Flight Engineer Noel Kurmaev. The aircraft took off from Termez and was heading to Tashkent.<ref>{{citeweb|title=''Plane crash Yak-40 Uzbekistan Airways in airport Tashkent International Airport''|url=http://en.avia.pro/blog/aviakatastrofa-yak-40-v-aeroportu-tashkent-yuzhnyy-2004|publisher=Avia}}</ref>

During its approach to Tashkent the weather was reported to be in poor. Fog was present at the time. The aircraft was cleared to land by Tashkent Airport. 12.5 km from the airport Flight 1154 increased its rate of descent, causing it to descend below the [[Instrument landing system|glideslope]]. The crew then maintained level flight until they become nearer to the airport. After they saw the runway approach lights, the engines were brought back to idle and the crew applied reverse thrust. However, they seemed to be aware that they were running out of runway, and decided to increase the engine power. The aircraft didn't get airborne. The right wing of the aircraft struck a radar station which tore it apart. Flight 1154 then flipped over, hit a concrete wall and exploded. Rescue services reached the crash site and found no survivors. Among the dead were senior United Nations official Richard Conroy<ref>{{citeweb|title=British UN Chief killed in Uzbek Plane Crash|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticlePrintPage.aspx?id=1411820&language=en|publisher=Kuwait News Agency|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>an Australian/British dual citizen<ref>{{citeweb|title=
Senior UN official dies in plane crash|url=http://www.irinnews.org/news/2004/01/14/senior-un-official-dies-plane-crash|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> and a Canadian aid worker, country manager for the Christian relief organization, World Concern, Richard Penner.<ref>{{citeweb|title=MB humanitarian worker killed in Jan. 13 plane crash|url=http://www.mennoworld.org/archived/2004/1/19/mb-humanitarian-worker-killed-jan-13-plane-crash/}}</ref>


==Responses==
==Responses==
Immediately after the crash, Uzbek police sealed off the crash site. Uzbekistan President [[Islam Karimov]] visited the crash site and talked with rescue workers. Prime Minister [[Shavkat Mirziyayev]] and his aides had arrived at Tashkent airport and approached relatives of the victims and led them to a room.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Dozens die in Uzbek plane crash|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3393845.stm|publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>
Immediately after the crash, Uzbek police sealed off the crash site. Uzbekistan President [[Islam Karimov]] visited the crash site and talked with rescue workers. Prime Minister [[Shavkat Mirziyayev]] and his aides had arrived at Tashkent airport and approached relatives of the victims and led them to a room.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dozens die in Uzbek plane crash|date=14 January 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3393845.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

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Several hours after the crash, Tashkent International Airport was closed due to foggy condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Uzbek Plane Crash Kills U.N. Envoy, 36 Others|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-14-fg-crash14-story.html|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>


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Several hours after the crash, Tashkent International Airport was closed due to foggy condition.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Uzbek Plane Crash Kills U.N. Envoy, 36 Others|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/14/world/fg-crash14|publisher=LA Times|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>
==Investigation==
==Investigation==
The government ordered a full investigation into the crash. Early indication suggested that bad weather was the cause of the accident. Officials stated that there were no evidence of foul play in the crash.<ref>{{cite news|title=Uzbekistan Investigating Cause Of Plane Crash|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=8 April 2008 |url=http://www.rferl.org/a/1051165.html}}</ref> In his 2006 book, ''[[Murder in Samarkand]]'', however, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, [[Craig Murray]], wrote that the scene of the crash and the bodies of the victims had been tampered with by Uzbek officials and that "there was never any attempt at a proper investigation".<ref>{{cite book|title=Murder in Samarkand, Mainstream Publishing, 2006, pp. 319-320.|isbn = 9781780578262|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPJcADjuyp8C&q=Richard+Conroy+murder+in+samarkand&pg=PA319|last1 = Murray|first1 = Craig|date = 24 May 2013| publisher=Mainstream }}</ref> In 2008, a former Uzbek spy, [[Ikrom Yakubov]], alleged that the plane crash had been engineered by the Uzbek leadership,<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Uzbek Spy Case Sparks Heated Reactions|url=https://eurasianet.org/former-uzbek-spy-case-sparks-heated-reactions}}</ref> lending credibility to the position long held by activists and critics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Uzbek Spy Accuses Government Of Massacres, Seeks Asylum|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Former_Uzbek_Spy_Seeks_Asylum/1195372.html|last1=Donovan |first1=Jeffrey }}</ref> Yakubov appeared in August 2009 on [[BBC]]'s ''[[Newsnight]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Confessions of an Uzbek KGB officer|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Former_Uzbek_Spy_Seeks_Asylum/1195372.html|last1=Donovan |first1=Jeffrey }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Newsnight|date=11 August 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8195906.stm}}</ref> Ambassador Murray was quoted in 2008, regarding the Conroy case, by Radio Free Europe: "These are not fanciful allegations. These are things where the new evidence is adding to the picture of things that we pretty well already knew and had some evidence for."<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Uzbek Spy Accuses Government Of Massacres, Seeks Asylum|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Former_Uzbek_Spy_Seeks_Asylum/1195372.html|last1=Donovan |first1=Jeffrey }}</ref>
The government ordered a full investigation into the crash. Early indication suggests that bad weather was the cause of the accident. Officials stated that there were no evidence of foul play in the crash.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Uzbekistan Investigating Cause Of Plane Crash|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/1051165.html}}</ref>

==See also==
==See also==
* [[TAM Airlines Flight 3054]]
* [[TAM Airlines Flight 3054]]
* [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]]
* [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]]

==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://mak-iac.org/en/rassledovaniya/13-yanvarya-yak-40-uk-87985/ Profile of the accident (English site, but content written in Russian)] and [https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/yak-40-uk-87985-13-01-2004/ Profile on Russian site], at the [[Interstate Aviation Committee]] {{inlang|ru}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20071210115338fw_/http://www.mak.ru/russian/investigations/2004/yak-40_uk-87985.html Old URL in Russian in narrative form]
*[http://www.gettyimages.com/event/uzbekistan-plane-crash-kills-37-2864161#an-airport-employee-walks-past-the-wrekage-of-a-destroyed-radar-next-picture-id2866679 Photo of the damaged radar station], [[Getty Images]]
*[http://www.gettyimages.com/event/uzbekistan-plane-crash-kills-37-2864161#an-airport-employee-walks-past-the-wrekage-of-a-destroyed-radar-next-picture-id2866679 Photo of the damaged radar station], [[Getty Images]]
*[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040113-0 Accident Description], [[Aviation Safety Network]]
*[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040113-0 Accident Description], [[Aviation Safety Network]]


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{{Aviation incidents and accidents in 2004}}
{{Aviation accidents and incidents in Uzbekistan}}


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[[ru:Катастрофа Як-40 в Ташкенте (2004)]]

Latest revision as of 23:13, 15 August 2024

Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154
An Uzbekistan Airways Yak-40 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date13 January 2004
SummaryCrashed on landing due to pilot error
WebsiteTashkent International Airport, Tashkent
41°15′41″N 69°18′35″E / 41.26139°N 69.30972°E / 41.26139; 69.30972
Aircraft
Aircraft typeYakovlev Yak-40
OperatorUzbekistan Airways
RegistrationUK-87985
Flight originTermez Airport, Termez, Uzbekistan
DestinationTashkent International Airport, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Occupants37
Passengers32
Crew5
Fatalities37
Survivors0

Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 (HY1154/UZB1154) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which was operated by Uzbekistan flag carrier Uzbekistan Airways from Termez Airport in the city of Termez, near the Afghanistan border, to Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent. On 13 January 2004 the aircraft operating the flight, a Yakovlev Yak-40 registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985, collided with a radar station while landing at Tashkent, flipped over, caught fire and exploded, killing all 37 people on board. Weather was reportedly in bad condition.

Flight

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The Yakovlev Yak-40 was registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985. The flight was a domestic flight from Termez, a city near the country's border with Afghanistan, to its capital airport, the Tashkent International Airport. Termez became a major hub for humanitarian aid into northern Afghanistan after the start of the War on Terror in 2001. German troops had also been using the airport in Termez as a support base for peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan. The flight was nearly fully loaded, carrying 32 passengers and 5 crew.[1] The flight crew consisted of Captain Alexander Alexanov, First Officer Rustam Ilyasov, Flight Instructor Akmal Kamalov and Flight Engineer Noel Kurmaev.[2]

The aircraft was cleared to land by controllers at Tashkent at around 1900 hours local time. The area was in full darkness and the weather had deteriorated significantly, with the airport being shrouded in fog that limited visibility on the ground to 1300 meters. 12.5 km from the airport, Flight 1154 increased its rate of descent, bringing it below the glideslope. The crew then maintained level flight until they become nearer to the airport. As the plane approached the threshold of the runway, it was still 30 to 40 meters above ground level, when it should have been less than half that height and in landing configuration. When the pilots became aware that they were running out of runway, they increased engine power, but it was too late for the aircraft to climb and go around. The right wing of the aircraft struck either a radio beacon or a stanchion of approach lights, which tore off the wing, and then hit a concrete wall, losing the left wing. Flight 1154 then flipped over and exploded. Rescue services reached the crash site, but found no survivors.

Responses

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Immediately after the crash, Uzbek police sealed off the crash site. Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov visited the crash site and talked with rescue workers. Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev and his aides had arrived at Tashkent airport and approached relatives of the victims and led them to a room.[3]

Several hours after the crash, Tashkent International Airport was closed due to foggy condition.[4]

Investigation

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The government ordered a full investigation into the crash. Early indication suggested that bad weather was the cause of the accident. Officials stated that there were no evidence of foul play in the crash.[5] In his 2006 book, Murder in Samarkand, however, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, wrote that the scene of the crash and the bodies of the victims had been tampered with by Uzbek officials and that "there was never any attempt at a proper investigation".[6] In 2008, a former Uzbek spy, Ikrom Yakubov, alleged that the plane crash had been engineered by the Uzbek leadership,[7] lending credibility to the position long held by activists and critics.[8] Yakubov appeared in August 2009 on BBC's Newsnight.[9][10] Ambassador Murray was quoted in 2008, regarding the Conroy case, by Radio Free Europe: "These are not fanciful allegations. These are things where the new evidence is adding to the picture of things that we pretty well already knew and had some evidence for."[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Uzbek plane crash kills at least 30 people". USA Today. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Plane crash Yak-40 Uzbekistan Airways in airport Tashkent International Airport". Avia.
  3. ^ "Dozens die in Uzbek plane crash". BBC. 14 January 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Uzbek Plane Crash Kills U.N. Envoy, 36 Others". LA Times. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Uzbekistan Investigating Cause Of Plane Crash". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 April 2008.
  6. ^ Murray, Craig (24 May 2013). Murder in Samarkand, Mainstream Publishing, 2006, pp. 319-320. Mainstream. ISBN 9781780578262.
  7. ^ "Former Uzbek Spy Case Sparks Heated Reactions".
  8. ^ Donovan, Jeffrey (2 February 2012). "Former Uzbek Spy Accuses Government Of Massacres, Seeks Asylum". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  9. ^ Donovan, Jeffrey (2 February 2012). "Confessions of an Uzbek KGB officer". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  10. ^ "Newsnight". 11 August 2009.
  11. ^ Donovan, Jeffrey (2 February 2012). "Former Uzbek Spy Accuses Government Of Massacres, Seeks Asylum". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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