Saturday 28 December 2019

BEK -AIR Fokker 100 crashes killing twelve

Bek Air flight Z9-2100, a Fokker F28 MK 100, travelling from Almaty Airport (ALA/UAAA), Kazakhstan to Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (TSE/UACC), Kazakhstan with 93 passengers and 5 crew, has crashed into a building during takeoff from Almaty Airport. The aircraft took off from runway 05R and lost height shortly after becoming airborne. It veered right and hit a perimeter fence before impacting a two-storey house in a residential area near the runway. The aircraft broke up on impact but there was no fire. The aircraft came to rest about 680 m past the paved end of runway 05R and about 100 meters to the right of the extended centreline. A survivor reported that the aircraft "started shaking violently" on takeoff, rolling left and right before it lost height and impacted the house. The Vice-Minister of Health reported that 12 occupants had died and 47 were injured, of which 8 are in an extremely serious condition. Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation Authority reported the Air Operator's Certificate of Bek Air was suspended on Dec 27th 2019 following the accident. The aircraft had entered service on the 28th Apr 1996, it's airworthiness certificate was last renewed on May 22nd 2019.

Aircraft Details
Airline: BEK Air
Code: Z9-BEK
Aircraft: Fokker F28 MK 100
Registration: UP-F1007
Serial Number: 11496
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15
First Flew: 9/4/1996


Previous operators of the aircraft

Registration: Delivery date        Airline
B-12292         28/04/1996          Formosa Airlines
B-12292         02/03/2004          Mandarin Airlines
D-AFKC          01/11/2009          Contactair
D-AFKC          01/09/2012          OLT Express Germany (Ceased operations 27th January 2013)
UP-F1007       13/07/2013          Bek Air
UP-F1007       28/09/2016         Kam Air Lsd from Bek Air
UP-F1007       01/03/2017         Safi Airways Lsd from Bek Air
UP-F1007       01/06/2017         Bek Air
UP-F1007       07/01/2019         Safe Air Company Lsd from Bek Air
UP-F1007       17/07/2019         Bek Air 

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND THE COLLEAGUES AT BEK AIR

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