It's considered an airplane. Road accidents are much more common than aircraft crashes. However, plane crashes are more widespread. Dozens, or even hundreds of people die in them. This is confirmed by the statistics of plane crashes in Russia.
Top 5 incidents by number of victims (2006â2015)
Over the past 10 years, aviation accidents have occurred for various reasons. In approximately 80% of cases, the cause of the crash was human error. Errors were made either by crew members or ground services.
Disaster in Irkutsk (2006)
The statistics of plane crashes in Russia over 10 years are sad. During this period, several major plane crashes occurred, claiming the lives of both adults and children. One of them happened on July 9, 2006. On that day, the Airbus A310-324 airliner, owned by Siberia Airlines, was making a passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk.
The aircraft flew safely to its destination and began to land. For some reason it was unable to stop on the runway. The plane rolled off the runway at high speed and crashed into a concrete barrier.
Due to the collision, the hull of the airliner collapsed. A fire started in the cabin. Some people survived thanks to the actions of the crew. If the conductors had not taken the necessary measures, the statistics of plane crashes in Russia would have been more terrifying.
One of the brave crew members turned out to be Andrei Dyakonov. To save people, a young flight attendant knocked down the door on the plane. Andrei Dyakonov himself did not have time to get out of the burning cabin. He let passengers out until the last moment.
Victoria Zilbershtein, who works as a flight attendant, performed a heroic feat. Due to a plane colliding with a concrete barrier, the girl found herself under a rubble of suitcases and chairs. Having got out from under it, the flight attendant began to make her way towards the emergency exit. She opened the hatch and began to let people out. Then she got out herself.
Tragedy near Donetsk (2006)
Statistics of plane crashes in the Russian Federation indicate that one of the large-scale plane crashes occurred on the morning of August 22, 2006. The Tu-154M aircraft, owned by the Russian company Pulkovo, took off from St. Petersburg. There were 10 crew members and 160 passengers on board. The people on this flight included 45 children.
While flying over the Donetsk region, the plane encountered unfavorable weather conditions - thunderstorms and heavy hail. The crew, trying to get out of difficult weather conditions, made a fatal mistake. The plane began to rapidly lose altitude, and then it crashed, crashing into the side of a ravine. All people on board were killed.
An investigation was carried out after the disaster. Statistics of aircraft crashes in Russia show that airliners often crash due to some problems that were not noticed by the crew in a timely manner. In this case, the cause of the tragedy was mistakes made by the pilots.
Plane crash in Perm (2008)
In the fall, the statistics of plane crashes in Russia was supplemented by another tragedy. On the night of September 14, an airliner of the Russian airline Aeroflot-Nord, Boeing 737-505, took off from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. The passenger flight was carried out to Perm. The flight went well, but at the moment of landing, tragedy struck. The airliner crashed a few kilometers short of the airport.
There were 6 crew members and 82 passengers on board the fatal flight. No one was destined to survive the plane crash. Among the dead were 7 children. An investigation conducted after the tragedy showed that the plane was fully operational. occurred due to errors by crew members.
Perhaps pilot fatigue played a fatal role. Before the tragic flight, they carried out several flights and did not have time to fully rest. One of the pilots was intoxicated. This was confirmed by a forensic medical examination.
Plane accident in Kazan (2013)
Statistics of passenger plane crashes in Russia include an event that occurred on the evening of November 17, 2013. A Tatarstan airline Boeing 737-500 aircraft took off from Domodedovo to Kazan. 44 people purchased tickets for the ill-fated flight. There were also 6 crew members on board.
The crash occurred during landing. The plane crashed into the ground and crashed. All people on the plane died. The cause of the fall was the commission of incorrect actions by crew members. Perhaps the pilots were not professionally trained enough. The investigation suspected that the deceased pilot-in-command had illegally obtained a commercial pilot's certificate.
Plane crash over Sinai (2015)
A terrorist act is one of the reasons why planes crashed in Russia. Statistics show that in 2015, the largest disaster occurred in our country due to the actions of militants - the Airbus A321 airliner crashed. The plane took off on October 31 from Sharm el-Sheikh towards St. Petersburg. However, the landing was not destined to happen.
23 minutes after takeoff from the Egyptian airport, radio contact with the airliner crew was lost. It later turned out that the plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula. There were 217 passengers and 7 crew members on board. No one survived the plane crash. Among the dead were 25 children. The youngest passenger, who became a symbol of the tragedy, was only 10 months old.
The plane was created 18.5 years before the plane crash. At the date of the crash, the airliner was operated by the Russian Kogalymavia LLC. After the incident, several versions of the causes of the tragedy were put forward. Many believed that the plane crash was caused by Kogalymavia specialists who did not properly maintain the plane. The investigation showed that the crash occurred as a result of a terrorist attack.
The most reliable airlines in the Russian Federation
Several dozen air carriers are registered in Russia: Globus, Pobeda, Dexter, Kogalymavia (Metrojet), etc. To determine the reliability, a particular company is assessed according to various criteria. The main one is considered to be the technical safety of aircraft, because often plane crashes occur due to breakdowns.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has compiled a rating of the most reliable air carriers operating in the Russian Federation. The top three included companies such as Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines and Aeroflot.
"Ural Airlines"
The named company is considered the most reliable and safe in Russia. It has been operating regular flights to different parts of the world for more than 20 years. During this period, there were no major plane crashes in Russia. The airline's statistics are very good.
Only a few accidents are known. All incidents are related to engine problems. Aircraft commanders, when malfunctions were detected, decided to make emergency landings. There were never any casualties or injuries.
S7 Airlines
Second place in the list of the safest companies is occupied by S7 Airlines (Siberia). The history of this air carrier dates back to 1957, when the Tolmachevsky United Air Squadron was created. On its basis, in 1992, an airline called Sibir was created. In 2006, the brand was changed. The air carrier became known as S7 Airlines.
The history of this company includes a plane crash in Russia. The statistics of the air carrier S7 Airlines are as follows:
- In the fall of 2001, a passenger plane flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk crashed. The airliner crashed straight into the Black Sea. The tragedy claimed the lives of 78 people. The plane crashed due to being hit by an anti-aircraft missile. It was launched during military exercises taking place at that moment on the Crimean peninsula.
- At the end of August 2004, a plane flying from Moscow to Sochi crashed. There were 51 people on board. All crew members and passengers were killed. The cause of the tragedy was a terrorist attack.
- In the summer of 2006, a plane crash occurred in Irkutsk, which was described above. The crew was unable to land. 125 people died.
Aeroflot
Airplane crash statistics for Russian airlines show that another safe air carrier is Aeroflot. He ranks third in the ranking. Aeroflot was founded in 1923. During the collapse of the USSR, many small air carriers separated from it. In 1992, JSC Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines was created. From this moment the modern history of the company begins.
Now Aeroflot is the largest air carrier in Russia. It operates international and domestic flights. During the period from 1992 to the present, there have been 4 plane crashes that have claimed lives. There are also 5 accidents reported without casualties.
The most famous plane crash is the tragedy that occurred near Mezhdurechensk. News about her spread all over the world. In the spring of 1994, a passenger plane flying from Moscow to Hong Kong crashed. The crash was caused by the pilot of the aircraft. The man put his 15-year-old son at the helm. 75 people died.
What are the statistics of plane crashes in Russia? A question that arises for many people who decide to go abroad or to another city in their native country. Based on the available information, we can conclude that major plane crashes are rare, given the huge number of flights that take place every day.
Over the past two years, there have been more than 10 major civil aviation accidents around the world. Tragic crashes occurred literally one after another, in total more than 1 thousand people died in them.
Collected the TOP 5 largest air disasters that occurred in 2015-2016.
TOP 5 largest plane crashes in the world over the past two years
the site has collected the TOP 5 largest air disasters that occurred in 2015-2016
May 19, 2016 EgyptAir airline, which was flying from Paris to Cairo. There were 56 passengers from 12 countries and 10 crew members on board. There were no Ukrainians on board the plane. The plane was supposed to land at Cairo airport at 03:05, but it disappeared from radar screens. Previously, the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. According to other information, the liner crashed off the Greek island of Karpathos (an island in the Aegean Sea). Egyptian authorities note that the reasons for the disappearance have not yet been established, and the possibility of a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out. Greece and France are also involved in the search operation.
Exactly 2 months ago, March 19, 2016, in Rostov-on-Don upon landing, flying from Dubai. There were 62 people on board the plane (55 passengers and 7 crew members). They all died. The plane landed in difficult weather conditions; there were several attempts to land. The airliner crashed onto the airport runway.
October 31, 2015 crashed on the Sinai Peninsula. He was performing charter flight 7K-9268 on the route Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg. The plane disappeared from radar 23 minutes after takeoff, and its wreckage was later found near the town of Nekhel. This is the largest disaster in the history of Russian and Soviet aviation. There were 224 people on board - 217 passengers and 7 crew members. The investigation into the cause of the plane crash continues. The FSB of the Russian Federation said that a homemade explosive device with a capacity of up to 1 kg of TNT went off on board.
March 24, 2015 in the Provencal Alps of the German airline Germanwings. The airliner was operating flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, with 144 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The plane began a sharp descent and then crashed into the side of a mountain. The investigation believes that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately directed the plane into the mountains, while he blocked the door to the cockpit and did not let the crew commander in. In addition, the investigation reported that he had suicidal tendencies.
The authoritative aviation portal Aviation-Safety.net published statistics on aviation accidents for the past 2015. According to them, in 2015 there were 16 airliner accidents in which 560 people died. Airliners are defined as aircraft with a capacity of more than 14 passengers.
These results make 2015 the safest year in history in terms of the number of fatal accidents. Considering the approximate number of flights is 34,000,000, it turns out that for every 4,857,000 flights there is one plane crash.
Since the early 2000s, there has been a steady decline in aviation accidents against the backdrop of growing passenger traffic. This is all thanks to the work of organizations such as ICAO, IATA, FAA and EASA, which draw conclusions from each incident and issue directives to ensure that this does not happen again.
The biggest incident in terms of the number of casualties in 2015 was the crash of an Airbus A321 of the Russian airline Metrojet in the Sinai Peninsula, which occurred on October 31 and resulted in the death of 224 people. The investigation is still ongoing, but one of the probable causes is a bomb explosion on board. The second major tragic incident was the crash of an Airbus A320 on Germanwings flight 9525 in France on March 25. In this case, the most likely cause is considered to be the suicide of one of the pilots.
The crash of a Tu-154 over Sochi is not the only plane crash that occurred with a Ministry of Defense aircraft this month. On December 19, an IL-18 crashed in Yakutia; it was transporting military personnel from the Krasnoyarsk Territory to Tiksi. Due to technical problems, it began to sharply lose altitude and made an emergency landing 30 kilometers from the airfield, while the airliner itself fell apart into three parts, its wings fell off.
Rescuers flew to the scene and, using hydraulic shears, extracted the passengers and crew from the plane. All 38 people were alive, although many were in serious or extremely serious condition. But in 2016, this, unfortunately, was the only happy outcome of the situation in which the ship disappeared from radar. Plane crashes occurred every month. The 360 ââTV channel compiled a chronicle of events.
January, MD 600, Kazakhstan
The sad statistics of 2016 are revealed on January 27, a helicopter crashes into a tree in Kazakhstan. He was taking a two-month-old girl to the hospital; all five people in the cabin, including the little patient, died.
February, Viking 9N, Nepal
On February 24, in the mountains of Nepal, 18 minutes after takeoff, a Tara Air airliner disappeared from radar. There were 23 people on board, and the wreckage and bodies were found in the mountains.
March, Boeing 737, Rostov-on-Don
On March 19, at night, a FlyDubai airline plane completes its flight from the United Arab Emirates. There are terrible weather conditions over Rostov-on-Don, the crew is already making a second landing approach, but again unsuccessful. While climbing, the Boeing 737 begins to fall and crashes into the runway at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour. 62 people died. The cause of the tragedy was an error by the pilots; in manual control mode, they moved the steering wheel away from themselves, and the ship went into an uncontrollable dive.
April, Eurocopter EC225, Norway
On April 29, another helicopter - in Norway, a Eurocopter was transporting oil production workers; due to a technical malfunction, the propeller was blown off, all 13 people died.
May, Airbus A320, Sinai Peninsula
In the last month of spring, on the 19th, an airplane disappears from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, in the space between Greece and Egypt. An Egypt Air Airbus A320 was flying from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board. The Interstate Aviation Committee would later find traces of explosives on their bodies.
June, Su-27, Moscow region
On June 9, during a festive performance by the Russian Knights aerobatic team, one of the cars lost control. Pilot Sergei Eremenko steered the falling plane away from residential buildings and missed the time when he could eject. The wreckage and the body of the pilot were found in a forest belt in the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow region.
July, Il-76, Irkutsk region
On July 1, an Il-76 of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations crashed while putting out forest fires, killing 10 crew members. The cause of the crash was limited visibility and high turbulence.
August, LE-500,China
In August, during an air show in Shijiazhuang, one of the planes crashed into a corn field, killing four crew members.
September, Mi-8, Moscow region
On September 21, a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations crashed in the Lyubertsy district of the Moscow region. Three crew members died while they were on training flights.
October, Mi-8, Yamalo-Nenets a.o.
On October 22, a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations crashed in the Purovsky district of Yamal; it was transporting 22 shift workers from the Suzunskoye field to Novy Urengoy; three people survived.
November, Avro RJ-85, Columbia
On November 28, a Bolivian airline Lamia plane crashed in Colombia. There were 77 people on board, including 22 players from the Brazilian football team Chapecoense. Six people were injured but survived. Lack of fuel is said to be a possible cause of the crash.
December, Tu-154, Sochi
The Russian Ministry of Defense Tu-154 plane took off from Sochi on the morning of Sunday, December 25, and disappeared from radar. There were 92 people on board, including the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, as well as journalists from NTV, Channel One and Zvezda. The plane was heading to Syria to congratulate Russian military personnel on the New Year holidays.
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