BISHKEK — 2017 · Major Tragedy
The Dacha-Suu Cargo Plane Disaster
At 07:17 on 16 January 2017, a Boeing 747 freighter operated by ACT Airlines on behalf of Turkish Airlines overran the runway while trying to land in fog at Bishkek's Manas Airport and crashed into the nearby village of Dacha-Suu. A total of 39 people died, the four crew and 35 villagers, 36 were injured and many houses were destroyed. Kyrgyzstan declared a day of national mourning. The final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee, published in March 2020, found that the crew had failed to control the approach properly and had followed a false glideslope.
- Date
- 2017
- Place
- Dacha-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, KG
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 43.0580, 74.4630 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 16 January 2017The Boeing 747 freighter crashed into Dacha-Suu; 39 died.
- 17 January 2017Kyrgyzstan declared national mourning.
- 2017Rebuilding of destroyed village homes began.
- 3 March 2020The final report found crew error on the approach.
Sources
- BBC News — Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Turkish cargo jet hits homes bbc.com ↗
- RFE/RL — Kyrgyzstan Mourns Victims Of Plane Crash rferl.org ↗
- Al Jazeera — Turkish cargo Boeing 747 crashes in Kyrgyzstan aljazeera.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 en.wikipedia.org ↗
- BBC News
- RFE/RL
- Al Jazeera
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