Shortly after a sad accident of Spanair at Madrid Barajas airport, another aircraft crashed shortly after take off. This aircraft was a Boeing 737-200 operated by Itek Airline of Kyrgyzstan.
The charter plane operated for Iran Aseman Airlines took off for Tehran at 20.30 local time and according to Aviation Safety Network, the captain attempted to get back for an emergency landing, but unfortunately it crashed and burst into flames. 68 people died and 22 survived the crash.
See a short video about the facts by Airsafe.com
And another one by CNN
Itek Air is among the blacklisted airlines, so we do not recommend anyone to fly them.
By Szafi
Update from ATW Online:
“About 10 min. after takeoff, pilots made a “request to return for technical reasons,” Transport Minister Nurlan Silaimanov said. The 737 was unable to make it back to Bishtek-Manus International, crashing about 2 km. northwest of the airport, according to Prime Minister Igor Chudinov. Silaimanov said the aircraft “was destroyed and burned” when it hit the ground. He insisted that “this was not a terrorist attack.”
Ali Hazemi Longnedy, a survivor, told Agence France Presse that the pilot told passengers following takeoff that the plane was experiencing engine problems.”
This is the first airplane crash in our country and i hope the last. Cause it is truly big trouble for our little country. TOOBA KYLDYM KUDAY SAKTASYN!
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Dear Brandon, thanks for the info. The site is a great idea and I am sure it will be very popular. We will use it for sure. 🙂
Best wishes,
Szafi