South Airlines - Pivdenni Avialinii - Yuzhnye Avialinii

Antonov AN-26

The aircraft was completing a humanitarian flight to Doro Airfield, South Sudan, carrying four crew members and a load consisting of food. After landing, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway, struck a drainage ditch and came to rest against an earth mound. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Antonov AN-24

On final approach to Donetsk-Sergei Prokofiev Airport, during the last segment, the aircraft banked right to a angle of 48°, causing the right wing to struck the ground. The aircraft overturned and crashed in a grassy area to the left of runway 08, coming to rest upside down. Five passengers were killed while all other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed. It was performing a charter flight from Odessa with 44 football fans on their way to a match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Borussia Dortmund. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to the night and foggy conditions. The horizontal visibility was reported to be 250 metres with an RVR of 750 metres for runway 08 and vertical visibility of 200 feet.