Moscow - Dubai

On September 21, 2001 at 08:09 PM, Moscow - Dubai experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-86, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Dubai Dubai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

322 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 322 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 15, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 307, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Moscow, the crew started a night approach to Dubai Intl Airport. Despite this was a non standard procedure, the captain requested that the landing gear circuit breaker be switched off so he could extend the flaps earlier and prior to gear extension. Later on approach, the flight engineer completed the checklist and mistakenly confirmed that gear were down after the crew forgot to turn the circuit breaker on again. The captain continued the approach without proceeding to a verification/confirmation that gear were down, causing the aircraft to land on its belly. It slid for few dozen metres and came to rest with both engines n°2 and 3 on fire as well as the rear part of the cargo compartment. All 321 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-86074, MSN 51483205041, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.2277°, 55.1750°.