Asmara – Port Sudan – Hurghada – Antalya

On November 9, 2002 at 07:00 PM, Asmara – Port Sudan – Hurghada – Antalya experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-26, operated by TyumenAviaTrans, with the event recorded near Antalya Mediterranean Region (Akdeniz Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 27 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Asmara to Antalya with intermediate stops in Port Sudan and Hurghada, carrying helicopter crews back in Russia. On approach to Antalya by night, the crew was informed about the poor weather conditions at destination with thunderstorm activity, visibility limited to two km, wind from 220 gusting at 35 knots. ATC advised the crew to maintain heading and to initiate a go-around in case they would not establish a visual contact with the runway. On short final, the left engine struck a 10 metres high electric pole. The aircraft lost height and crashed on a road located 1,325 metres short of runway and 550 metres to the left of its extended centerline. All 27 occupants were rescued, among them eight were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-26012, MSN 100 07, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.8968°, 30.7612°.