Kharkov - Trabzon - Isfahan

On December 23, 2002 at 07:29 PM, Kharkov - Trabzon - Isfahan experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-140, operated by Aeromist Kharkov, with the event recorded near Isfahan Isfahan.

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

44 people were known to be on board, 44 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 38, passenger fatalities: 38, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Kharkiv Airport on a charter flight to Isfahan, Iran, with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 38 passengers and six crew members. All the occupants were engineers working for Antonov and flying to Isfahan to conduct test flights on the first Iran-140, a prototype built under licence by HESA Company. While descending to Isfahan Airport by night and marginal weather conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 30 km from the airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 44 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration UR-14003, MSN 253 02 008, year of manufacture 2002.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.6799°, 51.6844°.