Bishkek - Trabzon - Zaragoza

On May 26, 2003 at 04:45 AM, Bishkek - Trabzon - Zaragoza experienced a crash involving Yakovlev Yak-42, operated by UM Air - Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines - Ukrainske-Tschermomorskie Avialinii, with the event recorded near Trabzon Black Sea Region (Karadeniz Bölgesi).

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.

75 people were known to be on board, 75 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 62, passenger fatalities: 62, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Chartered by the Spanish Government, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bishkek to Zaragoza with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew members. The 62 passengers were respectively 41 members of the Land Forces and 21 members of the Air Force who were returning to Spain following a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. While descending to Trabzon Airport by night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Unable to establish a visual contact with the approach lights and the runway 29, the crew initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while completing a second approach, the crew failed to realize he was not following the correct pattern for an approach to runway 29 when the aircraft impacted a mountain at an altitude of 4,600 feet. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 3,5 km east of the village of Maçka, about 23 km southwest of the airport.

Aircraft reference details include registration UR-42352, MSN 18 11 395, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.0055°, 39.7301°.