Dubai - Kish Island

On March 16, 2007 at 12:00 AM, Dubai - Kish Island experienced a crash involving McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operated by Kish Air, with the event recorded near Kish Island Hormozgan.

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.

158 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 158 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 154, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

For unknown reasons, the aircraft landed hard at Kish Island Airport and was considered as damaged beyond repair. All 158 occupants escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration LZ-LDD, MSN 49218/1274, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.5361°, 53.9688°.