Aktau - Mineralnye Vody

On June 16, 2015 at 07:00 PM, Aktau - Mineralnye Vody experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-300, operated by SCAT Airlines, with the event recorded near Aktau Mangystau.

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

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After completing flight DV742 from Astana, the aircraft was parked at a gate, waiting for its passengers to complete the flight DV831 to Mineralnye Vody. The aircraft landed at 1818LT and was scheduled to depart around 1915LT when an explosion occurred in the forward baggage compartment (between STA 380 and STA 440). A fire spread into the cabin and partially destroyed the fuselage. Nobody was hurt in this incident but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration LY-FLB, MSN 24667/1893, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.6142°, 51.2196°.