Krasnoyarsk – Osh

On November 22, 2015 at 08:00 AM, Krasnoyarsk – Osh experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-300, operated by Avia Traffic Company, with the event recorded near Osh Osh City.

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.

154 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 154 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 148, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Krasnoyarsk-Yemilianovo Airport on a night flight to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. En route, he was informed that a landing in Osh was impossible to due low visibility caused by foggy conditions. The captain decided to divert to Bishkek-Manas Airport where the aircraft landed safely at 0520LT. As weather conditions seems to improve at destination, the crew left Bishkek bound for Osh some ninety minutes later. On approach to Osh, the vertical visibility was reduced to 130 feet when the aircraft hit violently the runway 12 surface. Upon impact, the left main gear was sheared off, the aircraft slid for several yards, overran, hit obstacles and came to rest in a field located 529 meters past the runway end with its left engine detached and its right engine destroyed. All 154 occupants were evacuated, ten passengers were injured, six of them seriously. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration EX-37005, MSN 24681/1929, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5242°, 72.7809°.