Almaty – Nursultan

On December 27, 2019 at 07:22 AM, Almaty – Nursultan experienced a crash involving Fokker 100, operated by Bek Air, with the event recorded near Almaty Almaty Province.

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

98 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 86 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.2%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 93, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Fokker 100 departed runway 05R at Almaty Airport on a regular schedule service (flight Z9/BEK2100) to Astana-Nursultan Nazarbayev Airport, carrying 93 passengers and a crew of five. Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb at an altitude of 50-100 feet, the airplane lost height and veered to the right, struck a concrete wall then crashed onto a house located in a residential area, about 500 meters south of the runway 23R threshold. The airplane broke into several parts and 12 occupants were killed, among them the captain. At the time of the accident, the visibility was about one km with smoke and mist.

Aircraft reference details include registration UP-F1007, MSN 11496, year of manufacture 1996.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.9914°, 77.1967°.