Kyren - Kyren

On July 19, 2020 at 08:30 PM, Kyren - Kyren experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Feniks, with the event recorded near Kyren Republic of Buryatia.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine airplane departed Kyren in the afternoon with four employees of the company and two pilots. The purpose of the flight was to familiarize them with the area of <U+200B><U+200B>the planned aviation chemical works for the processing of the silkworm. In the evening, the aircraft failed to return to Kyren and SAR operations were initiated, but abandoned few days later as no trace of the aircraft was found. More than a year later, on July 24, 2021, a group of tourist discovered the burnt wreckage near the Baikonur Pass, in a rocky area, at an altitude of 2,780 metres. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-71276, MSN 1G207-47, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.6824°, 102.1329°.