RF-88450

On August 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM, RF-88450 experienced a crash involving Beriev Be-200, operated by Russian Navy - Voyenno-morskoy Flot Rossii, with the event recorded near Kahramanmaras Mediterranean Region (Akdeniz Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Owned and operated by the Russian Navy, the aircraft was dispatched in Turkey in July to help the Turkish government (General Directorate of Forestry) to fight raging forest fires in the southeast part of the country. On board were eight crew members, five Russian and three Turkish. After the aircraft drop water on fire, the crew elected to gain height when the aircraft impacted terrain and crashed on the slope of a mountain, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 8 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RF-88450, MSN 64620090311, year of manufacture 2020.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.7830°, 36.8307°.