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Wed, 08/10/2011 - 07:21
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Search for missing An-12 planes to resume in Magadan rgn.
MAGADAN, August 10 (Itar-Tass) - The search is resuming in the Magadan
region for a transport aircraft Antonov An-12 communication with which was
broken on Tuesday after the crew reported that its engine caught fire.
There were 11 people on board - nine crewmembers and two passengers
accompanying the cargo.
Three groups of rescuers are engaged in the search operation on the
ground and aircraft will join the operation with dawn.
The Antonov An-12 of the Khabarovsk-based Avis-Amur airline on August
9 was flying from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the Chukchi village of Keperveyem.
After refuelling and taking off in Magadan, the commander of the aircraft
at 16:39, local time (07:39 MSK) reported to air traffic controllers that
the plane had a fuel leak and fire in the engine in the area of the
Julietta gold mine in the Omsukchan district of the Magadan region. After
some time, communication with the crew was lost, and the aircraft
disappeared from radar screens.
Shortly after the supposed crash, an emergency beacon of the An-12
worked near the village of Omsukchan 560 km from Magadan, but then the
signal disappeared. The search and rescue operation was complicated by low
clouds and rain. Rescuers failed to find the liner before dark.
The Interstate Aviation Committee is clarifying the existing
information on the incident. After reliable data are obtained a decision
to establish a commission for the investigation of the incident will be
made.
The Far East Transport Investigation Department of the RF
Investigative Committee (SK) opened a criminal case under Article 263 part
3 of the RF Criminal Code - "violation of safety rules of air transport."
The missing An-12 plane (board number RA-11125), was made nearly half
a century ago at the Chkalov Tashkent Aviation Production Association (GAO
TAPOiCH). The liner made its first flight in 1963. The Avis-Amur airline
leased the aircraft. The company director Sergei Astashkin told Itar-Tass
that there was only one An-12 cargo plane in the Avis-Amur fleet. He
declined to make comments in connection with the disappearance of the
aircraft.
region for a transport aircraft Antonov An-12 communication with which was
broken on Tuesday after the crew reported that its engine caught fire.
There were 11 people on board - nine crewmembers and two passengers
accompanying the cargo.
Three groups of rescuers are engaged in the search operation on the
ground and aircraft will join the operation with dawn.
The Antonov An-12 of the Khabarovsk-based Avis-Amur airline on August
9 was flying from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to the Chukchi village of Keperveyem.
After refuelling and taking off in Magadan, the commander of the aircraft
at 16:39, local time (07:39 MSK) reported to air traffic controllers that
the plane had a fuel leak and fire in the engine in the area of the
Julietta gold mine in the Omsukchan district of the Magadan region. After
some time, communication with the crew was lost, and the aircraft
disappeared from radar screens.
Shortly after the supposed crash, an emergency beacon of the An-12
worked near the village of Omsukchan 560 km from Magadan, but then the
signal disappeared. The search and rescue operation was complicated by low
clouds and rain. Rescuers failed to find the liner before dark.
The Interstate Aviation Committee is clarifying the existing
information on the incident. After reliable data are obtained a decision
to establish a commission for the investigation of the incident will be
made.
The Far East Transport Investigation Department of the RF
Investigative Committee (SK) opened a criminal case under Article 263 part
3 of the RF Criminal Code - "violation of safety rules of air transport."
The missing An-12 plane (board number RA-11125), was made nearly half
a century ago at the Chkalov Tashkent Aviation Production Association (GAO
TAPOiCH). The liner made its first flight in 1963. The Avis-Amur airline
leased the aircraft. The company director Sergei Astashkin told Itar-Tass
that there was only one An-12 cargo plane in the Avis-Amur fleet. He
declined to make comments in connection with the disappearance of the
aircraft.
