We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The crew started the approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport by night and marginal weather conditions. Due to erroneous calculations, the aircraft was not properly aligned on the approach path and the captain decided to make a go-around. Six minutes later, he initiated a second approach. On short final, ATC asked the pilot if he has the runway in sight. As the answer was positive, the crew was cleared to land. Less than a minute later, the airplane struck tree tops, stalled and crashed in flames in a
Antonov AN-24 · 24 fatalities