Sunday, March 20, 2016

The collapse of the Boeing 737 in Rostov-on-Don: version causes of the disaster – RBC

law enforcement officers at the crash site of a passenger plane Boeing 737-800 airline flydubai

Photo: Valery Matytsin / TASS

Boeing 737 in Rostov-on-Don could break due to bad weather or pilot error it follows from the comments of officials. The problems on board the pilots did not report

The official version

The investigation examines a number of versions of causes of Boeing 737 crash in Rostov-on- Don, said Saturday morning the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin. “Practiced different versions of what happened, including a bug in crew activities, technical failure side, bad weather and other factors,” – said Markin

The assistant manager of the Southern Investigative Department of Transport Oksana Kovrizhnykh told about the two versions. pilot error due to bad weather or technical failure. Advisor to the Minister of Transport Jeanne Terekhova also said that the fall could be due to bad weather or pilot error.

Boeing 737-800 airline flydubai performed FZ-981 flight from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don. He took off from Dubai at 21:38 Moscow time and was due to land around 1:20. At 3:41 MSK plane disappeared from radar at 3:43 he allegedly crashed at the beginning of the runway.

Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has published an updated list of passengers and crew of the crashed plane. According to authorities, on board were 55 passengers and seven crew members. Among the passengers were 44 Russians, eight Ukrainian citizens, two citizen of India, a citizen of Uzbekistan. On board were four minors: four year old boy from the Ukraine and the three Russians five, six and nine years

The crew of the ship was also international:. One Russian citizen of Cyprus, two Spaniards and citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Seychelles Colombia.

announced a day of mourning in the Rostov region.

Weather

March 20 Weather time of the accident in Rostov-on-Don was determined by powerful Atlantic cyclone: ​​cloud base was at the level of 300-600 meters, the wind speed at night is 12-14 m / c, with gusts reaching 18-19 m / s, according to RBC leading specialist weather center “Phobos” Eugene Tishkovets

He said that at the height of 600-10 thousand meters in Rostov-on-Don is a rare phenomenon was observed last night -.. jet stream, in which the wind speed can exceed 100 km / h. “Wind speed 104 km / h at an altitude of 600 m – it is about 30 m / s, it is hurricane winds. Of course, it could affect the dynamics of flight, “- forecaster said

On the eve of Met announced a storm warning in the Stavropol Territory and Rostov Region, forecasters expect wind with gusts up to 30 m / s

it is known that on the same night at the airport of Rostov-on-Don tried three times to land the aircraft “Aeroflot” airline, but its crew eventually decided to leave the alternate. This, in particular, reported portal Flightradar24.

Moment of disaster

The crashed airliner, reported flightradar24, also made landing attempt , about two hours before the crash, and then went to the second round, and all the while circling around the city. Moment disaster resource experts describe as: «FZ-981 gained height after entering a new circle, then suddenly began to fall with a vertical speed of 21 thousand feet per minute (106 m / s).»

About. that shortly before the fall of the ship pilot allegedly came not on land, but on the next lap, and told the correspondent of TV channel “Russia 24″, located at the scene. “Up to this point everything was going in normal mode: the pilots were in touch with the dispatch of ground service, and the pilot announced that there is still one round,” – said the reporter, adding that he had received this information from the experts and it is preliminary.

The pilots liner could leave to land at another airport, or to an alternate airfield, suggests CEO of the International advisory and analytical agency “Safety” Sergei Melnichenko. At the time of the fall on the plane had enough fuel for another two hours of flight, and alternate aerodromes weather was suitable for landing. The decision on the landing takes the commander of the ship.

Perhaps the crew waited for the weather to improve, admits Melnichenko. But between the first attempt to approach and catastrophic weather remained virtually unchanged, told RBC Tishkovets.

At the time of the plane crash allegedly touched the ground, says the source of “Interfax” in law enforcement. The aircraft fell to the left of the runway in poor visibility, said the head of Ministry of Emergency Situations Viktor Yatsutsenko center. On the video appeared on the network disaster shows that the plane fell quite sharply, and after the explosion

Video:. YouTube / Alina Vasileva

The Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev told the TV channel NTV on the air hole into which the plane could go. On it, he said, told the experts who watched video of the crash.

According to was Melnichenko, an additional negative factor that collapsed Boeing has been downloaded in less than a third (55 passengers and seven crew members, all aircraft seats 189 people) and a half-empty aircraft more difficult to manage in the wind.

airline flydubai CEO Ghaith al Ghaith, also said that the distress crew did not let on. He said that the pilot of the crashed aircraft performed almost 5,700 hours of flying, says “RIA Novosti”. According to the head of the airline, the liner was new, 2011 production, and the last inspection was carried out on 21 January. Preliminary analysis of the negotiations of pilots has not revealed any problems with the aircraft, the source of “Interfax” in law enforcement.

In a message posted on the airline’s website, CEO of flydubai has expressed condolences to the families and friends of the victims. According to him, airline experts provide maximum assistance to the authorities in establishing the causes of the disaster.

This is the first crash in the history of the company flydubai since its inception in 2008, the government of Dubai. Until now she had two incidents. April 22, 2012 of flydubai aircraft, flying to Doha, nearly collided off the coast of Dubai with a liner of another budget airline Emirates – Air Arabia, flying to Istanbul. January 26, 2015 of flydubai aircraft, which was carrying 154 people, has come under fire on approach to the airport in Baghdad. The plane landed safely, none of the passengers needed help.

Boeing 737 suffered in the collapse of Russia in Kazan in 2013. International Aviation Committee said on the outcome of the investigation, that the causes of the disaster became non-functional safety management system in the airline, systemic weaknesses in the crew work and the lack of control over the preparation.

Arabic loukosterov

loukosterov flydubai was founded in 2008, the Dubai government. airlines Air fleet consists of 50 aircraft Boeing 737-800, ordered in June 2008 at an air show in Farnborough. All planes were new. In 2014, the airline signed a contract for the supply of another 11 aircraft of the same class, as well as 75 aircraft of type Boeing 737 MAX 8.

At the end of 2015, revenue was $ 1.3 flydubai billion (11.4% growth in comparison with 2014 year), net profit – $ 27.4 million (59.7% decrease). The company flies to 95 cities in 45 countries.

In Russia, flydubai operates since 2010 and flies to Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod.

The company weekly carries more than 1.4 thousand. flights. In 2015 it carried 9.04 million passengers (24.9% growth in comparison with 2014 year). The number of passengers on the Russian direction has decreased by 22% last year.

Rescuers have already found the two flight recorders Boeing, crashed in Rostov-on-Don. The representative of the Ministry of Transport said that the decision on the timing of the start of the decryption will be made on Saturday.

The city’s airport and the runway was in good condition, said the TV channel “Russia 24″ Governor Vasily Golubev. According to him, the airport was reconstructed in 2015. This information RBC confirmed Evgeny Chudnovsky, General Director of “Airports of Regions” holding (controlled by the “Renova” Viktor Vekselberg), which includes the airport in Rostov-on-Don.

Version terrorist attack “practically impossible”, says a source, “Interfax “in law enforcement. The general director of the airline also does not believe that the cause could be a terrorist attack, reports “RIA Novosti».

Insurance and compensation

30 passengers crashed airliner were clients of “Natalie Tours” tour, a few others – the company “Art-Tour”, said a spokeswoman for the Federal Tourism Agency Svetlana Sergeeva. Tourists “Natalie Tours” were insured in “Ingosstrakh”, but in this case we are talking only about the medical insurance, said RBC President Vladimir Vorobiev tour. This was confirmed by the director of the insurer Relations Karen Asoyan public.

In this situation, compensation for the victims’ families must pay the airline, Vorobyov said. The carrier has announced that it is ready to transfer to the families of those killed in the crash of the liner in Rostov-on-Don for $ 20 thousand. The statement was published on the airline.

Even at 1 million rubles. compensation to each family of inhabitants of the region who died in the crash of Boeing, ordered to pay the Governor of Rostov Region Vasily Golubev. Total from the reserve fund of the regional budget for these purposes will be allocated 41 million rubles.

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