Boeing 737 Ex-009

Summary

On 24 August 2008 at about 14:40 local time, a Boeing 737 registered Ex-009, operated by Itek Air, was involved in an accident near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 90 people were on board and 65 died, 25 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 2008 at 14:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Nearest airport

Manas Airport (FRU)

Coordinates

43.0736, 74.3631

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

Ex-009

Category

Airplane

Operator

Itek Air

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bishkek → Tehran

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA08WA092

65 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 24, 2008, at 20:40 local time, an Itek Air B737-200, registration EX-009, serial number 22088, crashed while returning back to Manas Airport. Shortly after take-off the flight crew reported that the cabin would not pressurize and they decided to return back to the airport. About 10 km from the airport, radar contact with the airplane was lost. The airplane collided with the ground and was destroyed by impact forces and fire. There were 6 crew members and 83 passengers on board; with 65 passengers fatalities reported. The aircraft accident investigation commission is headed by the Interstate Aviation Committee, Moscow (MAK).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.