Boeing 737-500 VP-BKO

Summary

On 14 September 2008 at about 05:10 local time, a Boeing 737-500 registered VP-BKO, operated by Aeroflot-Nord, was involved in an accident near Perm, Russia. 88 people were on board and 88 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 September 2008 at 05:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Perm, Russia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-500

Registration

VP-BKO

Category

Airplane

Operator

Aeroflot-Nord

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moscow → Perm

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA08RA097

88 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 September 14, 2008, at 0510 local time, Aeroflot-Nord flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, Bermuda registered (VP-BKO) and Russian operated, equipped with CFM56 engines, crashed on approach to Perm airport in Perm, Russia. All on board, including 6 crew and 82 passengers, suffered fatal injuries. The initial notification from the Russian government reports that 17 of the 82 passengers were of non-Russian nationality, some of which included U.S. citizens. The flight originated from Moskva- Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) in Moscow, Russia with an intended destination of Perm Airport (PEE) in Perm, Russia and was conducted as a scheduled passenger flight. The accident flight was reportedly lost from radar as it was executing a missed approach, for unknown reasons, at the destination airport. The aircraft collided with the ground in the city and was completely destroyed by impact forces and fire. The investigation is being conducted by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK). The NTSB has launched a team of investigators and will be assisted by Technical Advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Aircraft. According to the MAK, the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) of France, representing the state of manufacture for the aircraft engines, and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom, representing Bermuda as the state of Registry, will also participate in the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. For more information on the accident investigation, contact MAK at [email protected].

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.