Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 20 January 2024
Aircraft Type: Dassault Falcon 10
Owner/operator: Athletic Group LLC
Registration Number: RA-09011
Location: Topkana area, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakkhshan province – ÿ Afghanistan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft Engine(s)Aircraft Engine(s)
Category: Accident
Narrative
A Falcon 10 air ambulance crashed on a snowy mountain slope in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of six occupants. The aircraft departed U-Tapao Airport (UTP), Thailand, on January 20 at 06:20 UTC, bound for Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, Russia, and then refueled in India and Uzbekistan. A fire erupted in one engine shortly after takeoff, leading to a diversion to Kulob Airport in Tajikistan. The aircraft ultimately broke up during landing.A Falcon 10 air ambulance crashed on a snowy mountain slope in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of six occupants. The aircraft departed U-Tapao Airport (UTP), Thailand, on January 20 at 06:20 UTC, bound for Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, Russia, and then refueled in India and Uzbekistan. A fire erupted in one engine shortly after takeoff, leading to a diversion to Kulob Airport in Tajikistan. The aircraft ultimately broke up during landing.

Description

A Falcon 10 air ambulance has crash-landed on a snowy mountain slope in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Four of the six occupants were found alive. The aircraft departed U-Tapao Airport (UTP), Thailand on January 20 at 06:20 UTC, bound for Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, Russia. A refuelling stop was made at Gaya Airport in India before it continued to Tashkent Airport, Uzbekistan, for another refueling stop. The flight took off from Gaya about 10:40 UTC. At 14:05 UTC, the flight crew radioed that they were low on fuel. Then, at 14:19 UTC, the flight reported that one engine had flamed out. Ten minutes later the second engine had flamed out. The crew had the intention of diverting to Kulob Airport (TJU) in Tajikistan, but eventually they were forced to carry out an emergency landing on a snowy mountain slope. The aircraft broke up.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Engine failureEngine failure

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