Aerosvit Flight 241

Aerosvit Flight 241
Accident summary
UR-42334 in service with Tiger Air in the mid-1990s
Date	17 December 1997
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Pierian Mountains, Greece 40°13′38″N 22°14′29″E / 40.227271°N 22.241433°E / 40.227271; 22.241433Coordinates: 40°13′38″N 22°14′29″E / 40.227271°N 22.241433°E / 40.227271; 22.241433
Passengers	62
Crew	8
Fatalities	70 (all)
Injuries (non-fatal)	0
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-42
Operator	Aerosvit – Ukrainian Airlines
Registration	UR-42334
Flight origin	Boryspil International Airport, Kiev, Ukraine
Stopover	Odessa International Airport, Odessa, Ukraine
Destination	Thessaloniki International Airport, Thessaloniki, Greece

Aerosvit Flight 241 was a scheduled passenger flight from Kiev in Ukraine which crashed during a missed approach into Thessaloniki in Greece. All 70 people aboard the aircraft were killed.

The flight and accident

Aerosvit Flight 241 was originally scheduled to be operated by a Boeing 737. The first sector of the flight from Kiev-Odessa was operated by the Boeing 737 but due to engine issues the aircraft was swapped to a Yakovlev Yak-42. The flight continued onwards towards Thessaloniki, Greece. As Flight 241 made its approach to the airport, the flight missed the instrument landing system (ILS) approach and had to perform a go-around. The crew were told to head north and hold for a second attempt. The crew failed to do the published missed ILS approach procedure and headed west-southwest, flying into the side of Mount Pieria at 3,300 feet (1,006 m). The crash killed all 70 passengers and crew.^[1]

Search and rescue

A search party was formed when the flight went missing. The Greek Air Force helped out in the search for the wreckage. On 20 December 1997, the wreckage was found, three days after the initial accident. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules operated by the Greek Air Force, participating in the search for Flight 241, crashed near Athens, Greece, killing all five crew members.

The aircraft

The flight was operated by a Yakovlev Yak-42, registration UR-42334. The aircraft first flew in 1986.

Victims

Victims' nationalities^[2]
Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Total
Greece	34	0	34
Ukraine	24	8	32
Poland	2	0	2
Germany	1	0	1
Total	61	8	69

References

↑ Aerosvit Flight 241 information
↑ "Flight 541: final passenger list." Associated Press at BBC. Friday 19 December 1997. Retrieved on 2 June 2010.

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