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Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated by a Fokker 100 that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport. [3] Of the 98 people on board – 93 passengers and 5 crew, [1] [4] 13 died in the crash and 66 were injured.
In 1994, it was reorganized into OJSC "Almaty Airport" and later renamed to JSC Almaty International Airport. The supersonic transport (SST) Tupolev Tu-144 began service on 26 December 1975, flying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passenger services, which commenced in November 1977.
SCAT Airlines Flight 760 – A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Kazakh-based SCAT Airlines suddenly nose-dived and impacted terrain while on final approach to Almaty International Airport. All 21 people aboard killed. Investigators concluded that an elevator deflection caused the crash, but they could not determine the cause of the deflection.
Aeroflot Flight 4225 took off from Almaty International Airport en route to Simferopol Airport. The Tupolev aircraft had reached an altitude of no more than 500 feet and was in a zone of hot air. The plane entered a steep nosedive and stalled; the crew lost control and the plane crashed, killing 166 people.
UP-CJ006, the aircraft involved in the crash, at Almaty Airport three weeks before the accident. The aircraft involved was a Bombardier CRJ200 registered as UP-CJ006 with serial number 7413. The aircraft was powered by two General Electric CF34-3B1 engines. SCAT Airlines had operated the aircraft since 22 September 2012. [4]: 15–17
In 2008, Berkut Air purchased shares of stock in Oral Ak Zhol Airport, which was a base airport for the company. Bek Air has committed to investing KZT10 million (US$30,000) a month to reconstruct the airport's runway, which was in poor condition. [citation needed] In 2011, the airline was rebranded as Bek Air.
The aircraft crashed into Dolan Mountain, at an altitude of 690 m (2,260 ft), 30 km (19 mi; 16 nmi) from Almaty airport, disintegrating and catching fire. [2] At the time of the accident, there was cumulo-nimbus cloud cover at an altitude of 3,000–4,500 m (9,800–14,800 ft) with cloud tops of 7,000–8,000 m (23,000–26,000 ft) and a ...
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