Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Jan 13, 2004 (37 killed), Tashkent...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on January 13, 2004 near Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan with 37 fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to follow...
- Date: January 13, 2004
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan
- Fatalities: 37
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to follow the approach procedures, descended below minimums without visual reference and did not initiate a go-around. Fog and a possible wrong approach mode setting contributed.
An Uzbekistan Airways Yak-40 on a scheduled flight from Termez landed in fog at Tashkent-Yuzhny. The crew descended below minimum altitude without visual contact and only saw the runway late. They did not go around, and the aircraft struck a wall 260 m past the runway end and burned in a drainage ditch. All 37 people aboard died, including UN envoy Richard Conroy.